CN1034040A

CN1034040A - Fluid-powered prime mover-energy generator apparatus

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Publication number: CN1034040A
Application number: CN88100079A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 爱德华·D·希尔
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1988-01-07
Filing date: 1988-01-07
Publication date: 1989-07-19
Also published as: CN1016258B

Abstract

A fluid powered prime mover-energy generator apparatus has a power output and a mechanically driven input. A generally streamlined prime mover housing is rotatably mounted for driving the input of the energy generator and has a plurality of radially extending generally V-shaped ribs mounted on the outer surface of the housing. The fins are mounted on the bracket above the outer surface of the prime mover housing and have a convex side facing in the direction of rotation and a concave flared side facing in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation. The action of the fluid flow on the fins thus helps to rotate the prime mover housing and drive the energy generator.

Description

With the fluid is prime mover-power generator equipment of power

The present invention generally speaking relates to the equipment that a kind of movement conversion with fluid becomes the energy of another kind of form, and particularly relating to a kind of is prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid.

As everyone knows, many devices being arranged is to utilize the kinetic energy of fluid to produce mechanical energy or electric energy.For example, windmill converts wind energy to mechanical energy by the driven pump machine, or converts wind energy to electric energy by driving generator.Water wheels are to become mechanical or electrical energy with the similar identical mode of windmill with the transformation of energy of flowing water.

The current of sea or korneforos are a kind of energy.U. S. Patent № 2,501,696 discloses a kind of current water turbine (stream turbine), and this current water turbine has a fairing and a generator, and transmission device is housed in the fairing, and generator is then driven by the external helicoid oar.A pair of this device is contained on the impeller, simultaneously the propeller cavitation antiport.This structure can be floating, and be anchored in the water channel.But the diameter of propeller cavitation, thereby generate output are subjected to the restriction of the water channel degree of depth.

U. S. Patent N.3,922,012 disclose a kind of with Yu Haiyang and fluviatic submersible type generator.Generator has a rotor, has on the rotor on a plurality of horizontal radiation spokes that are contained in a vertical shaft jointly, and rotor is promptly driven by this vertical shaft.Each spoke has a hinged impeller blade, impeller blade is promptly located with respect to its spoke automatically by means of this articulated manner, thereby make current affact the surface area maximum of blade by the partial dislocation of rotor, make this surface area minimum by the other parts displacement simultaneously, thereby produce the asymmetric power that causes the necessity of rotating required usefulness.

U.S. Patent No. 4,045,148 disclose a kind of water turbine, and this water turbine has a water drive dynamic formula motor element that is immersed in the sheet of water.Motor element comprises that a density approaches the dish of water, and this dish is furnished with a plurality of containers that the mixture of liquid and gas is housed.The surface, upper and lower of dish has a plurality of blades, and blade can be around a horizontal axis pivoted.Each blade has the folliculus that gas-liquid mixture is housed at least, thereby makes and coil the blade that upper face is connected, and its density is less than water, and with the blade that the dish lower surface is connected, its density is greater than water.This dish also has such structure, itself remains on when making blade reach vertical position on the pivotally supported direction.Therefore, under the effect of current, blade is driven to their vertical position, thereby dish is rotated, and drives generator system.

US Patent No 4,095,422 disclose the compound oscillating vane water wheels of a kind of vertical shaft type, and the kinetic energy that flows in order to the substantial horizontal with fluid converts mechanical energy to.For preventing that compound water wheels from rotating, and is symmetrical in output shaft and disposes several to impeller.Portrait configuration has a plurality of impellers on the water wheel axle, makes each two adjoin impeller and differ certain predetermined angle each other, preventing the water flow inside between each blade, and plays the balanced drive torque ripple, thereby raises the efficiency, and guarantees that simultaneously bigger power exports.

U.S. Patent No. 4,262,211 disclose a kind of device for storing liquid and power generator, and this device and generator have the liquid reservoir that a plurality of unsteady elongated lopping are arranged, for the usefulness around the generator rotation that is placed in the central position.All container floatabilitys are in more shallow water, and water flows with different speed, thereby the liquid reservoir of whole pattern is rotated, and produce electric energy.

The present invention relates to a kind of is the submersible type prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid.Have a plurality of fins that radially extend on the outer surface of a top dish body.The fin cross section is in the shape of the letter V, and all towards same direction.The dish body be contained in rotationally one be connected to the second dish-shaped body the axle on, on the second dish-shaped body then is anchored at the bottom of the sheet of water.Second dish-shaped body be equipped with one by means of the rotation of top dish body driven power generator.Power generator can generate electricity or send fluid energy, and this energy can be transferred to land use.Another dish-shaped body of with ribbing can be contained in below the dish-shaped body of grappling rotationally, thereby so that backward rotation makes prime mover-power generator equipment stable.

With ribbing object can be got any suitable streamline-shaped, also can be driven by air stream.This object can be installed in rotation on above motor vehicle, ship, house, the Tower Building etc., so that utilize the generating of air flowing stream.In addition, equipment of the present invention does not have directivity, because it can flow according to the fluid of any direction and rotate along same direction.Therefore it can turn round in current, or rotates on same direction all the time with tidewater.

Fig. 1 is the front view that prime mover-power generator equipment in the sheet of water is immersed in the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the upper body of equipment shown in Figure 1 and the partial enlarged drawing of one of them fin.

The transverse sectional view of the 3-3 line intercepting that Fig. 3 eggplant is counterfeit.

Fig. 4 is the top view of Fig. 1 equipment.

Fig. 5 is another embodiment's of an equipment shown in Figure 1 front view.

Fig. 6 is another embodiment's of an equipment shown in Figure 1 front view.

Fig. 7 is the 3rd embodiment's of an equipment shown in Figure 1 front view.

Fig. 8 is the 4th embodiment's of an equipment shown in Figure 1 top view.

Fig. 9 is the top view of the equipment of Fig. 1 when being contained in the rivers.

Figure 10 is the 5th embodiment's of an equipment shown in Figure 1 perspective view.

Figure 11 is the top view of equipment shown in Figure 10.

Fig. 1 be of the present invention be the schematic representation of prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid.A plurality of fin assemblies 10 that radially extend are housed on the outer surface of first or the upper body 11 that is dish usually.Upper body 11 generally is hollow, and purpose is to make weight reduce to the lightest, and inside also can add the ballast (not shown), and housing is floated slightly.Housing 11 is got such configuration makes its resistance to the circulation of the current shown in the arrow 12 little.The shape of housing structurally still is safety and stability concerning bigger diameter.

Upper body 11 is contained on the connecting rod 13 rotationally, and 13 of connecting rods normally extend, and be fixed to the upper face of the bottom or the second static or fixing housing 14 in vertical direction down.Lower case 14 also is dish usually, and purpose is that upper body 11 beneath turbulent flows are minimized.At least one pair of is connected lower case 14 and the wire 15 and 16 that buries between the anchor block 17 at the bottom is anchored on the depth of water place lower case 14 usefulness.Lower case 14 has a hatchcover 18, as leading to inner passage.

The part of lower case 14 outer surfaces is cut open, is connected to the energy generating apparatus 19 of live axle 20 with demonstration, and 20 of live axles extend upward by connecting rod 13, and are connected on the upper body 11, rotates therefrom.Energy generating apparatus 19 can be an oil hydraulic pump or generator, and it converts the mechanical energy that rotation provided of upper body 11 by live axle 20 to fluid dynamic or electric energy, and electric energy is transferred to land by power transmission line 21.The weight of housing 14 should make itself slightly floats, and anchor lines 15 and 16 prevent that upper body 11 and lower case 14 from floating on the water surface or with current 12 drifts.

Fig. 2 is the outer surface of upper body 11 and the partial enlarged view of one of them fin plate 10.Fig. 3 is the transverse sectional view along the 3-3 line intercepting of Fig. 2.The fin 10 that each radially extends, its cross section is in the shape of the letter V usually, and its protrusion side is pointed, and its concave side is inwardly drawn close towards the pinnacle gradually from the both sides that are separated from each other.The profile of housing 11 outer surfaces is being followed on the pinnacle of V22.All fins 10 point to same direction, and when making inside face when the V font to current 12 (as shown in Figure 3), the water that is flowing applies a power, helps to make the direction rotation of upper body 11 along current 12.

Fin 10 is distributed in the outer surface of upper body 11, and a plurality of supports 23 that 22 places are connected to fin 10 on the pinnacle of mat are fixed to the outer surface of housing 11.Therefore when the V of fin 10 font outer surface during towards the current shown in the arrow 24, water will be mobile around fin 10, and some water is between the outer surface of fin 10 and housing 11.When pinnacle 22 during towards current, fin 10 resistances descend.

The resistance that the resistance that fin was increased when as shown in Figure 4, the open part of V font was towards current 12 and pinnacle 22 are descended during towards current 24 produces and helps imbalance that upper body 11 is rotated along the direction of arrow 25.Upper body 11 is all can continue to rotate along the direction of arrow 25 from the effect which direction is subjected to current.

Fig. 5 be of the present invention be another embodiment's of prime mover-power generator equipment of power schematic representation with the fluid.Below second housing 14, can establish another i.e. the 3rd dish-shaped body 26.Dish body 26 is contained on the connecting rod 27 that is attached on the housing 14 rotationally.Radially the fin 28 of Yan Shening is fixed on the outer surface of dish-shaped body 26.Fin 28 is similar with fin 10, but opposite orientation makes rotor 26 rotate along the direction in contrast to first rotor 11.So the reciprocal rotor 11 of direction and 26 balances the torque that is added on the fixed body 14, helps the balance of entire equipment.Fixed body 14 preferably constituent ratio rotor 11 and 26 has bigger diameter, can be by the other power generator of this kind equipment driving so that hold.This external water level can also add other rotors respectively than the depths on rotor 11 and below the rotor 26.

Of the present invention is that prime mover-power generator equipment of power can be contained in any place that has fluid to flow with the fluid.If power source is a water, then equipment can be installed in ocean or the rivers.For example, in close Florida Keys, the Gulf Stream is about 48 miles wide, about 5 miles per hours of flow velocity, and so the big energy that forms is enough to drive equipment of the present invention.The dish body has inherent structural rigidity, only needs with few inside stay.Therefore the diameter of housing can reach 1,000 feet so big, foot plant closely question the impossible captive of appropriate figurines    shallow lake overgrown with wild plants earthworm mu  Α I happiness high drag the captive survey the rice huller concubine of an emperor be the anti-screen of the peaceful  of sipping fluorenes loess hills ┳ the She nationality, distributed over Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong earthworm Α T stand up much strong Gui earwigs suck  Guangdong mandrill continuous and meandering  Φ where water caltrop chaff ⑸  offer Di to and pull and shoulder the solemn   of water caltrop and dredge the drooping Kuo of  convulsion ⒚ and pull hole  Chu

If as power source, then equipment can be installed on the stationary object on roof and so on or be contained on the first-class movably object of mast of automobile top or ship with wind.When rotor is when being fixed on building or the motor vehicle, just need not use meront 14, because power generator equipment can be placed on building or the motor vehicle framework.In addition, rotor also can be provided with the lowering or hoisting gear of using for self lifting, so that can optionally locate in moving air stream.Rotor 11 also can be installed on the point building of oil derrick and so on, at the bottom or the land use.

When in water environment, using, preferably take leak-proof measure.Referring to Fig. 6, have a plurality of fins 31 on the frame 30.Frame 30 surrounds similar but the inner housing 32 that diameter is less of shape.Inner housing 32 is fixed on center or the inner link 34.Bar 34 is surrounded by the hollow drive shaft 35 that is fixed on the frame 30.Outer bar 36 surrounds bar 34 and live axle 35.Outer bar 36 suitable being fixed on the static lower shell body of the housing 14 that resembles Fig. 1.The effect of live axle 35 and live axle shown in Figure 1 20 are similar.Interior bar 34 can be fixed on the lower case framework that resembles lower case 14 and so on, makes inner shell 32 with respect to outer rotor 30 transfixions.Frame 30 and inner housing 32 are defining space 37 therebetween.Like this, when frame 30 leaked, inner housing 32 can prevent that water from flowing into the major part of outer rotor 30 inside, thereby made the total still can be floating.

Fig. 7 is another embodiment of equipment shown in Figure 1.Among Fig. 1, the diameter of housing 11 is substantially greater than the height of housing.This ratio can be according to the size change in the place of waiting the equipment that moves.For example, the housing 40 shown in suitable employing Fig. 7 in darker and narrow water channel.The height of housing 40 is substantially greater than its diameter.Many fins 41 are arranged on the housing 40, and housing 40 itself then is contained on the bar 42 rotationally, so that be fixed on the suitable framework.Therefore rotor can be got any fairshaped shape, and is for example spherical, has the fin that radially extends on it.

Fig. 8 is the top view of equipment another embodiment shown in Figure 1.Be generally the housing 50 of dish, its outer surface has a plurality of fins 51.But compare with the straight shape fin 10 shown in Fig. 4, fin 51 is to make scroll.

When equipment of the present invention is applied in the rivers, can install to such an extent that have only half housing to be in the main current.For example, as shown in Figure 9, housing 11 is to be placed in the rivers 60, and the current of korneforos flow along the direction of arrow 61.Form a puddle if the riverbank is fallen at 62 places, then on the direction of arrow 63, can produce reverse current or eddy current.When half housing 11 was placed in puddle 62 places, main current and reverse flow complemented each other in the process of drive shell 11.A plurality of these class devices can flow setting along the river and supply with city and/or industrial production with generating.Can utilize heating or water bubbling to prevent to freeze in case of necessity.

The present invention has many purposes.It can replace the power source that windmill is irrigated as pump water.When using in air, housing can be made of the lighter framework of weight, and framework can be built with the cloth of solid light weight.Cloth can be to produce hot shortness's cloth of thermal shrinkage on framework.

Figure 10 and 11 be of the present invention be the schematic representation of the 5th kind of alternative embodiment of prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid.On this is the outer surface of housing 71 of right cylinder shape, a plurality of fin assemblies 70 that radially extend are housed being generally fairshaped.The longitudinal axis of housing 71 is portrait orientation normally, and housing 71 itself then is assemblied on the axle 72 that extends into base 73 rotationally.As following will speaking of, housing 71 is rotated, to produce the energy of desired form.For example, housing 71 can be assemblied in rotationally on the axle of fixing with respect to base 73 72.Housing 71 can couple together and generate electricity in order to drive with the generator 19 similar generator (not shown)s of Fig. 1.Perhaps, housing 71 also can be fixed on the axle 72, rotates with axle 72, is positioned at generator on the base 73 with driving.

Each is made of fin assembly 70 a pair of

fin

74 and 75, and an end of each fin is fixed on the housing 71, and the other end 76 is fixed together at the bonding point.Be fixed to fin 74 on the

housing

71 and 75 end apart from one another by a segment distance, make fin 74 and 75 each other shape have a certain degree, this angle is preferably 90 degree, but also desirable any suitable configuration.Fin 74 and 75 and the fin 10 of Fig. 1-3 similar.Though what see on the figure is eight, can fix the fin assembly 70 of any number on the housing 71.Although fin assembly 70 can the oneself support, withstand fluid and be applied to power above them, can add support in addition.For example, in each fin assembly 70, between bonding point 76 and housing 71, can connect supporting element 77.Can connect external support component 78 between the fin bonding point 76 in adjoining of fin assembly 70 in addition, as shown in the figure.

According to the regulation of Patent Law, carried out on the literal and the explanation on the diagram to principle of the present invention and working method with regard to optimum implementation of the present invention.But it should be understood that under the prerequisite that does not break away from spirit of the present invention and scope the present invention is that available and above-mentioned concrete illustrational different mode puts into practice.

Claims

1, a kind of is prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises:

One energy generating apparatus has a mechanically operated input end and a clutch end;

One is generally fairshaped prime mover housing, is equipped with rotatingshaft rotationally, and couples together the back in order to drive the input end of described energy generating apparatus; With

A plurality of fins that radially extend, be fixed to the outer surface of described prime mover housing, each described fin has a protrusion side and that is oriented in described prime mover housing sense of rotation and is oriented in rightabout concave side, thereby rotates around it rotational to drive described power generator when making described prime mover housing be exposed in the fluid stream.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 2, described energy generating apparatus is an oil hydraulic pump, on described input end, drive, and provide pressurized fluid stream at described clutch end by described prime mover housing.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 3, described energy generating apparatus is a generator, is driven at described input end by described prime mover housing, and provide electric energy on described clutch end.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 4, described fin is in the shape of the letter V usually, described protrusion side is pointed, and the female side inwardly is brought to described protruding point gradually from each limit that an apart segment distance separates.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 5, this equipment comprises the holder device that is connected between described fin and the described prime mover housing, with so that the outer surface of described fin and a described prime mover housing segment distance apart.

According to the equipment of claim 5, it is characterized in that 6, described fin is in the shape of the letter V usually, described protrusion side is pointed, and described holder device is fixed on the described fin in described protrusion side.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 7, described energy generating apparatus comprises that one is fairshaped housing and a bar usually, an end of described bar is fixed on the described energy generating apparatus, and the other end is pivotally connected on described prime mover housing.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 8, described prime mover housing can float with respect to a sheet of fluid, and have described prime mover housing is anchored to anchoring device in described a sheet of mobile fluid.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 9, described prime mover housing has an inner housing that is encapsulated in the frame, described fin is fixed on the outer surface of described frame, and described frame is then installed with respect to described inner housing rotationally.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 10, the diameter of described prime mover housing is substantially greater than the height of described prime mover housing.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 11, the height of described prime mover housing is substantially greater than the diameter of described prime mover housing.

According to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that 12, described fin radially extends along curvilinear path.

13, according to the equipment of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described prime mover housing is made of a right cylinder, each is made of described fin a pair of branch, one end of each described branch is fixed on described prime mover housing, and the other end is fixed on the other end of another described branch in the described a pair of branch.

According to the equipment of claim 13, it is characterized in that 14, this equipment comprises a plurality of supporting elements, an end of each supporting element is fixed on described prime mover housing, and the other end is fixed on the bonding point of the described the other end of described wherein a pair of branch.

According to the equipment of claim 13, it is characterized in that 15, this equipment comprises a plurality of supporting elements, each supporting element is connected described fin and wherein adjoins the institute of fin to bare kind of a Ф edge be that the meaningful flat stone with ropes attached at the sides of  says that vigorously Mu Yong is quiet  the Huanshui River

16, a kind of is prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises:

Usually a power generator housing that is dish, it surrounds a power generator with mechanically operated input end and a clutch end;

A bar is connected on the end of described power generator housing core;

Usually prime mover housing that is dish has a core, is assemblied in the other end of described bar rotationally, and is connected to the input end of described energy generating apparatus; With

A plurality of fins that radially extend, be fixed to an outer surface of described prime mover housing, the same direction orientation of each described fin, and constitute by a pair of wall that radially extends, the tip of formation towards described prime mover housing sense of rotation adjoined on one side of each described wall, and the another side of each described wall then is separated from each other.

According to the equipment of claim 16, it is characterized in that 17, this equipment comprises that one is connected on the housing of described power generator, in order to described equipment is anchored on the anchoring device in a sheet of fluid.

18, according to the equipment of claim 16, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises, another end is connected to the bar of described power generator housing core, another is dish usually, have on the other end that is assemblied in described another bar rotationally and be connected to prime mover housing and the in addition a plurality of fin that is fixed to described another prime mover housing outer surface, equidirectional orientation of each described fin of radially extending of the core of described energy generating apparatus input end.

19, according to the equipment of claim 16, it is characterized in that described prime mover housing and described another prime mover housing direction of rotation.

20, a kind of is prime mover-power generator equipment of power with the fluid, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises:

One energy generating apparatus has an input end and a clutch end;

One is fairshaped prime mover housing usually, assembles rotationally and is connected, in order to drive the input end of described energy generating apparatus; With

A plurality of fins that radially extend, be fixed on the outer surface of described prime mover housing, each described fin is made of a pair of wall, each wall first radially extension edge adjoin each other, form the outstanding side of described fin along the sense of rotation orientation of described prime mover housing, second limit of radially extending of each wall is separated from each other, and makes described two walls form the angle that is substantially 60 degree.

21, according to the equipment of claim 20, it is characterized in that, this equipment comprises that one is streamlined usually and surrounds the power generator housing of described energy generating apparatus and an end of a bar bar is fixed to described power generator housing core, and the other end of bar is rotatably fixed on described prime mover housing.

According to the equipment of claim 21, it is characterized in that 22, described prime mover housing and described power generator housing all are dish usually.

According to the equipment of claim 20, it is characterized in that 23, described fin radially extends along curved path.

24, according to the equipment of claim 20, it is characterized in that, described prime mover housing is made of a right cylinder, and each described fin is to be made of a pair of branch, one end of each described branch is fixed on described prime mover housing, and the other end is fixed on the other end of another branch of described a pair of branch.