CN212690226U

CN212690226U - Vertical windmill

Info

Publication number: CN212690226U
Application number: CN202020872936.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卢海; 赵东楼; 赵永胜; 王洪绍; 周卓群
Original assignee: ANHUI KANGDINA ELECTRIC POWER TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Current assignee: ANHUI KANGDINA ELECTRIC POWER TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Priority date: 2020-05-21
Filing date: 2020-05-21
Publication date: 2021-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-21

Abstract

The utility model provides a vertical windmill, including the vertical windmill capstan head of arranging, the windmill capstan head includes the vertical pivot of arranging, and the side of pivot even has the aerofoil, and wind-force blows the aerofoil and drives the pivot rotation, and the lower extreme moment of torsion output of pivot is used for connecting energy conversion equipment, and the pivot is worn from upper and lower direction and is put through journal bearing, journal bearing sets up in the bearing frame in the frame, has arranged the core adjusting mechanism of adjusting and fixed bearing frame horizontal position on the first supporting bench in the frame, is provided with between pivot and the frame to rotate bearing structure and is used for axial support pivot and the aerofoil that links. According to the scheme, the concentricity of the upper bearing seat and the lower bearing seat during installation can be adjusted through the arrangement of the core adjusting mechanism. The position of the shaft core of the rotating shaft is adjusted, so that the shaft cores at the upper end and the lower end of the rotating shaft are consistent and cannot generate large offset, and the damage of parts caused by the eccentric offset is avoided.

Description

Vertical windmill

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field that wind energy utilized, concretely relates to windmill.

Background

The turret of the large-scale windmill is vertically arranged, namely the turret shaft is vertically arranged, the plate surface of the wind blade plate is positioned in the vertical plane, the wind blade plate rotates when revolving, the weight of the turret comprising the wind blade plate and the turret shaft can be considerable, the upper section and the lower section of the turret shaft are generally required to be respectively arranged in radial bearings, when the radial bearings of the upper section and the lower section are offset, the turret shaft is difficult to install or equipment is easy to damage after the installation is finished, and how to adjust the radial bearings of the upper section and the lower section to enable the radial bearings to be concentric is an inevitable design problem.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a vertical windmill, the radial bearing axle center position of its upper and lower extreme can be adjusted.

In order to realize the purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: a vertical windmill comprises a vertically arranged windmill turret, wherein the windmill turret comprises a vertically arranged rotating shaft, a vane plate is connected to the side of the rotating shaft, the vane plate is blown by wind power to drive the rotating shaft to rotate, the lower end torque output end of the rotating shaft is used for being connected with an energy conversion device, the rotating shaft penetrates through a radial bearing from the upper direction to the lower direction, the radial bearing is arranged in a bearing seat on a rack, a core adjusting mechanism for adjusting and fixing the horizontal position of the bearing seat is arranged on a first supporting table on the rack, and a rotating supporting structure is arranged between the rotating shaft and the rack and used for axially supporting the rotating shaft and the vane plate connected with the rotating.

According to the scheme, the concentricity of the upper bearing seat and the lower bearing seat during installation can be adjusted through the arrangement of the core adjusting mechanism. The position of the shaft core of the rotating shaft is adjusted, so that the shaft cores at the upper end and the lower end of the rotating shaft are consistent and cannot generate large offset, and the damage of parts caused by the eccentric offset is avoided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention;

fig. 2 and 3 are schematic structural views of the present invention;

fig. 4, 5 and 9 are schematic structural views of a windmill base;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along plane A-A of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 and 10 are schematic disassembly views of a windmill base;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a braking structure of the rotating shaft.

Detailed Description

A vertical windmill comprises a vertically arranged windmill turret, wherein the windmill turret comprises a vertically arranged rotating shaft 30, a wind blade plate 50 is connected to the side of the rotating shaft 30, the wind force blows the wind blade plate 50 to drive the rotating shaft 30 to rotate, the lower end torque output end of the rotating shaft 30 is used for being connected with an energy conversion device, the rotating shaft 30 penetrates through a radial bearing from the up-down direction, the radial bearing is arranged in a bearing seat 70 on a rack 90, a core adjusting mechanism for adjusting and fixing the horizontal position of the bearing seat 70 is arranged on a first supporting platform 80 on the rack 90, and a rotating supporting structure 34 is arranged between the rotating shaft 30 and the rack 90 and used for axially supporting the rotating shaft 30 and the connected wind blade plate 50.

The core adjusting mechanism comprises core adjusting bolts 81 arranged on a first supporting platform 80 on the outer side of the bearing seat 70, at least three core adjusting bolts 81 are evenly arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical platform-shaped bearing seat 70, the shaft core of each core adjusting bolt 81 is located in the horizontal direction and is radially displaced and locked along the bearing seat 70, and the tail end of each core adjusting bolt 81 abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the bearing seat 70. The position of the tail end of the core adjusting bolt 81 is adjusted along the radial displacement of the bearing seat 70, so that the circle center position of the arc where the tail end of the core adjusting bolt 81 is located can be changed, and the circle center position is the position of the shaft core of the bearing seat 70, so that the concentricity of the upper layer bearing seat 70 and the lower layer bearing seat 70 during installation can be adjusted, and the position of the shaft core of the rotating shaft 30 is adjusted.

And a cushion block is arranged between the tail end of the core adjusting bolt 81 and the outer peripheral wall of the bearing seat 70. Avoid aligning its tail end when bolt 81 rotates and directly rub the periphery of bearing frame 70, can realize bigger control range through the increase and decrease cushion under the condition of using shorter aligning bolt 81 simultaneously to use longer aligning bolt 81 fracture under great stress.

The windmill turrets are arranged in at least two layers along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 30, the upper end or the lower end of the rotating shaft 30 penetrates through the platform 91 to be connected with the lower end or the upper end of the rotating shaft 30 of the adjacent windmill turret in a concentric manner, and the lower end of the rotating shaft 30 at the lowest layer is a torque output end for connecting an energy conversion device. In the scheme, a plurality of layers of windmill turrets are arranged, and the rotating shafts 30 of the windmill turrets are connected so as to output the torque generated by the wind power blowing of the windmill turrets from the same shaft, so that only one group of energy conversion devices need to be arranged on the vertically arranged multilayer windmill turrets, and the energy conversion devices only need to be connected with one rotating shaft 30, more windmills can be arranged in the area with the same installation area through the multilayer arrangement of the windmill turrets, the windward area is increased, the wind power is utilized maximally, and the wind power generation device is particularly suitable for arranging a wind power generator using the windmill in a small area by users such as factories in urban areas, so that the electricity consumption cost is reduced, and the energy is saved.

The upper end of the rotating shaft 30 is provided with a flange, the lower end of the rotating shaft 30 penetrates through the platform 91 to form coaxial insertion fit with the lower connecting shaft 33 in an axial and circumferential limiting mode, the lower end of the lower connecting shaft 33 is provided with a flange, and the flange at the upper end of the rotating shaft 30 is connected with the flange of the lower connecting shaft 33 of the adjacent upper-layer windmill turret. The upper rotating shaft 30 and the lower rotating shaft 30 are connected through the flange plates to integrate the power of the multilayer windmill on one shaft, and the flange plates are required to be arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the rotating shaft 30 respectively so as to be convenient for connection, so that the complete rotating shaft can hardly penetrate through the platform 91, the same rotating shaft is split into multiple sections, and meanwhile, the rotating shaft is convenient to process, install and transport.

The rotating shaft 30 and the lower connecting shaft 33 are hollow tubular shafts, and the connecting bolts penetrate through and lock the pipe walls of the rotating shaft and the lower connecting shaft to realize axial and circumferential limiting. The hollow tubular structure can significantly reduce the weight of the hollow tubular structure, and ensure sufficient bending resistance and torsion resistance, thereby ensuring that the torque obtained by the rotating shaft 30 is transmitted from top to bottom and driving equipment such as a generator and the like arranged at a low position.

The rotating support structure 34 includes a first magnetic unit A, B, a second magnetic unit A, B, one of the first magnetic unit A, B and the second magnetic unit A, B is connected with the rotating shaft 30 of the windmill turret of each floor, the other magnetic unit is connected with the frame 90, and the first magnetic unit A, B and the second magnetic unit A, B cooperate with each other to provide a levitation magnetic force for offsetting the gravity of the rotating shaft 30 and the connected wind vane 50. The gravity of each layer of the rotating shaft 30 and the connected wind vane plate 50 in the scheme is borne by the magnetic force between the magnetic units I and II A, B, a radial bearing is not needed to bear, the radial bearing supports the rotating shaft 30 in a radial mode, and the radial bearing is extremely important for large-scale fans, because the weight of the rotating tower formed by the rotating shaft 30 and the wind vane plate 50 is large, the weight can reach several tons or even more than ten tons according to specific specifications, if an end face bearing is adopted to bear the heavy load and keep a continuous rotating working state, the service life of the bearing is difficult to guarantee, even if the specification and the material of the bearing are improved, the volume of the bearing is also increased remarkably, and the cost is difficult to reduce. Therefore, the utility model adopts the magnetic suspension scheme to bear the weight of the turret, and the positioning of the rotary shaft core is borne by the radial bearing. Magnetic suspension mechanism has avoided the rotation frictional force increase that the journal bearing wearing and tearing caused and has reduced the energy conversion rate, and the magnetic suspension end less conversion rate that is favorable to promoting the energy of frictional force when rotating, magnetic unit one, two A, B can be the permanent magnet, also can adopt the electro-magnet when the whole weight of windmill is too big, and one of them magnetic unit links to each other with frame 90 because the utility model discloses well magnetic unit is more near with frame 90 distance, and its essence is that one of them magnetic unit is for ground fixed connection.

A brake device for limiting the rotation of the rotating shaft 30 is arranged between the rotating shaft 30 and the frame 90. The function of holding the brake device tightly is to stop the windmill through the brake device when the maintenance is needed, and meanwhile, the potential safety hazard caused by the rotation of the windmill in the disassembly and assembly process is also avoided.

And rotating shaft brakes are respectively arranged between each layer of rotating shaft 30 and the rack 90. Because the overall length of the rotating shaft 30 is long due to the multi-layer arrangement of the windmill turrets, if the brake is arranged at a certain layer of the rotating shaft 30, the wind power blowing the windmill generates huge torque, which easily causes certain deformation and even twisting off of the rotating shaft 30, and therefore, the rotating shaft brake is arranged at each layer to limit the rotation of the rotating shaft 30 to prevent accidents.

The rotating shaft brake comprises a rotating shaft brake disc 37 concentrically arranged on the rotating shaft 30, the rotating shaft brake caliper 38 embraces the rotating shaft brake disc 37 to limit the rotating shaft 30 to rotate, and the rotating shaft brakes work synchronously at all layers. The disc brake has a simple structure, is suitable for various complex environments, can bear high-frequency frequent braking, and is suitable for small-sized windmills arranged in areas with frequently changed wind directions.

The rotating shaft brake comprises a rotating shaft brake drum 36 concentrically arranged on the rotating shaft 30, the rotating shaft brake drum 36 surrounds the rotating shaft 30 to limit the rotation of the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft brakes work synchronously at all layers. The brake drum can use lower oil pressure, has larger braking force and is suitable for a large windmill structure with stable wind direction.

The wind power generation device comprises a rotating seat 10, a rotating shaft 30 serving as a power output shaft is vertically arranged on the rotating seat 10, a rotating frame 40 is fixedly arranged on the periphery of the rotating shaft 30, a wind blade plate 50 is hinged on the rotating frame 40, the axial core direction of a hinge shaft 51 of the wind blade plate 50 is parallel to the axial core direction of the rotating shaft 30, at least two wind blade plates 50 are uniformly arranged at intervals in the periphery of the rotating shaft 30, the wind blade plate 50 rotates around the axial core of the hinge shaft 51 beta when the wind blade plate 50 revolves around the axial core of the rotating shaft 30, the revolution alpha direction of the wind blade plate 50 is the same as or opposite to the rotation beta direction of the wind blade plate 50, a steering mechanism drives the rotating seat 10 to perform posture adjustment rotation following the wind direction according to the wind direction, the posture adjustment rotation meets the following adaptation relation, when the plane where the axial core of the hinge shaft 51 and the axial core of the rotating shaft 30 is vertical to the wind direction, the plate surface of one wind blade plate 50 is vertical to the wind direction, and when, a rotary supporting structure 34 is arranged between the rotating shaft 30 and the frame 90 and is used for axially supporting the rotating shaft 30 and the connected wind vane plate 50;

in the above-mentioned scheme, when the articulated shaft 51 axle center and the plane perpendicular to wind direction at the pivot 30 axle center place, the face perpendicular to wind direction windward of one side aerofoil 50 in the wind direction, the face of opposite side aerofoil 50 is on a parallel with the wind direction downwind, and there is huge gap in the windward area of wind direction both sides aerofoil 50 like this to guarantee that the turning to of pivot 30 is unchangeable and the rotation torque is the biggest, make wind-force utilization ratio reach the maximize, the utility model discloses an essence is that its windward area is different when the different positions of rotation beta through aerofoil 50 makes aerofoil 50, so just can make the resultant moment of pivot 30 in one side in the wind direction be greater than the resultant moment of opposite side, thereby realize that aerofoil 50 revolutes the axle core revolution alpha of pivot 30. The revolution α of the vane plate 50 is accompanied by the rotation β, and when the vane plate 50 revolves 180 °, the vane plate 50 rotates 90 °, that is, the revolution α angle of the vane plate 50 is: the rotation angle β of the vane plate 50 is 2: 1, because the wind vane plate 50 is a plate-shaped structure with symmetrical two sides, the included angle between the plate surface and the wind direction is the same when the rotation beta is 180 degrees and the rotation beta is 360 degrees, thus ensuring that the windward areas of the wind vane plate 50 at the same position are the same when the wind vane plate revolves to each position, and the windmill can continuously and stably work. The essence of the posture of the rotary base 10 following the wind direction according to the wind direction is: if the position of the rotating seat 10 facing a certain point of the wind direction is 0, when the wind direction changes, the direction adjusting mechanism drives the rotating seat 10 to rotate so that the position of 0 faces the wind direction. The utility model provides a rotation bearing structure 34 is axial support bearing or magnetic suspension mechanism, the utility model discloses the windward side of well windmill is great, can utilize wind-force to promote whole windmill rotation by the at utmost, and the windmill still can rotate under the breeze, has further improved the utilization ratio of wind energy, simultaneously the utility model provides a rotation seat 10 can rotate along with the wind direction, like this the utility model provides a windmill alright keep stabilizing the rotation under arbitrary wind direction, the windmill just can keep turning to unchangeable rotation along with wind power.

The revolution speed ratio of the revolution alpha of the vane plate 50 to the rotation speed of the vane plate 50 relative to the ground is 2: 1. this ensures that the angle between the vane plate 50 and the wind direction is the same when the vane plate is rotated to the same position.

The revolution α direction of the louver 50 is the same as the rotation β direction of the louver 50 with respect to the ground. The same revolution α direction of the louver 50 and the same rotation β direction of the louver 50 mean: when the windmill is viewed from the top, the revolution alpha and the rotation beta both rotate anticlockwise or clockwise, wherein the direction of the rotation beta is the direction of the rotation beta relative to the ground, and because the rotation beta of the vane plate 50 relative to the ground while revolving is equal to the revolution alpha minus the rotation angle of the vane plate itself relative to the hinge shaft 51, the rotation direction of the vane plate itself relative to the hinge shaft 51 is opposite to the direction of the revolution alpha.

When the plane where the axis of the hinge shaft 51 and the axis of the rotating shaft 30 are located is parallel to the wind direction, the included angle between the surface of the wind vane plate 50 and the wind direction is 45 degrees. When the vane plate 50 is at this position, the angle between the front vane plate 50 and the rear vane plate 50 in the wind direction is 90 °, and the vane plate 50 rotates 90 ° when rotating from the front position to the rear position.

And a brake device for limiting the rotation of the rotating seat 10 is arranged on a transmission path between the wind blade plate 50 and the direction adjusting mechanism. When the wind direction is not changed, the rotating seat 10 needs to be limited by the brake device to prevent the rotating seat from deflecting under the action of external force.

The rotating base 10 is fixedly provided with a conical base gear 13 concentric with the rotating shaft 30, the hinge shaft 51 of the vane plate 50 is fixedly provided with a conical driven gear 52 concentric with the rotating shaft, two ends of a transmission shaft 60 with the shaft axis direction on the horizontal plane are provided with conical gears 61 concentric with the rotating shaft, the two conical gears 61 are respectively meshed with the conical base gear 13 and the conical driven gear 52, and the transmission ratio between the conical base gear 13 and the conical driven gear 52 is 2: 1, the directions of the bottoms of the bevel base gears 13 and the bevel driven gears 52 are the same, and the meshing sides of the bevel gears 61 and the bevel base gears 13 and the bevel driven gears 52 are located on the side of the corresponding gears away from the rotating shaft 30. The linkage mechanisms such as the transmission shaft 60 and the like in the scheme can be arranged above the fan blade plate 50 or below the fan blade plate 50 along with the rotating seat 10, the linkage of the revolution alpha and the rotation beta of the fan blade plate 50 is completed through a mechanical structure, the linkage is simple and convenient, errors are not prone to occurring, complex wiring is omitted relative to electric control, and shaft transmission is not prone to chain dropping and damage compared with chain transmission, and maintenance and management are facilitated. The direction of the conical bottoms of the conical base gear 13 and the conical driven gear 52 is the same as the direction of the revolution alpha and the rotation beta, the utility model discloses well conical base gear 13 and conical driven gear 52's conical bottom up, conical gear's meshing surface is located the difficult deposition in conical bottom below like this, is favorable to prolonging its life.

The direction adjusting mechanism comprises a direction adjusting chain wheel or gear 14 fixedly arranged on the rotating seat 10 in a concentric mode, and the driving mechanism receives a position signal of the wind vane 20 to drive the adjusting chain wheel or gear 14 to rotate along with the wind vane 20. Namely, the power transmission mode of the direction adjusting mechanism is chain transmission or gear transmission, and can also be a worm gear structure, the worm gear structure has the functions of driving and braking positioning at the same time, so that the synchronous rotation of the rotating seat 10 and the wind vane 20 is realized, the driving mechanism forms a certain rotation limit on the rotating seat 10 to prevent the rotation of the rotating shaft 30 from driving the rotating seat 10, the rotating seat 10 can be arranged at the lower part of the rotating shaft 30, and the maintenance and the circuit arrangement are convenient. The scheme not only ensures the realization of the power transmission of the direction adjusting mechanism, but also avoids mutual interference with the rotation of the rotating frame 40 by dislocation.

The rotating frame 40 comprises cantilevers 41 which are arranged corresponding to the upper end and the lower end of the fan blade plate, the inner ends of the cantilevers 41 are of a half-like structure, the outer ends of the cantilevers 41 at the upper end and the lower end are provided with a bearing seat and a radial bearing which are used for supporting a hinge shaft 51, and an axial supporting structure is arranged at the hinge shaft 51 at the outer end of the cantilever 41 and used for offsetting the gravity of the fan blade plate 50. The half structure is the half structure when two vane plates exist, the axial angle occupied by the inner end structure of the single cantilever 41 is 360 degrees divided by the number of the vane plates, only the single cantilever 41 needs to be manufactured during manufacturing and transportation, the half-like structure is convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the axial supporting structure is an axial supporting bearing or a magnetic suspension structure.

An inclined pull rod 42 is arranged between the lower cantilever 41 and the rotating shaft 30, the cantilever 41, the rotating shaft 30 and the inclined pull rod 42 enclose a triangular structure located in a vertical plane, and the lower portion of the wind blade plate 50 is trapezoidal to avoid the position of the inclined pull rod 42. Because the windmill is large in size and the lower cantilever 41 is stressed greatly, the diagonal draw bar 42 is arranged to improve the stress capacity of the diagonal draw bar 42, when the space below the lower cantilever 41 is limited and the diagonal draw bar 42 is not convenient to arrange, the diagonal draw bar 42 can be arranged above the lower cantilever 41, and the lower part of the wind vane plate 50 is designed in an avoidance mode corresponding to the diagonal draw bar 42.

Claims

1. A vertical windmill, characterized in that: the wind power generation device comprises a vertically arranged wind wheel rotating tower, wherein the wind wheel rotating tower comprises a vertically arranged rotating shaft (30), a wind vane plate (50) is connected to the side of the rotating shaft (30), the wind force blows the wind vane plate (50) to drive the rotating shaft (30) to rotate, the lower end torque output end of the rotating shaft (30) is used for being connected with an energy conversion device, the rotating shaft (30) penetrates through a radial bearing from the upper direction and the lower direction, the radial bearing is arranged in a bearing seat (70) on a rack (90), a core adjusting mechanism for adjusting and fixing the horizontal position of each layer of the bearing seat (70) is arranged on a first supporting platform (80) on the rack (90), and a rotating supporting structure (34) is arranged between the rotating shaft (30) and the rack (90) and used for axially supporting the rotating shaft (.

2. The vertical windmill of claim 1, wherein: the core adjusting mechanism comprises core adjusting bolts (81) arranged on a first supporting platform (80) on the outer side of a bearing seat (70), wherein the number of the core adjusting bolts (81) is at least three in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical-table-shaped bearing seat (70), the axial core of each core adjusting bolt (81) is located in the horizontal direction and is radially displaced and locked along the bearing seat (70), and the tail end of each core adjusting bolt (81) abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the bearing seat (70).

3. The vertical windmill of claim 2, wherein: and a cushion block is arranged between the tail end of the core adjusting bolt (81) and the peripheral wall of the bearing seat (70).

4. The vertical windmill of claim 2, wherein: the windmill turrets are arranged in at least two layers along the axial direction of the rotating shaft (30), the upper end or the lower end of the rotating shaft (30) penetrates through the platform (91) to be connected with the lower end or the upper end of the rotating shaft (30) of the adjacent windmill turrets in a concentric mode, and the lower end of the rotating shaft (30) at the lowest layer is a torque output end and is used for being connected with an energy conversion device.

5. The vertical windmill of claim 4, wherein: the upper end of the rotating shaft (30) is provided with a flange, the lower end of the rotating shaft (30) penetrates through the platform (91) to form axial and circumferential limiting concentric insertion fit with the lower connecting shaft (33), the lower end of the lower connecting shaft (33) is provided with a flange, and the flange at the upper end of the rotating shaft (30) is connected with the flange of the lower connecting shaft (33) of the adjacent upper-layer windmill turret.

6. The vertical windmill of claim 5, wherein: the rotating shaft (30) and the lower connecting shaft (33) are hollow tubular shafts, and the connecting bolts penetrate through and lock the pipe walls of the rotating shaft and the lower connecting shaft to realize axial and circumferential limiting.

7. The vertical windmill of claim 1, wherein: the rotary supporting structure (34) comprises a first magnetic unit and a second magnetic unit (A, B), one of the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit (A, B) is connected with the rotating shaft (30) of the windmill turret of each floor, the other magnetic unit is connected with the frame (90), and the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit (A, B) are matched with each other to provide suspension magnetic force for offsetting the gravity of the rotating shaft (30) and the connected wind vane plate (50).

8. The vertical windmill of claim 1 or 4, wherein: and a brake device for limiting the rotation of the rotating shaft (30) is arranged between the rotating shaft (30) and the rack (90).

9. The vertical windmill of claim 8, wherein: rotating shaft brakes are respectively arranged between each layer of rotating shaft (30) and the rack (90).

10. The vertical windmill of claim 8, wherein: the rotating shaft brake comprises a rotating shaft brake disc (37) concentrically arranged on the rotating shaft (30), the rotating shaft brake caliper (38) is used for holding the rotating shaft brake disc (37) to limit the rotating shaft (30) to rotate, and the rotating shaft brakes on all layers synchronously.

11. The vertical windmill of claim 8, wherein: the rotating shaft brake comprises a rotating shaft brake drum (36) concentrically arranged on the rotating shaft (30), the rotating shaft brake drum (36) is wound around the rotating shaft (30) to limit the rotation of the rotating shaft brake drum, and the rotating shafts brake on all layers synchronously.