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A solar reactor engine is disclosed which includes a concrete or other suitable housing having a reactor chamber therein. In one embodiment, the reactor chamber is cylindrical. A solar intensifier, such as a parabolic reflector, is mounted on top of the reactor housing. The parabolic reflector colle

A solar reactor engine is disclosed which includes a concrete or other suitable housing having a reactor chamber therein. In one embodiment, the reactor chamber is cylindrical. A solar intensifier, such as a parabolic reflector, is mounted on top of the reactor housing. The parabolic reflector collects and intensifies solar rays and guides them down through a solar sight glass, mounted on top of the housing, into the reactor chamber. The concentrated beam of light is directed onto a reflector cone within the reactor chamber which disperses solar rays throughout the chamber. Hydrogen and chlorine are conducted into the reactor chamber and react with controlled explosive violence when exposed to the solar rays. Atmospheric oxygen is used as a control medium to regulate the energy given off by the reaction of the hydrogen and chlorine in the presence of solar energy. The heat and pressure thus formed are utilized to drive a turbine, the output of which is utilized to drive a suitable utilization device. In another embodiment of the invention, the solar reactor engine is housed in a metal or other suitable housing so that the reactor engine can be utilized for propulsion or mobile applications.

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A solar reactor engine comprising: a solar reactor chamber, means for controllably coupling chlorine and hydrogen to said solar reactor chamber, means for controllably coupling oxygen to said solar reactor, means for directing electromagnetic radiation into said chamber to thereby exothermicly react

A solar reactor engine comprising: a solar reactor chamber, means for controllably coupling chlorine and hydrogen to said solar reactor chamber, means for controllably coupling oxygen to said solar reactor, means for directing electromagnetic radiation into said chamber to thereby exothermicly react said hydrogen and chlorine in the presence of said oxygen to generate hydrogen chloride at a high pressure and temperature level, a turbine forming at least a portiOn of at least one wall of said reaction chamber, said pressurized hydrogen chloride driving said turbine, said turbine driving a power utilization device, an exhaust chamber positioned on the side of said turbine opposite from said reactor chamber, means for converting said hydrogen chloride to hydrochloric acid to thereby form a partial vacuum in said exhaust chamber, said partial vacuum increasing the pressure differential across said turbine to thereby increase the efficiency thereof, and means for conveying said hydrochloric acid away from said exhaust chamber.