Energy recovery system and method
First Claim
1. A system for recovering energy from a mechanical apparatus, the system comprising:
- (a) a principal motor associated with the mechanical apparatus, the principal motor having a drive shaft for rotatably driving the mechanical apparatus; and
(b) a recovery motor having a drive means coupled to the drive shaft of the principal motor, wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation of the drive shaft, and wherein the recovery motor is adapted to generate electric energy from the rotational movement of the drive means.
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Abstract
A system and method for recovering energy consisting of a mechanical apparatus having a principal motor and a drive shaft, and a recovery motor having a drive means coupled to the drive shaft of the principal motor, wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation of the drive shaft, and wherein the recovery motor is adapted to generate electric energy from the rotational movement of the drive means. The system includes an inverter means for receiving and converting the direct current electric energy from the recovery motor to alternating current electric energy using a rectifier means. The system further includes a switch means for receiving and providing the recovered electric energy to the commercial power source, one or more secondary apparatuses or a combination thereof.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for recovering energy from a mechanical apparatus, the system comprising:
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(a) a principal motor associated with the mechanical apparatus, the principal motor having a drive shaft for rotatably driving the mechanical apparatus; and
(b) a recovery motor having a drive means coupled to the drive shaft of the principal motor, wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation of the drive shaft, and wherein the recovery motor is adapted to generate electric energy from the rotational movement of the drive means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for recovering energy from one or more mechanical apparatuses, each having a principal motor and a drive shaft, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing at least one recovery motor having a drive means;
(b) coupling the drive means of the recovery motor to the drive shaft of the principal motor;
(c) actuating the principal motor to rotatably drive the drive shaft and operate the mechanical apparatus, wherein the drive shaft rotatably drives the drive means of the recovery motor, and wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation of the drive shaft; and
(d) utilizing the recovery motor to generate electric energy from the rotational movement of the drive means. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for recovering energy from one or more facilities having a mechanical apparatus consisting of a principal motor and a drive shaft, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing at least one recovery motor having a drive means at each of the one or more facilities;
(b) coupling the drive means of the recovery motor to the drive shaft of the principal motor of the mechanical apparatus;
(c) actuating the principal motor using a commercial power source to rotatably drive the drive shaft and operate the mechanical apparatus, wherein the drive shaft rotatably drives the drive means of the recovery motor, and wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation of the drive shaft;
(d) utilizing the recovery motor to generate electric energy from the rotational movement of the drive means resulting from the operation of the mechanical apparatus; and
(e) aggregating and providing the electric energy generated by the recovery motors at each of the one or more facilities to the commercial power source. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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