Solar-energy heat power-generating system and thermoelectric conversion device thereof

• US 9,284,951 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Wang, Shuhui, Wang, Minhui, Zhang, Yuelei, Mou, Mi, Li, Yueying, Ma, Yingzhao
• Primary Examiner(s): Bogue, Jesse
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stanek, Kelsey
• Application Number:
  US13/981,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20130298555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 606/418, 606/43, 416111-112, 416229-231, 416104-105, 416/107, 415175-176, 417/407, 417/374, 417/365, 384/123, 384/368, 384/420
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 15/10 Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 17/165 for radial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially parallel to the rotor centre line F01D17/167 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/18 Lubricating arrangements of machines or engines in general F01M
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 1/05 characterised by the type or source of heat, e.g. using nuclear or solar energy
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 6/00 Devices for producing mechanical power from solar energy solar boilers F24
• CPC Class Codes: F03G 6/064 having a gas turbine cycle, i.e. compressor and gas turbine combination
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/85 Starting
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/46 Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines

Abstract

A solar-energy heat power-generating system and thermoelectric conversion device thereof, the thermoelectric conversion device comprising a power generator (5), an air compressor, a turbine and an intermediate body (12) fixedly connected between the air compressor and the turbine; the interior of the intermediate body (12) is rotatably connected to a transmission shaft (28); the transmission shaft (28) is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft of the power generator (5); the air compressor impeller (7) of the air compressor and the turbine impeller (18) of the turbine are both installed on the transmission shaft (28); the power generator (5) is also connected to a conducting wire (3) for inputting current; the solar-energy heat power-generating system comprises a heat collector and the thermoelectric conversion device; the air compressor of the thermoelectric conversion device is located upstream of the heat collector, and the turbine is located downstream of the heat collector.

Claims

1. A thermoelectric conversion device for a solar thermal power generation system, comprising:

a generator;

a compressor;

a turbine; and

an intermediate body fixedly connected between the compressor and the turbine,

wherein a transmission shaft is rotatably connected inside the intermediate body, the transmission shaft is fixedly connected to a rotating shaft of the generator, and a compressor impeller of the compressor and a turbine impeller of the turbine both are mounted on the transmission shaft;

the generator is further connected to a lead for inputting current;

wherein when the system is started, the generator functions as an electric motor; and

when the system is in normal operation, the generator functions to produce electricity; and

wherein the intermediate body is rotatably connected to the transmission shaft through a floating bearing, a thrust bearing is provided in front of the floating bearing;

an oil inlet hole is provided at a top end of the intermediate body, lubrication passages leading to two of the floating bearing and the thrust bearing are provided at a bottom end of the oil inlet hole, an oil outlet hole is further provided at a bottom end of the intermediate body;

an oil baffle plate is further provided at a lower end of a transition ring, the oil baffle plate is located in front of the thrust bearing and is arranged to be inclined towards the oil outlet hole.

2. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the generator is arranged in an air inlet flowing passage inside the compressor.

3. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 1, wherein a heat insulation plate is provided between a rear flange of the intermediate body and a turbine volute of the turbine, and an annular nozzle is formed between the heat insulation plate and a vertical rear side wall of the turbine volute.

4. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 3, wherein at least one airflow guide vane for adjusting the injection-expansion ratio of airflow within the nozzle is provided in the nozzle.

5. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 4, wherein the heat insulation plate is provided therein with a through hole oriented in a fore-and-aft direction, an outer end of the airflow guide vane is pivotally connected in the through hole, and an inner end of the airflow guide vane is configured to swing as the outer end rotates in the through hole.

6. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 5, wherein a rear side wall of the intermediate body is provided with an arc-shaped hole, a shift lever slidable along an arc of the arc-shaped hole is inserted into the arc-shaped hole, and the shift lever extends through a rear end of the intermediate body to be connected to a slide ball that rotates in an end surface along with the shift lever;

a shift fork is provided in front of the heat insulation plate, the outer end of the airflow guide vane is fixedly connected between two fork-shaped portions of the shift fork, a straight-bar portion of the shift fork is slidably inserted into a through hole in the slide ball.

7. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 1, wherein a diffusing pipe of the compressor is an annular space formed between an end surface of a positioning boss on the front flange of the intermediate body and a corresponding portion of a compressor volute.

8. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 1, wherein a sealing element is provided at a contact area between a front end of the transition ring and a bearing cover of the thrust bearing, and an oil throwing plate that projects towards the outside of the transmission shaft is further provided on the transition ring between the sealing element and the oil baffle plate.

9. The thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 8, wherein a projecting ring is provided at a rear side of the rear floating bearing for the transmission shaft, the sealing element is provided at a contacting area between a rear end of the projecting ring and a side wall of the intermediate body.

10. A solar thermal power generation system, comprising a heat collector and the thermoelectric conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the compressor of the thermoelectric conversion device is located upstream of the heat collector, and the turbine of the thermoelectric conversion device is located downstream of the heat collector.

11. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 10, wherein the generator is arranged in an air inlet flowing passage inside the compressor.

12. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 10, wherein a heat insulation plate is provided between a rear flange of the intermediate body and a turbine volute of the turbine, and an annular nozzle is formed between the heat insulation plate and a vertical rear side wall of the turbine volute.

13. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 12, wherein at least one airflow guide vane for adjusting the injection-expansion ratio of airflow within the nozzle is provided in the nozzle.

14. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 13, wherein the heat insulation plate is provided therein with a through hole oriented in a fore-and-aft direction, an outer end of the airflow guide vane is pivotally connected in the through hole, and an inner end of the airflow guide vane is configured to swing as the outer end rotates in the through hole.

15. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 14, wherein a rear side wall of the intermediate body is provided with an arc-shaped hole, a shift lever slidable along an arc of the arc-shaped hole is inserted into the arc-shaped hole, and the shift lever extends through a rear end of the intermediate body to be connected to a slide ball that rotates in an end surface along with the shift lever;

a shift fork is provided in front of the heat insulation plate, the outer end of the airflow guide vane is fixedly connected between two fork-shaped portions of the shift fork, a straight-bar portion of the shift fork is slidably inserted into a through hole in the slide ball.

16. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 10, wherein a diffusing pipe of the compressor is an annular space formed between an end surface of a positioning boss on the front flange of the intermediate body and a corresponding portion of a compressor volute.

17. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 10, wherein a sealing element is provided at a contact area between a front end of the transition ring and a bearing cover of the thrust bearing, and an oil throwing plate that projects towards the outside of the transmission shaft is further provided on the transition ring between the sealing element and the oil baffle plate.

18. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 17, wherein a projecting ring is provided at a rear side of the rear floating bearing for the transmission shaft, the sealing element is provided at a contacting area between a rear end of the projecting ring and a side wall of the intermediate body.