METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

The invention relates to electrical power engineering and can be used for the production of autonomous sources of thermal and electrical energy. The required technical result, which consists in increasing the effectiveness of the generation of thermal energy whilst at the same time producing electrical energy, is achieved in a method based on the generation of a high-voltage electrical discharge between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode which are mounted in series, said electrical discharge being formed from a hydride-forming metal, and forming a vortex flow of inert gas along the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode in the direction of the cathode electrode with hot steam being injected into this flow, wherein the high-voltage electric discharge between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode is generated by means of the supply of a combined voltage to said electrodes, said combined voltage comprising a DC component and a radio-frequency component, the cathode electrode is in the form of a nozzle with an opening for the hot vapour outflow, and at least one pair of electrode probes for drawing electrical energy is mounted between the electrodes, one of said electrode probes being arranged on the axis of the vortex flow, and the other being arranged at the periphery thereof. The device for implementing the method comprises: a quartz tube in which an electrode anode and an electrode cathode are mounted in series on one axis, with an electrical energy generator being connected to said electrode anode and said electrode cathode, wherein the electrode cathode is formed from a hydride-forming metal; a generator of a vortex flow of inert gas, which is mounted at the inlet end of the quartz tube and is capable of generating a vortex flow of inert gas along the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode in the direction of the cathode electrode; and also at least one pair of electrode probes, which are capable of drawing electrical energy, one of which electrode probes is arranged on the axis between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and the other of which is arranged at the periphery of the vortex flow, wherein the electrode anode is in the form of a steam injector, the electrode cathode is in the form of a nozzle with an opening for hot vapour outflow, and an electrical energy generator, which is connected to the electrode anode and the electrode cathode, is capable of generating a combined voltage