The present disclosure relates to a technical field of a wave-driven power generation device, and particularly to, a wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work, which pulley is driven to move to produce electrical energy due to wave fluctuation.
With the development of science and technology, the use of energy is increasing day by day. However, in real word, only a certain amount of energy can be reserved, and the other energy may be consumed. Further, the waste generated after energy conversion is also a major problem. Therefore, the use of renewable energy today is more and more important, the renewable energy source can be solar energy, wind power, hydraulic power, tides and so on, which is configured to generate electrical energy through energy conversion. In addition to being reusable without depletion, the power generated by renewable energy itself will not generate waste. However, the use of renewable energy is the goal that everyone is striving for at present, although there are some environmental restrictions on its use and it cannot be used in large quantities.
Nowadays, among renewable energy sources, waves can generate swings, and power generation is designed through tidal currents. Because the generation of sea waves is continuous and uninterrupted, the design for power generation is an ideal source of renewable energy. The current marketed wave-driven power generation device mainly adopts buoys and closed-tube air column for power generation. The buoyancy of the buoys is used to do work through waves, and electrical energy is generated through the height difference generated by buoyancy. However, the problem is that when the buoyancy does work, the buoyancy must bear the weight of the buoy itself and the coil resistance of the power generator shaft. When the piston or buoy rises, ideally, regardless of mechanical friction loss, the work will be converted into the gravitational potential energy of the buoy and the electrical energy of the power generator. When the buoy descends, the gravitational potential energy does work, and when doing work, part of the kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy. But at present, the mainstream buoys all use the rising buoyancy to do work, and if the upward buoyancy displacement is too short, no matter how big the buoyancy is, the work done is limited.
Further, a bigger problem is the corrosion of components. Generally, the active component is made of metal, which requires extremely high toughness and strength, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to corrode and damage, and so it needs to be maintained and replaced frequently. Furthermore, there must be a lubricant to reduce friction between mechanisms, so the contact parts must be covered with lubricating oil. However, every time it moves, the lubricating oil will eventually peel off a part and flow into the ocean, causing ocean pollution. The above disadvantages are the two major problems of the wave-driven power generation device. Of course, in order to protect the internal parts, there are also watertight oil seals, but they will still pollute the ocean.
An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work, which is disposed in a completely closed floating body. Due to wave fluctuation, the wave-driven power generation device swings and generates electrical energy, and thus, it avoids damage or failure caused by moisture in various structures and components. The counterweight part of the wave-driven power generation device can slide back and forth due to the wave fluctuation, and thus it continuously drives the power generation module to generate the electrical energy.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the provided wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work comprises at least one power generation module, a pulley module and at least one transmission mechanism structure. The power generation module comprises a stator set and a rotator set, wherein the stator set and the rotator set produce an electromagnetic interaction to generate electrical energy, and the rotator set has shaft. The pulley module comprises a rail and a counterweight part, wherein the counterweight part is disposed on the rail, and moves back and forth along the rail in a first direction and a second direction due to wave fluctuation, wherein the first direction and the second direction are two opposite directions. The transmission mechanism structure comprises a driving part and a gear module rotating with the driving part, wherein the driving part is connected to the counterweight part, and moves along the first direction or the second direction accompanying with movement of the counterweight part, the gear module rotates with the shaft of the rotator set, and the shaft of the rotator set is kept to rotate in respect to a rotating direction to continue to generate the electrical energy due to transmission of the gear module.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gear module comprises a first gear set, a second gear set and a third gear set, the first gear set rotates with the shaft of the rotator set, the third gear set is engaged to the driving part, the second gear set is engaged to the first gear set and the third gear set. When the driving part moves along the first direction, the third gear set directly drives the first gear set to rotate in respect to the rotating direction, when the driving part moves along the second direction, the third gear set drives the first gear set to rotate in respect to the rotating direction via the second gear set.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first gear set comprises a first gear shaft, a first gear, a second gear, a first unilateral bearing and a second unilateral bearing, the first gear is connected to the first gear shaft via the first unilateral bearing and is able to unilaterally rotate, the second gear is connected to the first gear shaft via the second unilateral bearing and is able to unilaterally rotate, the first gear is engaged to the third gear set, the second gear is engaged to the second gear set, and the first gear shaft rotates with the shaft of the rotator set.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second gear set comprises a second gear shaft, a third gear and a fourth gear, the third gear, the fourth gear and the second gear shaft rotate synchronously, the third gear is engaged to the second gear, and the fourth gear is engaged to the third gear set.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the third gear set comprises a third gear shaft, a fifth gear, a sixth gear and a main driving wheel, the fifth gear, the sixth gear, the main driving wheel and the third gear shaft rotate synchronously, the fifth gear is engaged to the first gear, the sixth gear is engaged to the fourth gear, and the main driving wheel is connected to the driving part.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving part is a chain, a rack or a tension belt, and the main driving wheel is a sprocket, a gear or a belt pulley.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the counterweight part comprises a movable frame and a counterweight block disposed in the movable frame, the movable frame is connected to the rail and is able to move, and the driving part is fixed to the movable frame and moves along the rail with the movable frame.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the movable frame comprises two long edge walls opposite to each other, two short edge walls opposite to each other, a bottom wall, two plates and multiple wheels, wherein each of the plates is disposed between the corresponding long edge wall and the corresponding plate, the long edge walls and the short edge walls are connected to the bottom wall, one part of the rail is disposed between the corresponding long edge wall and the corresponding plate, and the wheels are scrollably set on the rail.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one power generation module comprises two power generation modules, and the at least one transmission mechanism structure comprises two transmission mechanism structures, the two power generation modules are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rail, and the two transmission mechanism structures are respectively disposed on the two opposite sides of the rail.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work further comprises an installation base, the installation base comprises a base body and at least one installation part extending from a side of the base body, the rail is disposed on the base body, and the power generation module and the transmission mechanism structure are disposed on the installation part
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the installation part comprises a carrier body, and the carrier body supports the power generation module and the transmission mechanism structure, and is movably disposed on the base body.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one installation part further comprises at least one fastening via disposed in the supporting body, and the carrier body is movably disposed on the base body by using the fastening via.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the installation base further comprises two blocking parts, and the blocking parts are respectively disposed on two ends of the rail, and configured to limit movement of the counterweight part.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the installation base further comprises multiple supporting parts disposed on a bottom of the base body, and the supporting parts are configured to support the base body and the installation part.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work further comprises a floating body and at least one deflector, the floating body has a hollow structure and is configured to support the installation base to make the installation base float on water, and the deflector is disposed on a bottom of the floating body and parallel to the first direction and the second direction.
Regarding the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work of the present disclosure, the counterweight part of the pulley module is movably disposed on the rail of the pulley module, and the transmission mechanism structure is connected to the power generation module. Therefore, when two sides of the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work are due to wave fluctuation are tilted to each other, the counterweight part moves back and forth on the rail due to gravity (that is, the gravity work is converted to kinetic energy), the driving part moves back and forth along two opposite directions with the counterweight part, and at the same time, the kinetic energy produced by the back and forth movement of the driving part is transmitted to the rotator set of the power generation module via the gear module, such that the rotator set continuously rotate in respect to a rotating direction to generate stable electrical energy. Since the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure are compactly sealed in the floating body, even the floating body floats on water, the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure will not be damped, and the lubricant of the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure will not leakage outside to pollute the water.
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The installation base 30 is disposed in the hollow structure of the floating body 10. The power generation module 40, the pulley module 50 and the transmission mechanism structure 60 are disposed in the installation base 30, such that the power generation module 40, pulley module 50 and the transmission mechanism structure 60 swing with the floating body 10 when the wave passes. The wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work in the embodiment comprises two power generation modules 40 and two transmission mechanism structures 60. The installation base 30 comprises a base body 31 and two installation parts 32 extending from two sides of the base body 31. The pulley module 50 is disposed on the base body 31. The power generation module 40 and the transmission mechanism structure 60 are disposed on the installation part 32. The two installation parts 32 in the embodiment are respectively disposed on the two opposite side of the base body 31. The installation base 30 can further comprise multiple supporting parts 33. The supporting parts 33 are disposed on a bottom of the base body 31. As shown in
The power generation module 40 comprise a stator set and a rotator set, wherein the stator set and the rotator set produce an electromagnetic interaction to generate electrical energy, and the rotator set has shaft 41. The stator set is composed of permanent magnets, the rotator set is a coil, and the rotator set rotates in the magnetic field generated by the stator set to generate current and provide electrical energy.
The pulley module 50 comprises a rail 51 and a counterweight part 52. The counterweight part 52 is disposed on the rail 51 and can move back and forth along the rail 51 in a first direction L1 and a second direction L2, wherein the first direction L1 and the second direction L2 are two opposite directions. The rail 51 is disposed on the installation base 30 of the base body 31, and the two installation parts 32 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rail 51. The rail 51 is formed by making two rail walls 511 opposite to each other form on a base body 31 having a plate shape. The installation base 30 further comprises two blocking parts 34, and the blocking parts 34 are respectively disposed on two terminal ends of the rail 51, and configured to limit movement of the counterweight part 52. The blocking parts 34 in the embodiment are embedded between the two rail walls 511 and higher than the base body 31 between the two rail walls 511 to form a ladder-like structure, thereby stopping the counterweight part 52 sliding between the two rail walls 511.
The counterweight part 52 comprises a movable frame 521 and a counterweight block 522 disposed in the movable frame 521. In the embodiment, the movable frame 521 comprises two long edge walls 5211 opposite to each other, two short edge walls 5212 opposite to each other, a bottom wall 5213, two plates 5214 and multiple wheels 5215. The long edge walls 5211 and the short edge walls 5212 are connected to the bottom wall 5213. The long edge walls 5211, the short edge walls 5212 and the bottom wall 5213 can be formed by bending plate objects. The long edge wall 5211 is fixed to one of the plates 5214, and each rail wall 511 is located between the corresponding long edge wall 5211 and the corresponding plate 5214. The wheels 5215 are disposed between the long edge wall 5211 and the plate 5214, and the wheels 5215 contacts the upper and lower edges of the rail wall 511, such that the movable frame 521 is stably positioned on the rail wall 511. By using the wheel 5215, the friction of movement on the rail wall 511 is reduced, such that it achieves smooth movement. Each short edge wall 5212 has two vias 5216 and two locking parts 5217, the driving part 61 can penetrate through the via 5216, and the locking part 5217 makes the driving part 61 be fixed to the short edge wall 5212, such that the driving part 61 and the movable frame 521 can move synchronously. The counterweight block 522 is a cuboid heavy block, which can be placed in the accommodation space of the movable frame 521, and moves together with the movable frame 521 on the rail 51 by gravity.
The transmission mechanism structure 60 comprises a driving part 61 and a gear module 62 rotating with the transmission mechanism structure 60. The driving part 61 is connected to the movable frame 521 of the counterweight part 52, and moves along the first direction L1 or second direction L2 with the movement of the counterweight part 52. The gear module 62 rotates with shaft 41 of the rotator set, and the shaft 41 of the rotator set is kept rotating in the same rotation direction by the transmission of the gear module 62, so as to generate electrical energy continuously.
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The second gear set 622 comprises a second gear shaft 6221, a third gear 6222 and a fourth gear 6223, the third gear 6222, the fourth gear 6223 and the second gear shaft 6221 rotate synchronously, the third gear 6222 is engaged to the second gear 6221, and the fourth gear 6223 is engaged to the third gear set 623.
The third gear set 623 comprises a third gear shaft 6231, a fifth gear 6232, a sixth gear 6233 and a main driving wheel 6234, the fifth gear 6232, the sixth gear 6233, the main driving wheel 6234 and the third gear shaft 6231 rotate synchronously, the fifth gear 6232 is engaged to the first gear 6212, the sixth gear 6233 is engaged to the fourth gear 6223, and the main driving wheel 6234 is connected to the driving part 61.
In the embodiment, the driving part 61 is a chain, and the main driving wheel 6234 is a sprocket. However, in other one embodiment, the driving part 61 is a rack, and the main driving wheel 6234 is a gear; or alternatively, the driving part 61 is a tension belt, and the main driving wheel 6234 is a belt pulley.
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The wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work of the present disclosure can be applied in various water areas, such as marine aquaculture areas or freshwater aquaculture areas.
Regarding the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work of the present disclosure, the counterweight part of the pulley module is movably disposed on the rail of the pulley module, and the transmission mechanism structure is connected to the power generation module. Therefore, when two sides of the wave-driven power generation device of converting gravity work are due to wave fluctuation are tilted to each other, the counterweight part moves back and forth on the rail due to gravity (that is, the gravity work is converted to kinetic energy), the driving part moves back and forth along two opposite directions with the counterweight part, and at the same time, the kinetic energy produced by the back and forth movement of the driving part is transmitted to the rotator set of the power generation module via the gear module, such that the rotator set continuously rotate in respect to a rotating direction to generate stable electrical energy. Since the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure are compactly sealed in the floating body, even the floating body floats on water, the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure will not be damped, and the lubricant of the power generation module, the pulley module and the transmission mechanism structure will not leakage outside to pollute the water.
The above-mentioned descriptions represent merely the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, without any intention to limit the scope of the present disclosure thereto. Various equivalent changes, alternations or modifications based on the claims of present disclosure are all consequently viewed as being embraced by the scope of the present disclosure.
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111144456 | Nov 2022 | TW | national |