RS20180563A1 - Hydro-energy multiplier - Google Patents

Abstract

"Hydro-energy Multiplier" is a device that converts the force of water pressure into the energy of linear movement of water, and then multiplies it into rotational energy, leaving it for further use and application.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Name of the invention: Multiplier of hydro-energy

In contrast to multiplying or multiplying some other form of energy, such as for example the energy of air movement, I named this invention "Hydroenergy Multiplier".

As the very meaning of the first word of the name suggests, it is a matter of multiple (in principle an unlimited number of times) use of the same energy potential, so that as a final result of that multiple use (production for the sake of production) we get an increased amount of products in the form of energy, ready (with appropriate processing) for dispatch for consumption.

In this case, we are talking about a deliberately and artificially built water fall (water pressure) system, such as the system of reversible hydro-power plants, which does not exclude the possibility of using a natural water fall, if it proves to be convenient and profitable, for its multiple use (production for the sake of production) instead of one-time use for consumption, so that as a final result of that multiple use, as already mentioned, we would get an increased amount of products in the form of energy, ready (with appropriate processing in electric generators) for dispatch for consumption, in the form of electricity. There will be more to say about the process of multiple use and the increased amount of products, in the form of circulation energy, in the presentation of the essence of the invention and in its detailed description.

Technical field to which the invention relates

The invention relates to the technique of obtaining energy.

Given the different sources of energy, the techniques for obtaining it are very diverse.

In addition to limited resources, the technique of burning fossil fuels and biomass leaves undesirable consequences for the environment, and can also lead to (in the opinion of many scientific authorities) climate changes with uncertain consequences.

In contrast to the previous one, the multiplication technique, (which will be discussed more in the short summary of the essence of the invention and in its detailed description) which is based on clean renewable and unlimited sources, such as air or water, in this case water, has no harmful and unwanted consequences for the environment, nor climate change with an uncertain outcome.

For the invention of multiplying the energy of air movement, I filed a separate application for the recognition of a patent, simultaneously with this application.

Since the field of technique is the same, and the multiplication procedure is in principle almost identical, I use the same or similar terminology as well as some similar or matching wording.

There is a possibility of multiplication (in my opinion) with other similar energy potentials of gas and liquid pressure, but also the potentials of clean and inexhaustible sources.

Prior art

The existing state of the art is based on the one-time use of the existing natural sources of energy potential of water falls, with which something similar is available, as is the case with a certain type of modern packaging for which the rule "use and throw away" applies.

The amount of energy obtained does not even remotely meet the growing and increasing needs, both for production and final consumption.

When it comes to the energy of water falls, existing technology knows various types of hydroelectric power plants, which use water fall as a spontaneous natural phenomenon with a very uneven power as well as an irregular and even in some places a very rare occurrence. Adaptation of those water falls to the conditions of installing hydro-power plants is carried out with large financial investments, which makes the electricity obtained in this way too expensive, and in some places, even though it is important for the conditions and standard of living, even unavailable.

The invention in question solves in a perfect way the issue of the uniformity of power as well as the permanence of the phenomenon, instead of water fall, as a spontaneous natural phenomenon, with all its advanced disadvantages. By using the subject invention, the price of electricity (according to my conviction) can be made lower than the price of electricity, obtained from any sources known so far and in unlimited quantities, available at any point on the globe.

The essence of the invention

The essence of the invention is to enable the repeated use or use of a certain amount of energy, obtained by using water pressure, both through the drop of water flows, and also through, and in principle, artificially built, so to speak, flow tanks, such as the mentioned reversible ones, with the aim of increasing that energy, based on its multiple use (production for the sake of production) so that then, after its increase or multiplication, that energy would be shaped into the form of a finished product, suitable for transportation or transfer and shipment for consumption.

Multiple use of one and the same energy water potential is achieved by directing that potential, i.e. of water pressure, in a rectilinear, basically horizontal direction, through a pipe of the desired length and diameter, which corresponds to the designed water flow capacity under the appropriate pressure.

The water pressure in the pipe, which directs it in the horizontal direction, corresponds to the height of the water column, regardless of the length and diameter of the pipe. This restrained and directed water pressure is transformed into the energy of rectilinear horizontal movement by the continuous flow and inflow of water, either from natural water courses or by adding water to the aforementioned flow tanks.

A larger number of converters of the energy of rectilinear movement into the energy of rotation are installed in the straight horizontal pipes, and in this way it receives an increased or multiplied amount of energy, above the amount that is obtained by a single use of the available energy potential.

With the appropriate length and diameter of the mentioned pipe, and consequently with the number and diameter of the mounted converters of rectilinear motion into rotational energy, under a certain water pressure, the desired ratio between the inputs is reached, i.e. energy required for the functioning of the system and output, i.e. the total energy produced by the multiplier.

By using the natural falls of water courses, the energy needed to initiate and maintain its operation is saved, but its mobility is lost.

Sources of such energy are unlimited and equally available at every point on the globe.

The energy obtained, both from the existing, given by the natural conditions of falling water flows, and from artificially built water-energy potentials, is clean, unlimited and inexhaustible, and with the application of the device in question (in my opinion) and cheaper than all sources known so far. The need for remote transmission is excluded, or at least to a much lesser extent than the existing needs, considering the possibility of production at every point of the globe in unlimited quantities.

Description of the draft images

Sl. 1. is a pictorial representation of the system as a whole. The number 1 indicates a reversible prophetic water tank at a certain height from which the desired water pressure is provided. The number 2 indicates the water column and its height, which depends on the height of the water pressure. The numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 are the converters of linear to rotational energy. The number 7 is the gear for transmitting rotational energy for its conversion into electrical energy in the electro-generator. The number 8 is the receiving tank of water that comes out under pressure and in the amount of flow capacity. Number 9 marks the channel through which the used water goes to the inflow tank marked number 10 for re-shipment to the reversible tank marked number 1. Number 11 marks the reversible pump and number 12 the drain pipe. The number 13 marks the point of connection of the pipes that direct the water flow and water pressure in a straight horizontal direction, for multiple use. I used the term pipes in the plural, because that final, one and only pipe, consists of parts that are connected at the points of contact of the converter fig.2, marked in the system with the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6. At the points of connection of these pipes, it is placed, as I called it, with the same name as with the air movement energy multiplier, an inter-joint coupling. This inter-articular joint is shown in Fig. 4. The role of this joint joint will be explained later.

Sl. 2. shows the appearance of one of the converters of the energy of rectilinear movement into rotational energy. The slot on the converter marked with the sign - (minus) represents the point of contact with the previous converter, and the protruding part on the opposite side marked with the sign (plus) represents the point of contact with the next converter. Parts of the converter marked with a plus sign and a minus sign, joint couplings, called by one name. The transverse lines along the converter represent a graphic representation of the movement of spiral slots, i.e. spiral channels inside the converter, through which water flows under pressure and which should ensure the transition from a straight line to a rotating form of energy, which will be discussed in more detail under the title of the detailed description of the invention.

Sl. 3. shows the frontal view of the converter with a slot in the middle (marked with a minus in Fig. 2) which is used for contact with the previous converter. In this picture, this slot is marked with the number 3, as well as the frontal view of the beginning of the above-mentioned spiral channels, of which (out of a total of 8) only one of them is marked with the number 1. The number 2 is the bulge by which the converter is positioned on the inter-articular coupling.

Sl. 4. shows an inter-joint coupling that is installed in a horizontal pipe in the space between the converters. Number 1 marks the openings on the periphery through which it is connected to parts of the horizontal common tube of the multiplier. The number 2 is the bulging recess into which the bulge of the converter enters. The convex recess is double-sided, since the incoming, previous, converter is positioned on one side, and the next one on the other. The number 3 is the open central space, which connects the converters via articulated couplings. Number 4 marks the openings for the free circulation of water under pressure between the converters in, so to speak, the inter-articular space.

The protrusions on the transducers and the protruding depressions on the inter-joint connectors should provide a solid and suitable inter-joint space in which there is water under the same pressure as in the spiral channels and through which this water passes from the space of one, previous, to the space of the second, subsequent converter, as shown in Fig. 1. This should ensure the normal functioning of the spiral channels and the rotation of the transducers, which float in the water, in which they rotate independently of the water pressure in which they float.

Figure 5 shows the inter-articular coupling viewed from the profile. The number 1 is marked, in the pictorial way, one of the protrusions on which the previously mentioned depression is located (marked in Fig. 4 with the number 2), while the number 2 is the second one, so to speak, even. With the first and last inter-articular coupling, only one protruding recess is enough, given that there is no previous one in the first one, just as there is no next converter in the last one, which would be positioned in those places. At the last inter-joint joint, it is necessary to treat the place of water leakage around the converter separately, since that amount of water that leaks there is a loss of energy for the converters, which is not the case with the water that is between the previous converters, since it is in a stationary position, i.e. in an unchanged amount, due to the equal inflow of water to the amounts that flow out. The final loss of energy would be only the water that leaks past the shaft marked in Fig. 1 with number 7, which I consider to be only one of the minor technical problems, which requires an appropriate solution with as little loss of that water as possible.

Figure 6 shows a part of a horizontal pipe with bent ends as points of connection with another part of this unique pipe, i.e., its extension. An inter-joint connector with identical openings for their mutual connection is placed between these bent ends (marked with number 1 in Figure 4).

Detailed description of the invention

The hydro-energy multiplier is a device for energy production by multiplying the input amount of energy, with certain losses during the multiplication process as well as limits in the conversion of straight-line energy into rotating energy, up to quantities that significantly exceed the internal needs of the device, and even to multiple exceeding of those needs, in accordance with the built technical capacities.

The incoming energy, which manifests itself in the rectilinear horizontal movement of water under pressure, is taken over by the converters, which are placed successively in front of each other in a pipe or channel of a certain diameter, and they convert it into rotational energy on a scale that approximates (in my estimation) a measure of at least 30% for each of the converters along the length of the converter diameter. However, the possibility to mount a large number of (theoretically unlimited) converters in one channel, successively one behind the other, cancels out that shortcoming of only about 30% per converter, and turns this device into a powerful source of energy production in unlimited quantities.

This effect of energy production, which many times exceeds the needs of the device itself, is based on the fact that the amount of water and water pressure does not change depending on the change in the length of the horizontal flow pipe, which implies the possibility of installing a larger number of converters in longer pipes and thus a larger total amount of energy produced, based on the same amount of input energy.

The entire production process and its circular flow is shown in the first image of the blueprint, in which the gear marked with number 7 shows the effect of the converter, while the final output of water under equal pressure and in equal flow quantities from the first to the last converter, marked with number 8, should show the utilization of the input energy. Ignoring the previously mentioned losses of water leaking past the shaft marked in Fig. 1 with number 7, this utilization is one hundred percent. By applying the latest existing solutions in converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, utilization reaches up to 95%. Therefore, the power of the gear marked with number 7 in Fig. 1 should overcome this difference up to one hundred percent and all other differences and losses and provide quantities that far exceed the needs of the system. More precisely, the area of the opening marked in the first picture with the number 8 should correspond to the entrance surface of the spiral slits of any of the converters, increased by the flow area next to the last converter on its very periphery, and reduced by the flow area next to the shaft marked in the first picture with the number 7, in order to ensure the same water pressure in all its parts and thus the power corresponding to that pressure and the area of the opening at the end of the system, marked with the number 8 in Fig. 1. According to the above, initial energy losses refer only to eventual losses of water around the shaft, marked in Fig. 1 with number 7, which are far exceeded by those amounts obtained by the operation of all the installed converters, and are reflected in the total rotational power of the shaft marked in Fig. 1 with number 7.

Figure 1 of the blueprint shows four converters, cylindrical in shape, floating on water under pressure, assumed to be two meters long and with a diameter of that size. This assumed length of the converter is only one of the possible solutions, but their length as well as the diameter, in order to find the optimal solution, should be the subject of extensive experimental research.

The converters in question are connected to each other by joint and joint couplings so that their conversion effect is common. The amount of water in which they float can be more or less, which does not affect their effect. The overall efficiency of their operation is negatively reflected by the amount of water that leaks past the last converter and goes into the receiving tank as unused. This amount of water is unused for the converters, but is subject to use as initial potential when it exits into this tank, for which we previously indicated up to 95% utilization in the existing conditions of converting mechanical energy into electricity. For this reason, the joint coupling at the end of the last converter is adjusted so that as little as possible of this pressurized water passes past the converter. Also, the inter-joint coupling at the entrance, at the beginning of the first converter, is adjusted accordingly, as already stated, it has only one bulging recess facing the direction of the horizontal pipe and enough openings for the flow of water to the converters, in the rest, as is the case with all other couplings.

The aforementioned floating position of the transducers on pressurized water is achieved by adjusting their total weight, with the material they are made of and the corresponding empty space in their interior, so that their weight corresponds to the weight of the water they displace during their immersion in water. No greater degree of deviation from this rule is of particular importance because they are positioned in the appropriate position over their protrusions, which are located at their ends, and which should enter the protruding recesses of the inter-articular couplings. In this way, the pressure exerted by these converters, in the direction of movement of pressurized water, on the inter-joint couplings, is distributed separately by converters. This distribution of the pressure of the converter in a straight line is made possible by a certain degree of tolerance in the mutual connection of the articulated couplings. According to the above, it remains as a common effect of the converters their rotational effect.

Based on the mentioned way of distributing the pressure, we come to the conclusion of the need to install a specific sliding surface in the places of that pressure in the bulging depressions of the inter-articular couplings, such as ball bearings or some other solutions. The spiral lines on the cylindrical body of the converter graphically indicate the spiral slots that pass through the interior of the peripheral parts of the converter. These spiral slots run the length of the transducer at an angle of about 45 degrees to its longitudinal axis. The frontal appearance of these spiral slots is shown in the third image of the blueprint, which also shows the slot for the joint coupling, marked with a minus sign in image no. 2 of the converter. Figure 2 also shows the shaft of the articulated coupling with a flattened end, like a blunt flat screw, marked with a (plus) sign, which part enters the second part of the articulated coupling, which is located at the beginning of the next converter, and which is marked with a minus sign in Fig. 2.

Figure 3 shows the front view of the converter. Number 1 indicates the appearance of the beginning of the spiral canals. The existence of eight such channels is assumed, as many as are presented in the picture

3. If we assume that their depth is 60 cm, and starting from the assumption of 2 m diameter of the converter roller, then we have that the front surface of that converter, which refers to the spiral slots and their interspace, is about 26,000 cm2 and if half of that surface is related to the slots, then we have that the flow rate of the assumed spiral slots is a water column with a diameter of about 130 cm. A larger number of slots also implies their lower torque per individual slot. This strength of theirs would be increased by widening the slot at the expense of the interspace, or, which I assume is the same, by increasing their number at the expense of that space. However, the number of these slits and their depth and length, in order to determine their optimal sizes, could also be the subject of experimental research.

The number 2 is the inter-articular bulge, while the number 3 is the articular slot, which is marked with a minus sign in Figure 2.

The role of the parts shown in figures 4, 5 and 6 is described under the heading of the description of the drawings. With the inter-joint joint (fig. 4) we need to ensure the highest possible permeability of water, which represents a kind of permanent reservoir between the converters, from which water flows under pressure through the spiral openings of the converter. I especially emphasize that the amount of water moving along the entire length of the horizontal pipe through the converters is unchanged, both in terms of quantity and pressure. In this way, all converters turn simultaneously with the same power and the same speed and contribute equally to the common effect of the total energy produced.

Method of applying the invention

The only or almost the only and exclusive way of industrial or any other application of the subject invention is to enable the production of electricity of appropriate power with the help of an electric generator, in order to satisfy both the industrial and other needs of people on Earth.

Claims (1)

PATENT APPLICATION In this request for the recognition of a patent, a device is described, which converts the force of water pressure into the energy of its straight-line movement, and then, in multiplied quantities, into the energy of rotation, under the name "Hydro-Energy Multiplier". I ask that the invention of the mentioned device be recognized as a patent under the name mentioned above.