HYDRAULIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR AND SEPARATION TYPE ELECTRIC FLUID PUMP DRIVEN BY THE SAME

• US 20130057183A1
• Filed: 09/07/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tai-Her Yang
• Original Assignee: Tai-Her Yang
• Inventors: YANG, Tai-Her
• Application Number:
  US13/226,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20130057183A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/140
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 17/00 Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 80/10 Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same, wherein an external fluid in a specific space is adopted as a driving power source for driving a blade set to convert the fluid kinetic energy into rotary kinetic energy to drive a generator, and the electric power produced by the generator is transmitted through a conductive wire for transmitting electric power with a linear transmission means, thereby driving an electric fluid pump device including an electric fluid pump or electric fan and installed in the specific space, the application thereof is for example converting the external fluid kinetic energy into indoor airflows.

Claims

1. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same, wherein an external fluid in a specific space is adopted as a driving power source for driving a blade set to convert the fluid kinetic energy into rotary kinetic energy to drive a generator, and the electric power produced by the generator is transmitted through a conductive wire for transmitting electric power with a linear transmission means, thereby driving an electric fluid pump device including an electric fluid pump or electric fan and installed in the specific space, the application thereof is for example converting the external fluid kinetic energy into indoor airflows, wherein the main components including:

flow-driven input device (101);

through the airflow or the fluid at outdoor to drive the blade set thereof generating the rotary kinetic energy, so as to directly drive a generator (102), or further installed with a transmission unit to drive the generator (102) after variable speed transmission;

generator (102);

constituted by the AC or DC generator (102), which is driven by the rotary kinetic energy of the flow-driven input device (101) to produce and output electric energy for driving a motor (104) through the conductive wire;

motor (104);

constituted by the AC or DC motor (104), which is driven by the electric energy of the generator (102) for performing rotation driving, so as to produce and output the rotary mechanical energy to directly drive a fluid pump device (105), or further installed with a transmission unit to drive the fluid pump device (105) after variable speed transmission;

fluid pump device (105);

constituted by a fan blade set or pneumatic pump for pumping airflow or a propeller or fluid pump for pumping fluid;

the relationship between the input rotary speed of the generator (102) and the motor (104) includes;

     1) directly matching according to the features of voltage, current, rotary speed and torque of the both, or

     2) through the electronic control device installed between the power output terminal of the generator (102) and the power input terminal of the motor (104) to control the generated power of the generator and/or control the input power of the motor (104), therefore to control the rotary speed of the motor;

In the hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same, the electric power generation and operational features of the generator (102) to the motor (104) includes one or more of the followings, including;

1) the electric power of the DC generator directly drives the DC motor; and

/or

2) the electric power of the DC generator drives the AC motor through an inverter; and

/or

3) the electric power of the AC generator directly drives the AC motor; and

/or

4) the electric power of the AC generator is rectified then drives the DC motor.

2. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main components including:

flow-driven input device (101);

through the air flow or the fluid outside a specific space to drive the blade set thereof generating the rotary kinetic energy, so as to directly drive a generator (102), or further installed with a transmission unit to drive the generator (102) after variable speed transmission;

generator (102);

constituted by the AC or DC generator (102), which is driven by the rotary kinetic energy of the flow-driven input device (101) to produce and output electric energy for driving a motor (104) in a specific space through the conductive wire;

motor (104);

constituted by the AC or DC motor (104), which is driven by the electric energy of the generator (102) for performing asynchronous rotation driving, so as to produce and output the rotary mechanical energy to directly drive a fluid pump device (105), or further installed with a transmission unit to drive the fluid pump device (105) after variable speed transmission;

fluid pump device (105);

constituted by a fan blade set or pneumatic pump for pumping airflow or a propeller or fluid pump for pumping fluid;

the relationship between the input rotary speed of the generator (102) and the motor (104) includes;

     1) directly matching according to the features of voltage, current, rotary speed and torque of the both, or

     2) through the electronic control device installed between the power output terminal of the generator (102) and the power input terminal of the motor (104) to control the generated power of the generator and/or control the input power of the motor (104), therefore to control the rotary speed of the motor.

3. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic control device (107) is further installed between the generator (102) and the motor (104), in which:

the electronic control device (107) is constituted by electromechanical components and/or solid state electronic components and/or the microprocessor with related operating softwares, and provided to regulate the voltage and current transmitted to the motor (104) from the generator (102), and/or to control the voltage and current input to the motor (104), so as to control the rotary speed, torque and rotary direction of the motor (104).

4. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic control device (107) and the electric charging/discharging device (108) are further installed between the generator (102) and the motor (104), in which:

the electric charging/discharging device (108) is constituted by the rechargeable battery, or the capacitor, or ultra capacitor; and

the electric charging/discharging device (108) is installed with an output interface, such as the plug, or the socket, or the wire connector, for receiving the external current charging the electric charging/discharging device (108), or for the electric charging/discharging device (108) supplying power externally; and

the electronic control device (107) is constituted by electromechanical components and/or solid state electronic components and/or the microprocessor with related operating softwares, for controlling the power operations of the generator (102), the motor (104) and the electric charging/discharging device (108), which includes one or more of the following operational functions;

1) regulating the voltage and current transmitted to the motor (104) from the generator (102), and/or controlling the voltage and current input to the motor (104), so as to control the rotary speed, torque and rotary direction of the motor (104);

2) controlling the voltage, current, rotary speed, torque and rotary direction of the motor (104) which is driven by the electric power from the electric charging/discharging device (108);

3) controlling the voltage, current, rotary speed, torque and rotary direction of the motor (104) which is jointly driven by the generator (102) and the electric charging/discharging device (108);

4) controlling the rotary direction relationship between the generator and the motor;

5) controlling the voltage, current, rotary speed, torque and rotary direction of the motor (104) which is driven by the generator (102), and simultaneously controlling the charging timing, charging voltage, charging current and charging cut-off time for the generator (102) to the electric charging/discharging device (108);

6) controlling the charging voltage, charging current, charging start time and charging cut-off time for the generator (102) to the electric charging/discharging device (108); and

7) controlling the charging start time, charging voltage, charging current and charging cut-off time for the power regenerated by the motor (104) to the electric charging/discharging device (108).

5. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the front transmission (103) is further installed between the flow-driven input device (101) and the generator (102), in which the front transmission (103) is a rotary transmission with constant or variable speed ratio, which is constituted by the gear, or the sprocket and chain, or the pulley and belt, or the connecting rod.

6. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the rear transmission (106) is further installed between the motor (104) and the fluid pump device (105), in which the rear transmission (106) is a rotary transmission with constant or variable speed ratio, which is constituted by the gear, or the sprocket and chain, or the pulley and belt, or the connecting rod.

7. A hydraulic electricity generator and separation type electric fluid pump driven by the same as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the front transmission (103) is further installed between the flow-driven input device (101) and the generator (102), and the rear transmission (106) is further installed between the motor (104) and the fluid pump device (105), in which:

the front transmission (103) is a rotary transmission with constant or variable speed ratio, which is constituted by the gear, or the sprocket and chain, or the pulley and belt, or the connecting rod; and

the rear transmission (106) is a rotary transmission with constant or variable speed ratio, which is constituted by the gear, or the sprocket and chain, or the pulley and belt, or the connecting rod.