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A closed loop vortex tube system having a vortex tube, a hot side loop and heat exchanger, a cold side loop and heat exchanger, a working fluid, and a start-up compressor. The hot side loop and cold side loop combine past the heat exchanger at an inlet on the vortex tube. Electrical generating means

A closed loop vortex tube system having a vortex tube, a hot side loop and heat exchanger, a cold side loop and heat exchanger, a working fluid, and a start-up compressor. The hot side loop and cold side loop combine past the heat exchanger at an inlet on the vortex tube. Electrical generating means, transmission means, or distilling means are provided for deriving work from the hot side heat exchanger. A method of operating a closed loop vortex tube system by providing a moving stream of working fluid to a vortex tube, heat exchanging the cold side output with a fluid which is warm relative to it, heat exchanging the hot side working fluid with a fluid which is cool relative to it, combining the two heat exchanged working fluids and reintroducing them to the vortex tube, and deriving a work output from the hot side heat exchanger.

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A method of generating electricity by using a closed loop vortex tube system comprising: moving a stream of working fluid at a selected temperature to the inlet port of a vortex tube having a hot outlet port for emitting a hot output working fluid and a cold outlet port for emitting a cold output wo

A method of generating electricity by using a closed loop vortex tube system comprising: moving a stream of working fluid at a selected temperature to the inlet port of a vortex tube having a hot outlet port for emitting a hot output working fluid and a cold outlet port for emitting a cold output working fluid, heat exchanging said hot output working fluid with electric generating means to draw off the heat acquired by said working fluid upon passing through the vortex tube, and generating electricity therewith, heat exchanging said cold output working fluid with a fluid which is warm relative to said cold output working fluid for regaining an amount of heat energy comparable to the heat exchanged with said electric generating means, combining said heat exchanged cold output working fluid and said heat exchanged hot output working fluid, and moving the combined stream to the inlet port of said vortex tube.