EP2253056A1 - Rückgewinnung von energie aus einem laserbearbeitungssystem - Google Patents
Rückgewinnung von energie aus einem laserbearbeitungssystemInfo
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- the invention describes a method and apparatus for recovering energy from a laser processing system.
- a laser system in particular a reflecting laser resonator, which ensures the suppression of increased stimulated emission and better heat dissipation. A use of the heat dissipated does not take place.
- thermal energy which is increasingly generated by a laser processing system and the heat generated thereby, is used for heating rooms.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide a method and a device which make it possible to improve the energy balance of a laser processing system s. This object is achieved by the method according to the invention and the device according to the independent claims. Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.
- the object is achieved, for example, by a method for recovering energy from a laser processing system (10) comprising the steps of: operating the laser processing system (10) and generating thermal energy (200) with a maximum temperature
- Tmax Decrease of thermal energy (200); Returning the removed thermal energy (200) to the laser processing system (10).
- the object is achieved by a method for recovering energy from a laser processing system (10) having at least one energy recovery system (20), wherein the at least one energy recovery system (20) has a characteristic limit temperature Tz, comprising the steps of: operating the laser processing system (10) and generating thermal energy (200) having a maximum temperature Tmax, wherein the maximum temperature Tmax is higher than the threshold temperature Tz; Decrease of thermal energy (200) above the threshold temperature Tz; Supplying the extracted thermal energy (200) to the at least one energy recovery system (20) for generating recovered energy (210); Recycling the recovered energy (210) to the laser processing system (10).
- a method of recovering energy from a laser processing system operating a laser processing system, removing thermal energy, thermal energy of at least one energy recovery system for recovering the thermal energy Energy is supplied and the recovered energy is returned to the laser processing system.
- Recovery of energy means the use of other (or unused) energy, which does not serve the actual purpose of a device, in particular a laser processing machine.
- the rest of the energy is primarily thermal energy.
- Other remaining forms of energy in the laser processing system are, for example, mechanical energy or electrical energy or magnetic energy.
- the thermal energy preferably accumulates in the resonator, particularly preferably in the laser medium.
- An energy recovery system may be thermodynamically designed, for example as a heat engine, physical / chemical, thermoelectric, biological or chemical.
- Each energy recovery system has a threshold temperature Tz, from which the corresponding energy recovery system can be used.
- Today available systems for energy recovery from heat sorption or heat engines, eg Stirling engines
- Thermoelectric elements can use the temperatures just above the ambient temperature (hereinafter referred to as Tu).
- Tu ambient temperature
- the limit temperature Tz is also selected.
- Steam engines, steam turbines, gas turbines, Schukey machines or even Stirling engines or compact steam turbines or a combination of these devices can be used as heat engines.
- Physical / chemical technologies include sorption refrigerators, in particular absorption chillers or adsorption chillers or Absorption heat transformers (Waste Heat Transformer).
- Thermoelectric, a thermoelectric generator can be used.
- Laser processing system occur, for example, in the cooling medium different temperature ranges: between the limit temperature Tz and a maximum temperature Tmax is the high-temperature heat that is available for the energy recovery system.
- a temperature range is set up, which can generally be dissipated directly to the environment (without any additional, appreciable energy) as waste heat.
- a temperature range is established, which under certain circumstances can only be dissipated to the environment with further use of energy (for example via a compression refrigeration machine).
- a chiller is now used, for example, for the operation of which additional energy is required. According to one aspect of this invention, this energy can be recovered from the recovered energy of the energy recovery system and thus reused as needed to the laser processing system
- Laser processing systems are preferably understood as meaning high-performance industrial laser systems, in particular those having an output power of 1-8 kW.
- the operation of the laser processing system is on the one hand the laser operation, ie the generation of a laser beam.
- a laser processing system is already operated and generates thermal energy when it operates in standby mode, for example, at idle. This can lead to considerable waste heat, for example, in a turboradial blower used.
- a maximum temperature Tmax is generated, for example, in the cooling medium.
- Unused or remaining thermal energy accumulates on heating components: These are, for example, the resonator, the active medium, the HF generator, the deduster, compressors, cooling media, the traversing motors, the workpiece during machining, further units of the laser processing system, others Machines of the laser processing system.
- thermal energy above the threshold temperature Tz is meant a heat transfer process over a certain period of time.
- heat is transferred from a component of the laser processing system into preferably a transport medium or cooling medium, preferably a fluid, in particular cooling water, organic media, or a gas.
- the thermal energy is dissipated by the transport / cooling medium from heating components of the laser processing system.
- Disk laser, fiber laser produces about> 75% waste heat.
- the removal, or the removal of thermal energy from the laser gas is preferably carried out with any varnishleitSystemen, more preferably with cooling systems, most preferably with heat exchangers.
- the effective dissipation of heat is necessary for the functioning of the laser process.
- Energy recovery system This is done to generate recovered energy from the removed thermal energy that was tapped at or above the threshold temperature Tz.
- thermal energy By the removal, transport and supply of thermal energy, heat transfers from preferably the active medium to an energy recovery system.
- the thermal energy was supplied to an energy recovery system when the energy consumed in a given period of time has largely been transferred to the energy recovery system.
- the possible energy recovery systems preferably convert thermal energy into other forms of energy.
- an energy conversion system is provided, preferably several energy recovery systems provided, which are preferably connected in series and / or in parallel.
- heat exchangers in the countercurrent principle and to apply these to the resonator on the gas-carrying tubes. These heat exchangers can then be operated in parallel next to one another and / or in series, so that the cooling medium per heat exchanger unit is cooled by a predetermined temperature difference deltaT, thus this temperature band, ie this thermal energy, has been removed from the laser processing system, for example at the resonator, and has been supplied to the energy recovery system , This is preferably done in countercurrent principle.
- the end product is then an energy form traceable to the laser processing system, but particularly preferably also a product which is produced by an energy form.
- Preferred converted forms of energy are, for example, electrical energy and / or mechanical energy and / or pressure and / or magnetic energy.
- the recovered energy or energy form resulting from the energy recovery system and / or the products of this converted energy form are returned to the laser processing system.
- traded energy is meant a certain percentage of the unused remaining energy which is the energy
- Forms of returned energy include: electrical energy, magnetic energy, thermal energy, mechanical energy.
- electrical energy is fed back into the power circuit of the laser processing system.
- the traversing motors possibly stepper motors operated, for example, move the processing table of the laser processing system, the conveyor belt of the laser processing system can be moved, the distances between optical elements (lenses, chasers, etc.) move the laser head over a working plane, etc.
- the electrical energy is used to operate the illumination of the laser processing system.
- the electrical energy is used to operate the refrigeration unit, such as its compressors or feed pumps.
- a sorption refrigeration machine can also be operated.
- Sorption chiller can be operated directly with the waste heat of the laser system and does not need the detour via a recovered energy form Thus, it is possible to cool the cooling medium to the minimum required temperature Tmin below the ambient temperature, without "new" energy would have to be used.
- Recycled products are preferably consumables of the laser processing system, for example, gases or compressed air. These products are made by the converted energy of an energy conversion system.
- Produced compressed air for example, for cleaning and / or operating the deduster of the laser processing system, as a cutting gas for laser cutting or used to operate an automation component.
- Produced gases can be supplied to the laser processing system in the form of cutting gases or laser gases.
- a method in which more than one energy recovery system (20) is provided.
- more than one energy recovery system can be used multiple times in an array, or different energy recovery systems with different threshold temperatures Tz can be used, and in this way different available thermal bandwidths can be tapped and energy recovered therefrom.
- a method in which the thermal energy (200) is decreased several times in the interval between the limit temperature Tz and the maximum temperature Tmax.
- the thermal energy (200) is decreased several times in the interval between the limit temperature Tz and the maximum temperature Tmax.
- Tmax-Tz several energy recovery systems sharing the range of usable thermal energy
- this usable thermal energy (Tmax-Tz) can be tapped into bands of (Tmax-Tz) / N, where N denotes the number of available heat exchangers or energy recovery systems.
- a method is provided in which the recovered energy (200) is used to operate a chiller (36) or the energy recovery system a Sorption chiller is.
- the cooling medium can be cooled down to the required minimum temperature without additional external "new" energy required.
- a method is provided in which the thermal energy (200) below the threshold temperature Tz and above the ambient temperature Tu is withdrawn by an air cooler.
- this temperature band which would not be usable by the energy recovery system itself, be derived, and preferably itself again as thermal energy, for example as a heater used.
- a method is provided in which the thermal energy (200) below the ambient temperature Tu and above the minimum required temperature Tmin by a refrigerator (36) is withdrawn.
- the thermal energy (200) below the ambient temperature Tu and above the minimum required temperature Tmin by a refrigerator (36) is withdrawn.
- the last gap in the cooling of the cooling medium is closed - ideally, the chiller itself is operated again by the recovered energy, whereby the energy balance of the laser processing system can be further improved.
- the laser processing system comprises a cooling system (30), wherein a second decrease of the thermal energy takes place on the heat release side (31) of the cooling system (30).
- the cooling system is preferably a laser cooling system which has a liquid or gas as the cooling medium.
- Preferred liquids are water, water with additives or organic substances, e.g. Ethanol.
- As the gas is e.g. Water vapor conceivable.
- the majority of the thermal energy of a laser processing system is preferably concentrated at the resonator, particularly preferably in the resonator in the laser gas.
- the thermal energy is withdrawn from the resonator or laser gas by a cooling system, i. the laser gas is cooled.
- Cooling systems are systems which use the thermodynamic principles and extract heat from heated components and media, for example from the resonator or its gas, via heat flow and mass flow. This happens predominantly with cooling water, in the case of a CO2 gas laser in particular by cooling coils that surround the gas flow, in the case of solid state lasers usually by direct or almost direct cooling of the solid with cooling water.
- the cooling system preferably encloses the gas passages containing the laser gas, more preferably, cooling coils or fins of the cooling system are in direct contact with the laser gas flowing past these fins.
- the cooling coil or ribs are preferably located in the resonator, particularly preferably in the inlet and outlet channels.
- the second decrease of thermal energy on the heat delivery side of the cooling system is to be equated with the supply of thermal energy to the energy recovery system.
- the second decrease can also coincide with the first decrease and is referred to separately here only for better understanding.
- the first decrease preferably takes place in that the cooling coils or ribs, or preferably the cooling medium flowing therein, have a lower temperature than the laser gas.
- the thermal energy is removed from the gas by the given temperature difference and passed into the cooling medium. As a result, the gas cools and the cooling medium heats up.
- the cooling system or the cooling medium transports the thermal energy over a distance d to at least one further heat exchanger, which is preferably integrated in the energy recovery systems.
- the heat release side of the cooling system is the discharge zone of the cooling system described above. In one embodiment, there is more than one heat release side.
- the flow of the cooling medium in the cooling system is divided, for example, after the power consumption in parallel cooling sections. In this configuration, multiple energy recovery systems may be powered in parallel on preferably multiple thermal output sides with thermal energy.
- the cooling system has only one cooling section, in which case several Energy recovery systems can be connected in series. (Examples: heat engine - compressed air or heat engine - power generation)
- the cooling is preferably carried out in three steps, more preferably in two steps, most preferably in one step.
- the cooling medium ideally heats up to the maximum temperature of the laser medium and preferably in one step passes the thermal energy to an energy recovery system, more preferably partially to a plurality of energy recovery systems connected in series or in parallel.
- the energy recovery system comprises a sorption refrigeration machine and / or a thermoelectric generator and / or a steam engine and / or a steam turbine and / or a gas turbine and / or a Schuckey engine and / or a Stirling engine and / or a compact steam turbine ,
- the working medium is not water but an organic medium, which is particularly well suited because it can be used even at very low temperatures (in the range of 100 ° C) C) work.
- a combination of energy recovery systems is particularly preferably used to utilize the entire temperature range from Tmax of the high temperature circuit to a low limit temperature Tz. If different energy recovery systems are combined with different limit temperatures Tz, or preferably in series, the various energy recovery systems can resort to different heat sources of different temperature ranges. Preferably, energy recovery systems are used which generate mechanical energy in the form of a rotational movement. This movement is preferably used on a generator to generate power, which is returned to the laser processing system.
- the energy recovery system provides power to an air compressor.
- the ambient air or a suction volume is partially cleaned by an air compressor unit and compressed with an operating pressure to a smaller volume.
- Air compressors are, for example, piston compressors or screw compressors or turbocompressors or transonic compressors. From the energy conversion systems, a mechanical energy in the form of a rotational movement is preferably provided, which can preferably be used directly for compressing the air via said systems.
- a filtration stage is provided, via which the compressed air can be separated into constituents.
- the air is preferably separated into the gases N2, O2, CO2. More preferably, only one of said gases is extracted from the air.
- the filtration stage takes place via a membrane filter system and / or a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system.
- PSA pressure swing adsorption
- at least one of the compressed air components is used as laser gas and / or cutting gas.
- the air constituents N2, 02, CO2 obtained from the filtration are gases which are used in some laser processing systems or laser applications.
- C02 and N2 are used in the CO2 laser as laser gas in the active medium. Since N2 or CO2 components are consumed in the active medium during laser emission, this can be used to top up the recovery of the CO2 or N2 tank of a CO2 laser processing system.
- oxygen (02) or nitrogen (N2) is required.
- nitrogen (N2) is required.
- At least one of the compressed air components is conducted into at least one pressure accumulator.
- the compressed air components are preferably passed into separate memory separate from the volume. These memories are preferred
- Pressure accumulator and serve as a buffer, for example. This means that the air components, which are not immediately used as laser gas or cutting gas can be stored in a memory and can be used if necessary.
- the decrease of the thermal energy is provided at at least two predetermined temperature levels. Because in this embodiment the energy recovery systems used preferably use different temperature levels and preferably claim different ⁇ Ts, it is energetically and technically advantageous to divide the entire energy spectrum into more than one temperature level and to tap the thermal energy at these different temperature levels.
- the object of the present invention is further achieved by a device (1) for recovering energy at a laser processing system (10) comprising an energy carrier (11), a take-off device (12) for at least one energy form, an energy conversion system (20) the device (1) further comprises a recirculation system (80).
- the laser processing system is preferably a high performance industrial laser system.
- the laser processing system includes, for example, a laser aggregate with its standard components, such as resonator, electrodes, active medium, resonator mirrors, etc.
- the discharge path preferably consists of quartz glass tubes in which laser gas is preferably present as the active medium, for example nitrogen or ArF or KrF or XeCl or XeF or helium-neon or argon or krypton or carbon dioxide.
- laser gas is preferably present as the active medium, for example nitrogen or ArF or KrF or XeCl or XeF or helium-neon or argon or krypton or carbon dioxide.
- the active medium is particularly preferably also a solid such as glass, A12O3, YAG as support materials and as doping materials such as chromium, neodymium, ytterbium, titanium, erbium.
- a solid such as glass, A12O3, YAG as support materials and as doping materials such as chromium, neodymium, ytterbium, titanium, erbium.
- laser forms such as diode lasers, dye lasers, color center lasers, semiconductor lasers, free electron lasers possible.
- a take-off device is a physical conductor or substance that can pass on various types of energy or particles.
- the take-off device is a conductor for light or magnetism, more preferably for current, most preferably for heat.
- the removal device is preferably connected to the energy carrier, particularly preferably the removal device surrounds the energy carrier, most preferably the removal device is surrounded by the energy carrier.
- the take-off device conducts energy from a take-off point (interface energy carrier take-off device) to a feed point (interface take-off device energy conversion system).
- the distance pick-up point feed point is preferably surrounded by an insulating material, more preferably by a dielectric or dielectric, most preferably by an optical isolator or thermal insulator.
- These insulators allow feed point efficiency: pick-up point of preferably 0.9, more preferably 0.85, most preferably 0.8.
- the removal device is an electrical conductor.
- the removal device to be used for heat transfer there are three types, the heat conduction, the
- Heat flow used come for the removal device preferably fluids, particularly preferably chemically displaced fluids used.
- the removal device consists of a fluid carrier and a fluid, wherein the fluid flows in the fluid carrier.
- An energy recovery system is a system that converts input energy (primary energy) into reconverted energy (secondary energy).
- a recirculation system is preferably a system which withdraws recovered or converted energy or a product of that converted energy, preferably from an energy recovery system, more preferably from a storage, and returns that energy or product to the laser processing system.
- energy is supplied in particular to an energy-processing component, or a product (produced by a machine connected to the energy conversion system) to a laser processing system component or in the
- a device (1) wherein the return system (80) comprises an electrical conductor and / or a pneumatic conductor and / or a hydraulic conductor and / or a heat conductor and / or a light guide.
- the feedback system directs energy from a pick-up point (preferably interface energy conversion system feedback system, more preferably interface
- a feed point preferably interface feedback system energy-utilizing laser processing system component, more preferably interface feedback system energy carriers, most preferred interface feedback system processing surface of the laser processing system.
- conductors are preferably connected at one end to one or more accumulators (i.e., their outputs) and connected at the other end to a return location of the laser processing system.
- a return location is the place where the energy or the product is to be used, for example, the point of engagement or the intervention environment of the laser beam in the material to be processed.
- a gas laser system preferably has gas tanks which are filled with CO2 or He or N2. From the pressure accumulators, the nitrogen tank and the carbon dioxide tank of the gas laser system can preferably be refilled.
- a device (1) wherein the device (1) comprises a memory (61).
- the memory is used for
- the storage capacity is preferably adapted to the needs of the laser processing system.
- the memory may in particular be a mechanical memory, an electrical memory, a chemical storage and / or a heat storage.
- the mechanical memory serves to store kinetic energy, for example via a flywheel, particularly preferably for storing potential energy via a spring, pressure accumulator, point storage power station, compressed-air storage power station, weight.
- the electrical storage stores electrical energy in, for example, a capacitor or accumulator or magnetic energy in an (ideally superconducting) magnetic energy store.
- a chemical store is electrical energy, for example, in an accumulator or in a battery, particularly preferably stored chemical energy in a galvanic cell.
- a heat storage thermal energy is stored.
- the storage is preferably the link between the energy conversion system (or a machine powered by the energy conversion system) and the recirculation system.
- the memory is preferably a pressure accumulator.
- Pressure accumulators are preferably pressure vessels whose pressure inside is above the ambient pressure.
- the accumulators are preferably fed by compressed air or the gases divided by the membrane filter system.
- the divided by the membrane filter system gases are preferably stored in separate, volume separated pressure accumulators.
- the accumulators further include outputs which are preferably coupled to the recirculation system. These outputs are opened or closed by pressure valves. These pressure valves are preferably monitored and controlled by a control unit.
- a device (1) wherein the energy carrier (11) is preferably a resonator (70) and / or an active medium and / or a cooling medium and / or a laser component and / or an HF generator and / or or a travel motor and / or a workpiece during machining.
- the energy carrier (11) is preferably a resonator (70) and / or an active medium and / or a cooling medium and / or a laser component and / or an HF generator and / or or a travel motor and / or a workpiece during machining.
- Laser processing system high amounts of unused energy. Depending on the laser processing system and its performance, these amount to approximately 40% of the total energy in the form of electricity that is put into the system.
- the HF generator gives off about 20% of the input energy as unused heat energy. Therefore, it is worthwhile here the tap of thermal energy.
- the cooling system with its cooling coils or ribs is preferably used for cooling the laser gas.
- the cooling fins function as heat exchangers, are preferably hollow to allow the passage of a cooling medium, and are made of very heat-conductive material.
- the cooling coils are preferably in direct contact with the laser gas.
- the laser gas is in motion and flows past the cooling coils.
- the gas flow rate is from a
- Turboradialgebläse influenced.
- the turbo-radial blower continuously circulates the laser gas and ensures that the gas flows around the preferably water-cooled heat exchangers (cooling coils).
- the heat can also be on the discharge side of the cooling system (ie after lifting to a higher
- the device (1) further comprises at least one discharge housing (107) and / or at least one supply housing (108).
- the gas flows at the corners of the preferably square laser aggregate via a supply line housing in the discharge tubes and is preferably out in the middle of each side via a discharge housing back to the turbo radial blower.
- the discharge housing preferably opens into the intake region of the turbo radial blower, wherein the Supply line housing are preferably coupled to the outlet of the Turboradialgebläses.
- cooling ribs (31) are located in at least one discharge housing (107) and / or at least one supply housing (108).
- the aim of the cooling system is preferably to achieve a gas temperature before flowing through the cooling fins of about 260 0 C and after the cooling process preferably a temperature of the
- a high temperature range from gas inlet temperature to gas outlet temperature allows a high coolant temperature via the heat exchangers or cooling fins. This is preferably necessary to operate the previously described energy conversion systems.
- the cooling fins are installed either in the dissipation housing or in the supply housing in order to achieve no gradual cooling of the laser gas.
- the gas can also be cooled bundled.
- the laser gas is optionally cooled before the cooling process, that is, the flowing past the cooling fins in this bundled state and then divided again. This is achieved, for example, by merging the dissipation housings into a conduit.
- this line are preferably the cooling fins to cool the gas stream in one step to the desired supply temperature.
- the line is preferably to be regarded as a derivative housing.
- the gas is then divided by a distributor on the supply line housing.
- the device further comprises an air compressor.
- the air compressor is preferably flanged to an output shaft of an energy conversion system.
- the mechanical Energy preferably the rotational energy of the energy conversion system, is used here to operate an air compressor in the form of a piston compressor or screw compressor or turbocompressor or trans-atmospheric compressor, for example.
- the air compressor preferably sucks the ambient air and compresses it over a certain operating pressure to a smaller volume.
- the device further comprises a membrane filter system.
- Membrane filter systems are filter systems which can preferably disassemble gas mixtures into individual gas components. For this filtering process high pressures of the gas to be filtered are necessary, which is preferably achieved by the upstream of a compressor.
- the ambient air is converted into its components, i. N2, 02, CO2 split.
- the device (1) further comprises a control unit (15) or control unit.
- a control unit is, for example, a PC which controls the laser processing system.
- the control unit measures, directs, distributes the energy flows throughout the laser processing system.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a laser processing system according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is an exploded oblique view of a representation of a C02 laser resonator
- Figure 3 is a schematic representation of a CO2 laser resonator
- Figure 4 is a schematic representation of a refrigerant circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of a laser processing system 10 according to the invention.
- a laser processing system 10 has a resonator 70 with a laser medium 72.
- the radiation source is a CO 2 laser, wherein the laser medium 72 is a gas mixture of helium, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
- the gas mixture in the resonator is continuously circulated, for example via a turbo-radial blower (not shown).
- a cooling system 30 Connected to the resonator 70 is a cooling system 30 which is connected to an energy recovery system 20 via a heat release side 31.
- the cooling system 30 works with water as the cooling medium.
- To the energy recovery system 20 is connected in compressor 40 and this compressor 40 is connected via a membrane filter system 50 with a pressure accumulator 60.
- the energy recovery system 20 includes a Stirling engine 25, the output shaft of which drives the air compressor 40.
- the pressure accumulator 60 includes three subunits as pressure accumulator 60.1, 60.2 and 60.3.
- the feedback system 80 forms a connection between the pressure accumulator 60 and the resonator 70 and / or the removal point of the focused laser beam. About this feedback system 80, the resonator 70 from the pressure vessel 60 can be fed.
- a Control unit 15 is further provided, which can control or regulate all these components.
- the laser processing system 10, or its beam source emits a laser beam in the continuous wave mode, in
- Pulse mode or ramp mode In this case, the laser medium, or the laser gas is heated to a temperature of about 260 0 C in the resonator 70. Characterized in that the laser gas is circulated and only a part of the gas amount is in the resonator 70, which is not located in the resonator 70 amount of laser gas can be cooled. This happens when passing the gas through the cooling system 30, which are in direct contact with the heated laser gas and which are flushed by the cooling medium. The cooling medium absorbs the thermal energy of the laser gas, wherein the
- Laser gas cools in flowing past, in one step, to about 20 degrees C and the cooling medium is heated in the ideal case to up to 260 0 C.
- the heated cooling medium is now over
- Coolant serves as a permanent source of heat for the Stirling engine.
- the Stirling engine converts the thermal energy into mechanical energy or into a rotational movement on a shaft. This shaft operates by direct drive or via a gearbox, the air compressor 40th The through the
- Compressor 40 compressed air is separated via the filter system 50 into its components N2, 02 and CO2, wherein the individual gases in separate pressure accumulators (60.1 to 60.3) are passed.
- About the control unit 15 is decided whether gases via the feedback system 80 to the resonator 70 or to the discharge point of the focused laser beam is passed and which gas is passed.
- the controller 15 also receives information about how much gas has been consumed in the resonator and how much to refill, as well as information about whether the laser is being used for flame cutting or fusion cutting. Based on this information, the control unit makes a decision about, for example, the supply amount, type of gas, and location of supply. In this way, a laser processing system is provided in which the thermal waste heat was used to generate a process gas that could be fed back to the laser processing system.
- FIG. 2 shows, in the broken oblique view, the structure of a CO2 laser 100, which has a rearview mirror 101, a plurality of deflecting mirrors 102, an outcoupling mirror 109, a turbo blower 104, a discharge tube 105 filled with laser gas, electrodes 106, a discharge housing 107, a supply housing 108, a gas cooling 30 and 32 and a beam telescope 110 includes.
- the rearview mirror 101, the deflection mirror 102, the Auskoppelapt 109, the discharge tube 105 filled with laser gas and the electrodes 106 form a laser resonator 70.
- the discharge tubes 105 are quartz glass tubes in which the laser gas is located. Outside of the tubes 105 sit the electrodes 106, which couple the excitation energy without contact into the laser gas.
- the discharge paths are folded and have a square structure.
- the deflecting mirrors 102 reflect the laser beam at the corners of the square and connect the discharge lines optically.
- Rearview mirror 101 and outcoupling mirror 109 complete the resonator.
- the turbo-radial blower 104 is located in the center of the jet source. This constantly circulates the laser gas, which at the corners of the square with 108 in the
- Discharge tubes flows and in the middle of each page is returned by 107 again.
- the supply housing 108 and discharge housing 107 flows around the gas, the water-cooled cooling system 30, and its cooling coils or ribs 32nd
- the laser gas is heated by the coupling of the high frequency or the laser emission in the discharge tubes 105.
- the cooling system 30 shown cools the laser gas in two steps. The laser gas is once cooled in the discharge housing 107 and then after passing through the turboradial fan 104 in
- Lead housing 108 cooled again. This creates two separate cooling circuits to which the thermal energy can be tapped.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a CO2 laser resonator, with which a tapping a wide temperature range is possible.
- the CO2 laser comprises a rearview mirror 101, a plurality of deflecting mirrors 102, an outcoupling mirror 103, a turbo blower 104, a discharge tube 105 filled with laser gas, electrodes 106, a discharge housing 107, a supply housing 108, a cooling system 30 with cooling coils or ribs 32 and a beam telescope 110 (not shown).
- the rearview mirror 101, the deflection mirror 102, the Auskoppelapt 109, the discharge tube 105 filled with laser gas and the electrodes 106 form the laser resonator 70.
- the discharge tubes 105 are quartz glass tubes in which the laser gas is located. The outside of the tubes 105 sit the Electrodes 106 which couple the excitation energy without contact into the laser gas.
- the water-cooled cooling system comprises four cooling coils 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 and 31.4 in the supply housing 108. Thermal energy is taken in parallel from these four cooling coils 31.1 to 31.4 and can thus be supplied to the energy recovery system 20 (not shown).
- the laser gas is heated by the laser emission in the discharge tubes 105 up to 200 0 C and then in the turbo radial fan by compression and friction up to 260 0 C.
- the four cooling coils 31.1 to 31.4 cool the laser gas countercurrently in one step.
- the laser gas passes through the drain housing 107 and the turbo-radial blower 104 and is cooled only in the supply housing 108.
- the cooling medium heats up to 260 0 C and there is a cooling circuit with a single large temperature range and thus a large ⁇ T at a single point at which thermal energy can be tapped.
- the heated cooling medium can now operate any heat engine, or energy conversion machine, since a large temperature range with high Tmax of up to 260 0 C temperature is reached.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a coolant circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the temperature profile of a coolant 35 is applied.
- the cooling medium 35 should have a higher temperature, the higher the representation on the beam 35 is made.
- the four most important temperature levels are again referred to separately, namely the maximum temperature of the Cooling medium Tmax and the minimum temperature Tmin.
- the maximum temperature Tmax occurs, for example, at a point of high waste heat, for example the resonator.
- the minimum temperature Tmin is, for example, the inlet temperature of cooling medium at the location requiring the most extreme cooling.
- the maximum temperature Tmax may be 260 0 C
- the minimum temperature Tmin may be 25 0 C.
- the ambient temperature Tu is removed, this can be about 50 0 C, and it is the limit temperature Tz of the energy recovery system 30 used, which is always between the ambient temperature Tu and the maximum temperature Tmax.
- the limit temperature Tz of the energy recovery system 30 used is always between the ambient temperature Tu and the maximum temperature Tmax.
- three regions in the temperature profile of the cooling medium 35 are defined, the range below the ambient temperature Tu, the range between ambient temperature Tu and limit temperature Tz and the range above the threshold temperature Tz to the maximum temperature Tmax.
- the upper range of high temperature heat i. the range between the limit temperature Tz and the maximum temperature Tmax can be supplied to the energy recovery system 20 and used there according to the block arrow A. This area can thus be used, for example via a sorption to it to produce cold.
- the middle area is discharged according to the block arrow B via an air cooler 37 to the environment as waste heat.
- the lower region can only be cooled by re-using energy and removing, for example, the thermal waste heat from this region via a compression refrigeration machine 36 and to a higher temperature level (> Tu) is lifted. From this higher temperature level, the waste heat can then be dissipated to the environment.
- this additional energy required for this final stage may be drawn, for example, from the energy recovery system 20, and the
- Chiller 36 are supplied, as the arrow between the energy recovery system 20 and the chiller 36 indicates. In the case of a sorption chiller as energy recovery system 20, the outgoing from the energy recovery system 20 arrow in the
- the recovered energy from the energy recovery system 20 is returned to the laser processing system.
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