Patent Application
20230231460
The invention generally relates to power and energy generation, and more particularly to a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process.
It is well known in this modern times that technology advances faster than the world’s energy sources could supply. To keep up with changing times and rapidly increasing demands of power/energy, higher energy generation capacity worldwide is needed to answer for the requirements. The process of transforming electrical power/energy from other forms of energy, thus, has always been the center of attention anywhere in the world.
There are fundamental methods of directly transforming other forms of energy into electrical energy, namely: static electricity, from the physical separation and transport of charge like, triboelectric effect and lightning; electromagnetic induction, where an electrical generator, dynamo or alternator transforms kinetic energy (energy of motion) into electricity; electrochemistry, the direct transformation of chemical energy into electricity, as in a battery, fuel cell or nerve impulse; photoelectric effect, the transformation of light into electrical energy, as in solar cells; thermoelectric effect, direct conversion of temperature differences to electricity, as in thermocouples and thermopiles; piezoelectric effect, from the mechanical strain of electrically anisotropic molecules or crystals; and nuclear transformation, the creation and acceleration of charged particles like betavoltaics or alpha particle emission.
The existing power plants rely mainly on coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric and petroleum with a small amount from solar energy, tidal harnesses, wind generators and geothermal sources, all of which have numerous disadvantages as follows.
Coal is nonrenewable energy source because it takes millions of years to create, further, it is fast depleting. Fossil fuels provide around 66% of the world’s electrical power, and 95% of the world’s total energy demands (including heating, transport, electricity generation and other uses). Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which is a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
Nuclear energy can be used for production and proliferation of nuclear weapons, a major threat to the world as they can cause large scale devastation. Building nuclear power plant is capital extensive. The nuclear reactors will work only as long as uranium is available; its extinction will cause grave problem.
Natural gas besides being finite is highly volatile and can be dangerous. Detection of leak is very difficult because it is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Construction and managing pipelines likewise is expensive.
Hydroelectric power dams are extremely costly and must be built at a very high standard. Building of large dams can cause serious geological damage as they can damage the surrounding environment and alter the quality of the water by creating low dissolved oxygen levels, which impacts fish and surrounding ecosystems. They also take up a great deal of space and can impose on animal, plant and even human environments. During drought, when water is not available, hydro power plants cannot produce electricity.
The depletion of fossil fuels (coal, crude oil and natural gas) had signaled the beginning of intensive program to develop renewable fuel sources (wind, solar and biofuels). Still, the disadvantages of these sources are overwhelming.
Solar energy system has a high investment cost, largely because of the high cost of semi-conducting materials used in building one. Solar panels require a large area for installation to achieve a good level of efficiency. Its efficiency also relies on the location of the sun, although certain components maybe installed to solve this problem. The production of solar energy is influenced by the presence of clouds or pollution in the air. No solar energy will be produced during nighttime although a battery backup system and/or net metering will answer this concern.
Wind power is unreliable. Wind turbines generally produce a lot less electricity thus requiring multiple wind turbines to be built in order to make an impact. Its construction can be very expensive and costly to surrounding wildlife during the process. The noise pollution from commercial wind turbines is sometimes similar to a small jet engine.
The area where a geothermal energy power plant would be built should consist of those suitable hot rocks at just the right depth for drilling. In addition, the type of rock must be easy to drill into. It is important to take care of a geothermal site because if the holes were drilled improperly, then potentially harmful minerals and gas could escape from the ground. These hazardous materials are nearly impossible to get rid of properly. Pollution may occur due to improper drilling at geothermal stations. Unbelievably, it is also possible for specific geothermal area to run dry or lose steam.
Collecting sufficient quantities of waste can be difficult to create biomass energy. Burning the fuel also creates greenhouse gases. Moreover, certain materials used in creating biomass energy are not always available.
Worse, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases from electricity generation account for significant portion of world greenhouse gas emissions.
Therefore, there exists a need for power generation system which is a suitable replacement for existing ones that is more, if not equally, as efficient at producing the same amount of energy, without depleting resources and without harming the environment of a finite earth.
In view of the above-discussed shortcomings, drawbacks and problems of fuel-based and nature-energy-based electrical power/energy production/ generation tapping and utilizing natural forces or energies and/or processed fuels, there are numerous attempts to feasibly and practically make and design power/energy generation machines that really work without using these consumable power/energy sources. However, up to the present times, there aren’t any such machines or electrical power/energy generators that are capable of producing and providing useful output power/energy, especially electrical power/energy, and at the same time still has a part of its output power/energy being used to supply electrical power/energy to its prime mover or an electrical motor.
The present invention seeks to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art by providing a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process comprising of motor-driveshaft-generator/altemator set-up that is capable of efficiently generating greater electrical output power/energy than its electrical input power/energy, and still having substantial and significant amount of useful excess/extra power/energy to run/operate other electrical loads. This is achieved by the invention in the provision thereto of a non-typical upsized drive shaft with non-typical enlarged diameter and/or length, connecting/coupling the motor and generator/altemator, that is capable of exponentially adding inertial power/energy to the mechanical power/energy derived from the motor.
It is therefore the primary object of the invention to provide a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process that is capable of powering itself, and still having substantial and significant amount of excess power/energy for other loads, hence, can subsequently operate/run and generates power/energy without using any fuel.
Another object thereof is to provide a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process that has capability to run by itself (regeneration process) and increase electricity generation by inertial amplification of mechanical power/energy that is in turn transformed/converted into useful electrical power/energy.
Still another object thereof is to provide a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process that will help to minimize the effects of pollution as a consequence of industrialization and lower the cost of power/energy production/generation.
Yet another object thereof is to provide a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process that is capable of helping save mother earth from the greenhouse effect as it involves clean-energy generation and is cost-effective, and is not dependent on wind, sun, water and gas, therefore, the process for regeneration and amplification is predictable. In terms of space required to produce large scale electricity production, it will only consume minimal space as compared to solar, wind, hydro-electric power plants or power grids.
A further object thereof is to provide a self-powered internal energy and power generation system and process that utilizes indigenous materials and simple technology, yet so practical and technically beneficial, thus very economical to manufacture and most marketable to commercialize.
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention are better understood and appreciated from the following detailed description made in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:
Before describing the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the phraseologies and terminologies employed herein are for purposes of description only to support an enabling disclosure, thus should not be regarded as limiting.
Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference numerals designate the same parts or elements all throughout the description, there is shown in
The generator/alternator 12 has a higher power capacity rating than that of the motor 11, and is capably, controllably, and compatibly driven rotatably by the motor 11. The motor 11 is capable of driving or rotating the drive shaft 13 and in turn the generator/alternator 12 at the initial start-up and thereafter by the amount of input power/energy 14a,15a supplied thereto that has to be within the motor 11′s capacity rating. Further, the motor 11′s rating capacity, being lower than that of the generator/altemator 12, is compatible with the latter in having relatively lower amperage, voltage, frequency, and/or speed ratings than those of the generator/alternator 12 for the latter’s secure, smooth and/or effectively efficient operation. In addition thereto, the motor 11′s rotational speed and/or input power/energy 14a,15a is capable of being controlled by a speed or voltage/amperage/frequency controller 16 connected thereto.
The upsized drive shaft 13 is of non-typical size having substantially and proportionately enlarged diameter D and/or length L such that the shaft 13 has relatively greater resultant mass and moment of inertia than standard-size drive shaft 13′, which translate into power/energy when the shaft 13 is in an inertially appropriate rotational speed. For an efficient, if not most or highly efficient, generation and/or transformation of power/energy inertially or centrifugally derived from the rotating upsized drive shaft 13, the motor 11 and the generator/altemator 12 are securely and stably connected or coupled by connecting/coupling means 13a, preferably polyurethane shaft coupling 13b, such that when in rotation at inertially appropriate and/or sufficient-torque-producing rotational speed, the upsized drive shaft 13 inertially, amplifiably and/or exponentially adds its inertially generated input power/energy 15a″ to the motor 11′s subsequent mechanical input power/energy 15a′ derived from the subsequent electrical input power/energy 15a supplied to the motor 11. The resulting overall mechanical input power/energy 15d is efficiently converted/transformed by the generator/altemator 12 into electrical output power/energy 15 of a magnitude that is significantly and substantially greater than the electrical input power/energy 15a supplied to the motor 11. Further, the resulting overall input power/energy 15d is directly/exponentially proportional to the upsized drive shaft’s diameter D and/or length L, rotational speed, moment of inertia, and/or resultant torque.
For maximum electrical power/energy production and generation by the generator/altemator 12, the motor 11, and/or drive shaft 13 have their respective power generation capacities effectively and efficiently enhanced and/or amplified at least structurally, dimensionally, configuredly, component-wise, and/or material-wise such that the overall or sum total of the mechanical input power/energy 15d efficiently derived from the electric motor 11, i.e. the mechanical input power/energy 15a′, and the upsized drive shaft 13, i.e. the inertially generated input power/energy 15a″, is efficiently converted/ transformed by the generator/altemator 12 into the electrical output power/energy 15 of a magnitude that is significantly and substantially greater than the electrical input power/energy 15a supplied to the motor 11 as mentioned and discussed above and shown in
Summarily, the invention as disclosed and taught herein actually embodies in general and in principle an energy and power generation system or device that is mainly directed to the upsized drive shaft 13, one or plurality thereof. The shaft 13, which is adapted as one of the main and key elements of the system 10, comprises of an upsized main body 13″ of non-typical size having substantially and proportionately enlarged diameter D and/or length L based on typical standard drive shaft sizes normally and correspondingly adapted for power generation systems or devices of commensurate capacity ratings, preferably motor-generator system, generator or alternator, or electric motor. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention shown in
The generator/altemator 12 has an effective area of its interactive magnet and coil winding components (not shown) that is substantially and proportionately greater in length L1, e.g. about 710 mm, than the length L2, e.g. about 500 mm, of the motor 11 or a typical generator/altemator of same capacity rating, and has a relatively same or smaller effective diameter D1, e.g. about 400 mm, than the diameter D2, e.g. about 300 mm - 350 mm, of the motor 11, such that the generator/alternator 12 has relatively more electromagnetic coil windings or longer magnetic field/flux area that efficiently translate into higher efficiency/capacity ratings. Further, the generator/altemator 12 is electrically connected to the motor 11 through a power management system 18 that electrically and/or eiectronicaiiy controls/manages the apportioning of the electrical output power/energy 15 of the generator/altemator 12 as subsequent electrical input power 15a to the motor 11, electrical input power 15c to the rechargeable battery or battery pack 14′, and/or electrical input power 15b supplying power to other electrical loads 17 such home lightings, appliances, gadgets, tools and other electrical power requirements/consumptions, among others, after startup as shown in
The motor 11 and/or generator/altemator 12 have their permanent magnet components (not shown) being made of suitable magnetic materials such as, preferably, neodymium, neodynium-iron-boron, cobalt, samarium-cobalt, or any suitable magnetic materials or rare earth magnet materials, or any combinations of these materials, and more preferably, neodymium. For the coil winding wires of the motor 11 and/or generator/altemator 12, they are preferably made of suitable materials such as copper, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, aluminum, silver, gold, tungsten, zinc, or any suitable conductive materials, or any combinations of these wire materials.
In assembly, the drive shaft 13 is alignably, stably, and accurately mounted on mounting support means 19, connecting the motor 11 and generator/altemator 12 with an alignment accuracy of negligible, if not zero, deflection tolerance. The mounting support means 19 is in a form of anti-friction pillow block bearings 19a made of suitable materials such as cast steel/iron, metal alloy, ceramic, fiber-reinforced materials, or any suitable composite materials, or any combinations of these materials. The alignment, stability and accuracy/preciseness of the drive shaft 13 as installed/mounted on the mounting support means 19 or pillow block bearings 19a are of critical importance to the invention to ensure high efficiency motor-shaft-generator performance and high power/energy production. Hence, the system 10′s motor-shaft-generator set-up or assembly is installed with high-level installation accuracy or negligible, if not zero, margin of error tolerance.
For a high-efficiency performance and power/energy production or generation, the generator/alternator 12 is provided with a built-in or separate cooling means 20 with liquid and/or gaseous coolant or cooling medium selected from a group comprising of nitrogen, helium, air, glycol, argon, oxygen, neon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or any suitable cryogenic medium, and any mixtures thereof.
As shown in a schematic view or representation in
As the present invention is capable of being multiplied and interconnected together, one of the feasible and practical bigger-scale applications of the system 10 for providing a power-plant power/energy generation capacity in megawatt is a network-type assemblage or arrangement of a plurality of the system 10. When being multiplied in number and electrically connected in a network set-up, a plurality of the system 10 is capable of exponentially producing/generating useful output or excess power/energy of a power plant magnitude in megawatt or higher.
For the process aspect of the invention, there is shown in
All the features of the system 10 and its elements as described and taught in the above description of the system 10 are all applied and covered in the process aspect 10′ of the invention, hence, the descriptions of these elements/features of the system 10 that are used for the limitations of the process 10′s dependent claims are not anymore repeated in the general description of the process 10′ considering that the use of the same numeral designations that refer to the same elements/features shown in
As concrete example of the preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed, taught and described herein in detail, the following actual results are hereby shown below. The electric motor 11 used is a three-phase asynchronous AC motor with a capacity rating of 30 KVA (KW), 420 V, 59.5 A, 50 Hz, 289 Nm and 980 rpm, and the generator/altemator 12 used is also a three-phase asynchronous AC alternator with a relatively higher capacity rating of 100 KVA, 600 V, 96 A, 60 Hz, 235 Nm and 750 rpm. The motor 11 drives the alternator 12 through the upsized drive shaft 13 with diameter D of 4 in. (101.6 mm) and length L of 1,200 mm (1.2 m) stably and alignably mounted on the pillow block ceramic bearings. The power management system 18, i.e. the UPS system/unit 21, used has a rating of 660 V (AC) +/- 25% input, 44 V (AC) +/-10% output and 100 A charging capacity to the pack of 12 pcs. 12 V (DC) and 200 Ah batteries.
Before defining the scope of the following claims, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its applications to the details of the illustrative examples or variations set forth in the preceding description and drawings. It is to be noted that the invention is capable of other variations and limitless applications not disclosed herein. Further, this invention is likewise capable of being practiced and carried out in various ways falling within the teaching and scope of the following claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12017000264 | Sep 2017 | PH | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/PH2017/000009 | 10/5/2017 | WO |
