EP2217487B1 - Schiffsantrieb mit einem pumpjet - Google Patents

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EP2217487B1
EP2217487B1 EP08858136.8A EP08858136A EP2217487B1 EP 2217487 B1 EP2217487 B1 EP 2217487B1 EP 08858136 A EP08858136 A EP 08858136A EP 2217487 B1 EP2217487 B1 EP 2217487B1
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Gerd Krautkrämer
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H11/00—Marine propulsion by water jets
    • B63H11/02—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water
    • B63H11/04—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water by means of pumps
    • B63H11/08—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water by means of pumps of rotary type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H11/00—Marine propulsion by water jets
    • B63H11/02—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water
    • B63H11/04—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water by means of pumps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H11/00—Marine propulsion by water jets
    • B63H11/02—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water
    • B63H11/10—Marine propulsion by water jets the propulsive medium being ambient water having means for deflecting jet or influencing cross-section thereof

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  • the present invention relates to a marine propulsion with a pump jet according to the EP 0 612 657 ,
  • Such ship propulsion systems are also known from practice and contain a pump jet as the main and / or auxiliary drive.
  • the energy is supplied, for example, on the one hand via a transmission, which is optionally preceded by a diesel, electric or hydraulic motor, or directly via an impeller shaft by means of a motor arranged outside the drive.
  • the electric motors used are conventional electric motors.
  • the present invention has and achieves the goal of further improvement, in particular with regard to simplification of the design, efficiency of the propulsion and expansion of the possible uses.
  • the invention provides a marine propulsion system with a pump jet, which contains a pump housing and a drive motor, wherein the drive motor is a magnetic motor integrated in the pump housing.
  • the invention provides a marine propulsion with a pump jet including a pump housing and a drive motor, the drive motor being a high temperature superconductor motor integrated in the pump housing.
  • the pump jet is completely controllable.
  • the magnet motor or high-temperature superconducting motor includes a rotor which is part of an impeller of the pump jet.
  • the invention is that the magnetic motor or high-temperature superconducting motor includes a stator which is part of a diffuser inner ring of the pump jet.
  • the pumped medium in particular also serves alone as a lubricant and / or coolant.
  • the drive of the pump jet is free of force-transmitting parts, such as teeth, rolling bearings and / or shafts.
  • the invention consists in deflection devices are provided which are arranged and / or formed in an interior of the diffuser housing.
  • the deflecting means are arranged and / or formed so as to free a turbulence in the interior of the diffuser housing from turbulence and / or so that exits through a nozzle of the pump jet water as possible without internal turbulence or that by individual nozzles a desired Amount of water per time, in particular the same amount of water per time, and / or possibly exits without internal turbulence in order to achieve an optimal thrust effect of the pump jet.
  • the deflection devices contain at least one shape of the interior of the diffuser housing.
  • the deflection devices contain a region with a constant cross-sectional profile of the interior of the diffuser housing, and / or that the deflection devices a region with a reduced cross-sectional profile of the interior of the diffuser housing included, and / or that the deflection means include a region with increased cross-sectional profile of the interior of the diffuser housing.
  • the deflecting devices may alternatively or additionally contain at least one guide vane in the interior of the diffuser housing.
  • the rotor includes a rotation axis that is not aligned with a control axis of the pump jet.
  • the axis of rotation of the rotor is offset with respect to the control axis of the pump jet, wherein more preferably the axis of rotation of the rotor and the control axis of the pump jet are parallel.
  • An unclaimed alternative marine propulsion system may be provided with preference that the axis of rotation of the rotor and the control axis of the pump jet are inclined relative to each other, and further in particular intersect the axis of rotation of the rotor and the control axis of the pump jet in one point.
  • a ship propulsion S with a pump jet P is shown in a longitudinal section.
  • the pump jet P includes a magnetic motor M, which is integrated in the flow or pump housing G, as a drive motor with a stator or stator 1 and a rotor or rotor 2.
  • the rotor 2 is designed as an impeller outer ring I, and the stator 1 is in a Diffuser inner ring D of the pump housing G integrated, which contains a diffuser housing 3 or as a whole is formed as such.
  • To the pump jet P still include a control motor 4, a control gear 5 with, for example, a spur gear R and a receipt transmitter 6 and a well plate. 7
  • the Fig. 2 shows the marine propulsion S with the pump jet P of the first embodiment in a schematic perspective view shows.
  • the Fig. 3 shows the ship's propulsion S with the pump jet P of the first embodiment in a schematic view from below, ie when attached to a ship's hull pump jet in the direction of the ship's hull out.
  • the Fig. 4 shows the ship's propulsion S with the pump jet P of the first embodiment in a schematic view from the inside to the outside, ie with mounted on a ship's hull pump jet in the direction of the ship's hull away.
  • a completely controllable marine propulsion S whose pump jet P is rotatable through 360 °.
  • a high-temperature superconductor or HTSC motor (not shown separately) may be provided for the drive, with the rotor / rotor 2 in each case forming part of the impeller Is I and the stator / stator 1 is an integral part of the diffuser inner ring D.
  • the Pumpjet P By driving the pump jet P with a magnetic motor M or HTS engine no gear parts, such as teeth, shafts, bearings are required. As a result, the Pumpjet P can be classified as very low noise and low vibration as well as with high efficiency. Furthermore, no oil filling for lubrication and cooling of rotating parts is required, which characterizes the Pumpjet P as oil-free and low maintenance.
  • the pump housing G which contains the diffuser housing 3 or is formed as such, in bearings 8 relative to the well plate 7 about a control axis A is preferably rotated by 360 °, so that nozzles 9, of which in the sectional view in the Fig. 1 only a central nozzle 9b of three nozzles 9a, 9b and 9c (see Fig. 2 . 3 and 4 ) can be controlled in a desired direction.
  • a guide blade 13 is provided as part of the deflection 12.
  • a plurality of and / or differently placed and configured guide vanes may also be provided.
  • the vanes such as the vane 13, fulfill the purpose that the swirled by the rapidly rotating rotor 2 and directed into the interior 11 of the diffuser or deflector 3 entering or sucked water flow in combination with the deflectors 12 so "Entwirbelt" and so is directed that exits through the individual nozzles 9a, 9b and 9c, for example, the same amount or generally a desired amount of water per time as possible without internal turbulence in order to achieve an optimal thrust effect of the pump jet P.
  • FIG. 5 is in an illustration of the Fig. 1 similar schematic sectional view of a second embodiment of a ship propulsion S with a pump jet P shown. To avoid repetition, with regard to all components, their arrangement and effect on the description of the first embodiment according to the Fig. 1 to 4 directed.
  • the rotor 2 is provided with a relative to the control axis A of the pump jet P offset rotation axis B in the second embodiment.
  • the control axis A of the pump jet P and the rotation axis B of the rotor 2 are aligned parallel to each other.
  • the deflection means 12 as far as they are formed by the shape of the inner space 11 of the diffuser or deflection housing 3 or the pump housing G, in the present second embodiment according to the Fig. 5 in comparison to the embodiment in the first embodiment according to the Fig. 1 around the rotor 2 around no longer uniform.
  • the deflection devices 12 have a region 12a with a smaller cross-sectional profile and a region 12b with a larger cross-sectional profile; on the other hand, the cross-sectional shape in the entire region 12 c in the first embodiment is according to FIG Fig. 1 constant.
  • a cross-section, which becomes larger towards the nozzles 9, in accordance with the region 12b-in relation to the cross-section in the region 12a-of the second embodiment according to FIG Fig. 5 has, for example, a diffusion or diffuser effect.
  • Fig. 6 is in one of the representations of the Fig. 1 and 5 a schematic sectional view of a third embodiment of a ship propulsion S with a pump jet P shown. To avoid repetition, with regard to all components, their arrangement and effect on the description of the first embodiment according to the Fig. 1 to 4 directed.
  • the rotor 2 has a rotation axis B which is inclined with respect to the control axis A of the pump jet P.
  • the control axis A of the pump jet P and the axis of rotation B of the rotor 2 diverges at a point Z.
  • the deflection means 12 as far as they are formed by the shape of the inner space 11 of the diffuser or deflection housing 3 or the pump housing G, compared to the embodiment in the first embodiment according to the Fig. 1 around the rotor 2 around due to its inclination no longer uniform.
  • the deflection 12 have again, as in the second embodiment according to the Fig. 5 a region 12a of smaller cross-sectional shape and a region 12b of larger cross-sectional shape;
  • the cross-sectional shape in the entire region 12c in the first embodiment is shown in FIG Fig. 1 constant.
  • a cross-section, which increases in size to the nozzles 9, in accordance with the region 12b-in relation to the cross-section in the region 12a-of the second exemplary embodiment according to FIG Fig. 6 has, for example, a diffusion or diffuser effect.
  • axis of rotation B of the impeller I or rotor 2 and the control axis A of the pump jet P are not aligned, or in other words do not lie on top of each other or are congruent, can also be used as an independent invention and therefore worthy of its own protection regardless of the embodiment of the invention
  • Ship propulsion S with a pump jet P which includes a pump housing G and a drive motor, wherein the drive motor is a built-in the pump housing G magnetic motor M or high-temperature superconducting motor, are considered invention.
  • the non-aligned arrangement of the axis of rotation B of the impeller I or rotor 2 and the control axis A of the pump jet P is the universal formulation that the embodiments according to the Fig.
  • the rotor 2 is provided with a relative to the control axis A of the pump jet P offset rotation axis B or in the third embodiment, the rotor 2 has a rotation axis B, which is inclined with respect to the control axis A of the pump jet P, in particular, but not necessarily, the control axis A of Pumpjets P and the axis of rotation B of rotor 2 in a point Z divide.
  • an electric motor E such as in particular an asynchronous motor, synchronous motor or Permanent magnet motor may be provided, which is placed on the pump housing G or partially integrated therein.
  • an electric motor E is only in the Fig. 5 and 6 in connection with the second and third embodiments for clarity by dashed lines. If such an electric motor E is provided, it replaces the magnetic motor M or the HTSC motor, which in the first embodiment according to the Fig.
  • an electric motor E as a drive motor mounted on the pump housing G or partially integrated power transmission parts, such as teeth, rolling bearings and / or waves are required to ensure the rotational connection between such a drive motor and the impeller of the pump jet P, but for themselves belongs to the standard knowledge of a person skilled in the art and in so far not part of the present invention and also not of the invention aspect is that the axis of rotation B of the rotor 2 and the control axis A of the pump jet P are not aligned.

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