EP3714156A2

EP3714156A2 - Electricity energy producing system via buoyancy of liquids

Info

Publication number: EP3714156A2
Application number: EP18923178.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Orhan KARABURUN; Harun TOPRAK
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Akcin Yusuf; Karaburun Orhan; Toprak Harun
Priority date: 2017-10-16
Filing date: 2018-10-05
Publication date: 2020-09-30
Also published as: TR201715876A2; WO2019245480A2; EP3714156A4; WO2019245480A3

Abstract

To produce electric energy, the machine working through buoyancy of the liquids has a system that can be enlarged according to the amount of electric energy required. The system works in liquid. The upper part is the part where the pans (4) discharge the air and draw liquid inside. After the upper part, the middle part is the part that carries the pans (4) to the lower part of the system. The lower part is the air-filled part in which the liquid inside the pans is drained and filled with air. This location is the system's liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6). From here, the air filled pans (4) go up towards the top of the system using the buoyancy of the liquids and this action generates energy. When the air-filled pans (4) move upward with the chain (1) to which they are connected, the gears (2) to which chains (1) are connected also move. A gear (2) is mounted by means of the shaft (16) parallel to one of the gears (2) located in the upper part of the system. The chain (1) passing through this gear (2) is connected to the speed-up gear box (20) and the speed-up gear box (20) is connected to the alternator. In this way, the alternator rotates by turning the system so that electricity is generated.

Description

ELECTRICITY ENERGY PRODUCING SYSTEM VIA BUOYANCY OF LIQUIDS

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention is about a system for generating electrical energy using buoyancy of liquids. The invention utilizes the buoyancy of the fluids to bring the loop formed by the air-filled pans in a fluid system into an infinite mechanical action and electrical energy is obtained from this mechanical movement.

PREVIOUS TECHNIQUES

Today, energy is one of the most important requirements for mankind. Different techniques are used in the world to achieve energy. These are hydroelectric power plants, thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, wind turbines, solar panels etc. Today there are still studies on different techniques to produce electricity. As the known state of the technic, in the patent registered with the application number 2012/15655 and the document number 2012-G-437909; buoyancy of liquids is F ^A = Vi, x dj x g. Where Vb is the volume of the object, d^A is the specific mass of the liquid, g is gravitational acceleration. If the force applied to the object is higher than the force formed due to the weight of the object, the object is allowed to surface through the liquid. If the applied force is less than the force formed due to the weight of the object, the object is allowed to sink in the liquid. The system works on this principle. The system consists of a long axis, spherical balls (1), speed controlling mechanics (5), chain system alternator (6) to which the balls are connected, fluid supply system (8) into the balls to increase the weight of the balls downwards and a platform (7) to which these are attached. In order to provide movement in the system, volumetrically changeable balls have been used in a mechanically or intelligently way (electronic circuit controlled) (here, the system is operated more efficiently by changing the volume and weight by filling the liquid in balls in the downward direction and discharging the liquid at the lowest point). The balls (1) move the chain (4) which is connected with the gravitational force by increasing the weight through supplying heavy liquid and reducing volume downward on the axis (3) immersed in the liquid (2) in the system. By increasing the volume and draining the liquid and as a result of this increasing the buoyancy of the liquid when the balls pass the lowest point of the axis, balls provide upward motion and hence balls and the chain (4) to which the balls are connected is are allowed to turn on the axis (3). In the system, the chain (4) is connected to the speed control mechanism (5) located on the platform and the speed control mechanism (5) is connected to the alternator (6) used for generating electric energy. A system for generating electric energy from the alternator (6) is described by adjusting the speed of turn motion by means of the speed control mechanism (5), which is formed by sinking the balls (1) and getting to the surface again on the axis.

As the known state of the technic, in the patent registered with the application number 2012/05760 and the document number 2012-G-164479; the invention is purely for the production of electric energy and no fuel is used. In this system, a water tank standing at a certain depth in the water or standing on the water floor is sent to the depth of equilibrium reached by water filling the same water tank as the lifting force of the vertical axis obtained when the water is discharged from the water surface to the water surface by discharging the water with the help of compressed air in a designed system; it is seen that the resultant force of the vertical axis does not form a rotational moment due to their opposition to each other. The points of intersection of the horizontal axes of the water tank with the vertical axis to form the rotational moment are connected to each other by a chain by placing the central stainless steel (Dl) and (D2) gears in the center and then trajectory line on which water tank can turn is created by turning the opposite directions of force in the same direction. Turning the water tank on this line results in turning moment. At this point, they are in the same orbital position; one tank is in filling the position on the water surface and the other in air discharge position below. When they are released at the same time, they * synchronize * to create a turning moment that reaches upwards and downwards at the same time.

As the known state of the technic, in the patent registered with the application number 2009/02004 and the document number 2009-G54727; This invention relates to two pool-pontoon bellows tank (2A-2B) installed opposite to each other on the river bed edge; in these facilities, steel pressure columns of floating pontoon-beam-column-weight (12-13-14-15-17-18) combined systems, which can move water vertically to the buoyancy of the river water, transfers the force to the element of the bellows (21) which is in the same level but in the lower level. The transfer of power and the lifting cargo procedures are carried out by filling the pools, the pontoon section and the tanks (17-15) with the water coming from the river. The transferred vertical force supplies the salt water (21) in the bellows tanks (21) at the lower level to the adjacent brigades (3A-3B) alternately and the salt water is again directed toward the lower bellows by lifting the loads. The turbine (29-30) of salt-water movements in the form of the tide is converted to electricity. All these inventions are systems that operate with similar features. What is important here is to make sure that the difference between production and consumption is sufficient and necessary to install and operate this system. The more energy and the less the cost, the more valuable it is and can be offered. The goal here is to get a high amount of energy from the system and use it in places where it is needed for different purposes.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the invention is to obtain the electric energy by providing the infinite motion in the loop created by the buoyancy of the liquids and by transmitting this mechanical energy coming from this movement via gears and chains and to use it for the benefit of mankind. Today, electricity production is done in different forms. However, unfortunately, these different production methods either have high installation costs, pollute the environment or do not provide continuity in production. If we happen to give an example to these; wind turbine installation is expensive and limited to certain regions. Likewise, hydroelectric power plants are a form of electricity production that is costly to install and can not be installed everywhere. In some places where hydroelectric power plants are installed, they can damage historic structures and destroy agricultural land where they are located. Another type of electricity generation is thermal power plants. In this technique, underground fossil fuels are removed at the end of challenging and costly efforts. These extracted fossil fuels are used for electricity production and this technique is very harmful to the environment. With this invention, it is aimed to obtain clean energy without harming the environment, human being and without consuming the natural resources of the Earth. It is aimed that the production is as high as possible by lowering the installation costs. With this invention, energy needs will be cleaner and cheaper, making the Earth more livable.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES the electric energy generating system using the buoyancy of liquids is illustrated.

Figure 1: is the general view of the system of generating electrical energy using the buoyancy of the liquids of the invention. Figure 2: entrance of fluid-filled pans to fluid discharge and air charge chamber (6) of the electric energy generating system by using the buoyancy of the fluids

Figure 3: entering of pans (4) into the upper path using the buoyancy of the fluids at the upper part of the system that produces electricity. Figure 4: an image of the air pump (5) of the system generating electrical energy using the buoyancy of the fluids.

The explanation for references of figures (1) chain to which pans are attached with pins (2) gear to which chains are engaged

(3) pin on which the pans are mounted

(4) pan

(5) air pump

(6) liquid discharge and air charge chamber (7) upper path

(8) mid path

(9) lower path

(12) piston rod

(13) pipe through which the air is drawn from outside (14) flap (check valve)

(15) pressure compensator

(16) shaft

(17) gear acts as eccentric

(18) bearing (19) connection rod

(20) speed booster gear box

(21) alternator

(22) chain tensioner

(23) tower

(24) pipe which charges air to water discharge and air charge chamber

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

There is a loop in the machine that creates the system and mechanical energy. This loop is arranged according to a specific plan, consisting of the gears (2) which are given the ease of movement by the bearings (18) and the chains (1) which are passed through these gears (2). At certain distances to the chains (1), pins (3) have been added and the pans (4) which are rotated 360 degrees vertically and of which mouths are open have been mounted to these pins (3). The pans (4) are crucial sections of the loop that allow the system to move using the buoyancy of the water. In the system, there is an air pump (5) which works in the liquid and takes the air outside the liquid into pans (4) by discharging the liquid through pipes (13) with the help of pressure compensator (15) to liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) with the help of flaps (check valve) (14). The air pump (5) runs in the liquid at the lower part of the system and may be more than one to provide sufficient air. There is a connection point on the piston rod (12). Here the pressure compensator (15) which minimizes the pressure of the water and the connection rod (19) which comes from the gear (17) acting as an eccentric to which the chain (1) is connected that comes from the gear (2) added as parallel with the help of shaft (16) is mounted. As the system moves, the gears (2) rotate so that the air pump (5) starts to work depending on this rotation and pumps the air to the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) by consuming minimum power. The air pump (5) serves as an air compressor without receiving any external energy. The air pump (5) has a feature that minimizes the pressure applied by the liquid with the help of the pressure compensator (15) (The pressure compensator (15) can be a buoyancy force or weight equal to the pressure).

The liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) is the section where locates at the pressure-resistant lower part of the system, which is fixed on the lower part of the system, only the lower part is open, upper and around part is closed, in which there is lower part of the middle path (8) and the lower part (9), gears (2) and the part where the pans (4) that are connected to chains (1) with the pins (3) get in with full of water through the mid path (8) and discharge the water and leave filled with air, the part having the air that is required for the operation of the system. As the mouth is open, it is covered and the upper part is closed, the liquid cannot enter inside according to the physical rules. The air pump (5) will supply air here in conjunction with the operation of the system. The level of the air inside is preserved in this way as the water in the pans (4) is drained and the air is taken in and out.

There are paths along the loop on the system. The paths are the parts that regulate the movements of the pans in the system. There is an upper path (7) in the upper part of the system, there is a lower path (9) in the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) located in the lower part of the system and there is a mid-path (8) in the middle of the two. The upper path (7) allows air filled-pans (4) which come from liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) to discharge air and fill with liquid. There is also a braking system which has been set up to control the movement of the system and to stop the system when necessary. The mid path (8) maintains the liquid filled pans (4) in the upper path (7) along the path and allows the pan (4) to proceed to the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) without changing its angle and allows the pan discharge the liquid and fill with air when it enters to liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6). The lower path (9) allows the pan that comes from the mid-path (8) to discharge the liquid in the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) and turns the air-filled pan (4) into 180 degrees so as to sink into liquid vertically. In this way, the air filled the pan (4) comes out of the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) and moves towards the upper path (7) using the buoyancy of the fluids.

The air-filled pan (4) which comes from liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) moves toward the upper part of the system at a vertical angle as its mouth part faces downward and the closed part faces upward by using the buoyancy of the liquid. When it reaches the upper part of the system, it enters the upper path (7) which is designed to create a loop and to fill the pan (4) with liquid by discharging the air in the pan (4). When it enters in the upper path (7), its angle starts to change and the mouth starts to turn upwards depending on the inclination of the path. So it starts to discharge the air and get the liquid inside. By this way, the pan (4) rotates 180 degrees until it passes from the upper path (7) to mid path (8) and the inside is completely filled with liquid. As the air-filled pans (4) moves towards the upper part of the system by the continuity of the movement of the other pams (4) which provide the movement of the system using the buoyancy of the liquids, pans (4) entering the middle way (8) by discharging the air in the upper path (7) move towards the lower path, in other words, the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6). The mid path (8) allows the liquid filled pan to proceed to vertically downward into the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6), preventing the liquid-filled pan (4) from using 360 degrees of rotation capability. The pan (4) that comes to liquid discharge and charge chamber (6) passes through the sloped portion so as to change the angle at the end of the mid-path (8) and to discharge the water therein. Here, the lower part of the pan (4) rises upward when it comes into contact with the inclined part of the path and the mouth part starts to descend downward. In this way, the pan (4) enters to the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) in such a way that the mouth part is at the bottom in a horizontal position close to 45 degrees. The pan (4) entering the liquid discharge and charge chamber (6) ascends towards the part with the upward air. The horizontally rising pan (4) is removed from the liquid and when it enters the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) in this manner, the liquid in it is easily and completely discharged. When the liquid in the pan (4) is completely discharged, the inside of the pan (4) is filled with air instead of liquid. When the liquid discharging operation is finished, the mid-path (8) also ends and the pan (4) continues to proceed in such a manner that its mouth part is upward and hanging on the chain (1) with the pin (3) in a vertical angle between the mid-path (8) and the lower path (9). The bottom path (9) coincides with the middle part of the pan (4). The pan (4) of which middle part is in contact with the lower path (9) rotates by 180 degrees with the help of the chain (1) in accordance with the movement of the system and this time the mouth part is turned downward and the lower part is turned upward. The lower path (9) allows the pan (4) to dive in water at a right angle by this way. The pan (4) dives in water to a level lower than the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6). It leaves the discharge and air chamber (6) and the lower path (9) and continues through the cycle with the help of the chain (1). By using buoyancy of water with the air in the pan (4) which comes out of the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (9) with full of air, starts to emerge facing its mouth part downward by giving power to the system towards the upper part of the system in a perpendicular manner. The pans (4) placed on the system continuously perform this operation and this process continues forever. The system creates its own mechanical movement by the buoyancy of the water itself. When the system reaches this endless movement and the loop comes to life, this movement is transmitted to the gear on the alternator (21) by means of the gear (2) and the chain (1) mounted parallel to one of the gears (2) on the upper part of the system and by this way the alternator starts to turn and starts to convert the mechanical movement into electricity.

While the system is operating by this way, the air pump (5) located at the bottom of the system pumps the air taken from the outside with the help of the pipes (13) to the liquid discharge and air filling chamber (6) again by means of the pipes (24). This system, which generates electric energy using the buoyancy of liquids, can be enlarged and minimized according to the amount of electric energy required. It can be easily operated in portable artificial ponds, lakes, dams. It works in artificial ponds so it can be transported and installed easily.

Claims

Claim 1: The invention is a system that generates electrical energy by rotating the alternator of the mechanical energy obtained by generating motion on the mechanism by the buoyancy of the water and it consists of these parts: air pump (5) operated by pressure stabilizer (15), 360 degree rotatable pans (4), the pins (3) to which the pans (4) are connected, the chain (1) that runs pans (4) on the mechanism by means of the pins (3), the lower path (9), the mid path (8) and the upper path (7), the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) in the lower part, which fills the pans (4) with air by discharging the liquid in them, the lower path (9), the mid path (8) and the upper path (7) allowing the pans (4) to move at the required angles on the mechanism, the upper part which allows the air in the pans (4) to be discharged and filled with liquid by means of the upper path (7), the chain (1) and the gears (2).

Claim 2; depending on the first claim, electric energy is produced from the mechanical energy obtained from the buoyancy of the fluids; the chain (1) is mounted with the pins (3) on the system that can rotate 360 degrees to create movement are mounted in a system, there are pans (4) of which four sides and top are closed, the mouth part is open; the pans of which mouth part faces downward moves upwards using the buoyancy of the liquids from the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) at the bottom of the system, the air in the pan is discharged by changing its angle with the aid of the upper path (7), the liquid is filled in by changing its angle with the help of the upper path (7) again and it comes to the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) using the mid path at the bottom of the system, here its angle is changed with the aid of mid path (8), liquid inside the pan is discharged and it comes to the lower path (9), its angle is also changed in the lower path (6), it leaves the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) filled with air and moves the system.

Claim 3; depending on the first claim, electric energy is produced from the mechanical energy obtained from the buoyancy of the fluids; liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) is a location to where the pans enter with full of water and leave there with full of air by discharging the water with the aid of pans (4), chain (1) and paths and a location keeping the air needed for the operation of the system, the upper part and the periphery of the chamber are closed and the lower part is designed to be open and pressure resistant and it works on the lower part of the system. Claim 4; depending on the first claim, electric energy is produced from the mechanical energy obtained from the buoyancy of the fluids; the air pump (5) working with the pressure compensator (15) operates at the lowest part of the system in the liquid to operate the system so as to minimize the pressure applied by the liquid by using the pressure compensator (15) and pull air out of the liquid by the aid of the pipe (13) and supply it to the liquid discharge and air charge chamber (6) again with the help of the pipe (24).