This invention relates to an aggregation (ganging) set that replaces in operation the work of the following conventional units; electric motor driven pump, electric motor driven compressor and fluid motor driven electric generator.
Patent JP200705161 (A) features a vane pump, the vanes of which are also permanent magnets of the rotor of a brushless DC axial motor.
Patent GB2295857A features a fluid machine with two chasing, pistons operational within a half-cycle of its rotation. Synchronization of the action of its pistons within a half-cycle of rotation is provided by a mechanical transmission.
Existing (classical) units—electric motor driven pump, electric motor driven compressor and fluid motor driven electric generator are made up of two units with connected shafts. These are structurally bulky and heavy units, necessitating steady positioning of bearings, seals between shaft and housing, damping of vibrations and moisture-imperviousness of electrical parts. Their fabrication, maintenance and repair are costly.
It is the objective of this invention to develop a highly-adjustable, compact unit, structurally simple and easy to fabricate.
This task has been accomplished by means of developing a rotating machine of the “cat-and-mouse” type, herein called “Electrical machine-Fluid machine Stanchev Aggregation Set” (EFSAS), comprising: stator/body unit, rotor/piston units and an electronic control and power supply module.
It is characteristic of EFSAS that its stator/body unit is made up of two components as a minimum, shaping a volume of rotation, in which there are two segmental rotor/piston units. Their profile corresponds to that of the volume of rotation. Both rotor/piston units are with equal geometric dimensions, and their central angle is less than Π radians (180°). In the walls shaping the rotary volume, there are IN and OUT channels, the central angles of which are smaller then—but can also be equal to—those of the rotor/piston units. When they are equal, there is no break of phase in suction and discharge and there is no ripple in fluid flow either. It is also reasonable to have other channels, opposite the IN and OUT channels, with equal faces ensuring alignment of the radial (not frontal) force of working fluid to the rotor/piston units and thereby eliminating friction forces between the rotor/piston units and the rotary volume surfaces. Each pair of channels is in contact with two external spaces, to and from which fluid is fed and discharged. There are permanent magnets in the rotor/piston units, equidistant from each other, oriented so that the direction of their magnetization is parallel to the axis of the rotation volume. There are electromagnets, along the whole length of the leading circle of the rotation volume, with poles matching the trajectory of the poles of the permanent magnets in the rotor/piston units. The terminals of the coils of the electromagnets are connected to an electronic control module. Through power switching elements in the module, position sensors in the stator/body unit near the permanent magnets, opposite the rotor/piston units, an interface for external control and display ensures control over the electromagnets. Their magnetic fields induce synchronized rotation of both rotor/piston units, which evenly expels, in a half cycle of rotation (Πrad., 180°), an amount of fluid, the while also receiving a charging amount of it.
Combining in one assembly the operation of an electric motor driven pump, an electric motor driven compressor and a fluid motor driven electric generator. The work of EFSAS spells out attainment of very high values of the ratios POWER/WEIGHT and FLOWRATE/WEIGHT;
Lack of shafts with bearings, seals and coupling between there leads to:
Saving on materials and structural elements;
No leak of working fluid, hence no pollution of environment; possibility to use the innovation in hazardous fire—and explosion ambient, and in vacuum (e.g. in Outer Space);
Minimal value of resistance moment (no friction forces), i.e. energy efficiency;
Very small rotary masses amount—hence, low moment of inertia, securing exact regulatory features;
No need for readjustment of driving—and driven components;
Equalized pressures in radial direction to two opposite walls of rotor-piston units ensured by couples of channels in the volume of rotation, with negligible frictional forces between the rotor/piston units and the walls of the rotary volume. Hence, complete absence of operational wear;
Algorithm-defined relative speeds of parts during operation; absence of break in cycles and even flow of fluid in both modes of operation-electric motor-pump (compressor) and fluid motor (turbine)-generator; hence, reduction of hydro- and aero-dynamic loss, noise and vibration;
Smooth and accurate control of flow rates, from zero to maximum value;
Possibility for working fluid dosing, owing to “the volume principle of design” and the electronic control of operation;
Use of EFSAS as a regulator of fluid flow in a given static position of the rotor/piston units;
Extremely high tech level of fabrication of the invention and its repair due to the following: All contact surfaces between which there is motion are flat and cylindrical, easy to shape and to treat surfaces;
Windings: made ready on separate spools prior to the assembly of EFSAS;
The design of EFSAS is modular, with screw connection assembly-securing simple installation and quick servicing;
Electrical control of operating parameters ensures remote control, in addition to low moments of inertia and precise feedback—i.e. attainment of complex and program modes executable with precision.
FIG. 1—axonometric view of EFSAS, segment cut by 90 degrees;
FIG. 2—expanded axonometric view of EFSAS;
FIG. 4—diagram of location of the rotor/piston units in 5 different positions, full cycle Π rad (180°); clockwise rotation of the rotor/piston units;
FIG. 5—axonometric view of body and core, forming a cage-rotary volume
Operating as an electric-pump, EFSAS (
The rotor/piston units 11 in the volume of rotation, with gaps with sliding joints, are radially limited in position by the body 1 and the core 13, and are axially limited in position by the separators 14 and 16 (
Two modes of operation: 1. Direct Action—as “electromotor-pump (compressor)”, powered by electricity, with revised fluid output (moved, compressed, and diluted); 2. Reverse Action—as “volumetric fluid motor-generator” powered by fluid pressure generating electricity.
Since EFSAS is with bidirectional operation, let us consider the mode in which the coupler 18, on the far side of the interface connector 21, is input, the rotor/piston units 11 are in clockwise rotation, viewed from the cooler 21. In Position One—5 positions,
In this mode, pos. 11 (
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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111282 | Aug 2012 | BG | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/BG2013/000023 | 5/22/2013 | WO | 00 |