EP3983729A1 - Dispositif thermodynamique haut rendement hybride solaire et couple hydrogene-oxygene produisant une pluralite d'energies - Google Patents
Dispositif thermodynamique haut rendement hybride solaire et couple hydrogene-oxygene produisant une pluralite d'energiesInfo
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- the present invention relates to the field of solar energy production from a system of concentrators ensuring the heating of a heat transfer fluid at high temperatures, up to 500 ° or even more than 700 ° C, in a heating element. thermal collection with an absorber placed at the focus of the concentrator or the series of concentrators.
- a solar energy conversion device In general, the purpose of a solar energy conversion device is to provide useful power by transforming the energy of the collected solar radiation.
- it comprises an absorber, that is to say a physical element whose function is to convert the incident solar electromagnetic energy into another form of useful usable energy (for example electrical energy in the case of 'a photovoltaic module or a thermoelectric module, thermal energy in the case of a solar water heater, etc.).
- the useful power delivered by the device depends on several factors, including the efficiency of the conversion of the absorber, the surface of the absorber allocated to the collection of solar radiation (or “collection surface") and the power. solar radiation incident on the absorber.
- the efficiency of the conversion depending on the technology used to produce 1 absorber, for a given technology, the useful power is therefore regulated by the surface allocated to the collection and the power of the radiation.
- the surface allocated to collecting solar radiation is small, for example to limit the cost of the absorber, it is usual to concentrate the power of the solar radiation on the absorber by means of a solar concentrator (for example. a Cassegrain system, a mirror parabolic, a standard or linear Fresnel lens, a set of lenses, etc.).
- the solar concentrator is an optical system which focuses solar radiation on a focal plane and the absorption surface of the absorber, plane, coincides with the focal plane of the concentrator. The focusing of the radiation on the absorption surface of the absorber thus makes it possible to compensate for the small dimension of the latter.
- a solar energy conversion device based on a solar concentrator is sensitive to the angle of incidence of solar radiation, and this is all the more so as the absorption surface of the absorber is reduced. Indeed, there is always an angle of incidence of solar radiation, defined with respect to the optical axis of the solar concentrator, beyond which focusing is no longer carried out on the absorber itself.
- concentration solar conversion systems are motorized (eg using a tracker) to follow the progression of the sun in the sky, to ensure a normal incidence of solar radiation.
- concentration solar conversion systems are motorized (eg using a tracker) to follow the progression of the sun in the sky, to ensure a normal incidence of solar radiation.
- this type of system requires very precise tracking of the sun, a slight angular offset (e.g. 0.1 °) with respect to the sun resulting directly in a significant drop in the performance of the device.
- Patent US5884481 is also known, describing a heat engine heating assembly for transferring heat to the working fluid inside said heating assembly from solar energy and combustion gases produced by the combustion of a fuel, said heater assembly comprising:
- sealing means for preventing said combustion gases from escaping from said housing through said opening.
- the present invention relates to a system for producing energy by means of collecting solar energy and means of producing electricity, characterized in that the electricity generator comprises an absorber receiving the energy. solar energy for heating an expansion gas, said absorber being placed in an optional heating zone by a burner.
- system according to the invention has all or some of the following characteristics:
- the electricity production means are designed to receive thermal energy resulting from the recombination of the hydrolysis products in the absence of solar energy.
- thermodynamic device the gas in the thermodynamic device is placed at the focus of a concentrator.
- It further comprises means for supplying the electrical production means by an additional energy source in a reversible manner.
- Thermodynamic device of the free piston type all operating either with concentrated solar energy, or with solar fuel (outside the sun), or even biogas or any other conventional heat source.
- Cloudy passage detection preheating. Electricity production by a linear alternator
- ENR New Renewable Energy
- the present invention relates to the field of transforming solar energy into electricity with efficiencies of up to 60%, ie 10 times more than conventional PV (Photovoltaic) technology.
- thermodynamic devices require heavy maintenance and have a limited lifespan
- the present invention overcomes these problems by offering an extremely intelligent, efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly solution for transforming solar energy using an extremely simple, efficient and particularly innovative process. very low cost and very high efficiency, the storage of which is done by means of solar fuel in a closed circuit with a lifespan of up to 40 years. In addition, the device can easily be produced with a carbon footprint close to zero.
- a thermally insulated vacuum chamber closed by a window transparent to solar radiation receives solar energy concentrated on an absorber, which will convert solar energy into high temperature thermal energy that can be 1200 ° C to transfer it into the fluid working within the thermodynamic device, fluid being hydrogen.
- the vacuum chamber can be insulated either by a set of vacuum walls (dewar style) or by a suitable high temperature insulation.
- the thermal losses being used to produce heat for various applications linked to the device (cryogenic production) or for external applications (cooking, sterilization, hot air, etc.).
- thermodynamic process is supplied with heat via a burner receiving solar fuel (h2 / o2) which produces a powerful exothermic reaction transmitted to the absorber.
- Solar fuel is ideally in liquid cryogenic form, becoming gaseous after passing through an exchanger, for reasons of volumetric storage density, and its very low temperature makes it possible to increase the efficiency of the thermodynamic device correlatively.
- the burner accepts any other suitable gas mixture (biogas, methane, petroleum, etc.), and the absorber any suitable heat source.
- the combustion residue of solar fuel is water vapor, which can be recycled indefinitely in a closed circuit process.
- the heat produced by the water vapor can ideally be recovered via an exchanger, as well as all the thermal losses of the invention which make it possible to supply a certain number of thermal processes such as cooking, sterilization, the production of drinking water by distillation, or even supplying a thermodynamic device allowing the production of cold in a whole range of temperatures including cryogenic whose immediate application is the liquefaction of solar fuel.
- the advantage of liquefaction is to obtain a storage volume at least double of compression processes such as in tanks at 700 bars, the density then being 42 kg of h2 / m3 and 71 kg h2 / m3 in cryogenic form. .
- the other advantage is that storage in liquefied form avoids the risk of explosion associated with pressure tanks.
- the solar fuel being composed of h2 and o2, the device can be continuously recharged with working gas h2 from the thermodynamic device to compensate for the losses caused in particular by the phenomenon of gas diffusion. These losses usually prevent the use of H2 and require the use of a rare and expensive gas, non-renewable, such as helium, the performance of which is lower.
- thermodynamic device operates with a hot source and a cold source, the terminal efficiency being a function of the temperature difference, the higher this differential, the greater the final efficiency.
- the best known thermodynamic machines, of the Stirling type make it possible to obtain efficiencies of the order of 40% with a hot temperature of 800 ° C., and a cold temperature linked to the ambient temperature, ie approximately 25 ° C.
- the invention makes it possible to obtain much higher working temperatures, with a hot temperature of about 1200 ° C, and a cold temperature being that of liquid hydrogen, i.e. minus 253 ° C, thus making it possible to reach yields greater than 60%.
- the hot temperature is obtained from the absorber which receives the heat from the concentrated solar flux or the flame from the solar fuel, which reaches 2800 ° C at the hottest point, or from another heat source (biogas, methane , oil,).
- the choice of an absorber made of suitable materials makes it possible to work in a temperature class of 1200 ° C in particular with certain materials or ceramics. This absorber transmits this high temperature to the working fluid which is hydrogen for its particular properties.
- the absorber is designed to receive both concentrated solar radiation and a flame or to produce solar fuel at high temperature by thermolysis of water on the absorber.
- thermodynamic device consists of a process with free pistons being coaxial in a cylinder, the whole being in a closed cavity filled with H2 at high pressure, for example 150 or 200 bars, the H2 being the working fluid.
- the first piston called the displacer is located in the immediate vicinity of the absorber. As the gas heats up its volume increases and moves the displacement piston, this volumetric change acting on the second so-called working piston, which will move in proportion to the first.
- FCEM counter electromotive force
- the pistons move and are centered by an "air cushion", which is h2, called a h2 cushion.
- This H2 cushion is generated by grooves located on the periphery of the pistons, these generating micro vortices within the cavities thus created, which result in local overpressures and thus prevent the pistons from touching the walls of the cylinder and therefore to avoid any friction thus causing no wear and thus making it possible to produce a hermetic unit like refrigeration compressors, with a lifespan of the order of 40 years.
- the present invention relates to an energy production system comprising means for collecting solar energy and means for producing electricity, characterized in that the electricity generator comprises an absorber receiving solar energy to heat a device. thermodynamic, said absorber being placed in an optional heating zone by a burner.
- the system comprises a vacuum enclosure having internal / external thermal insulation and an anti-reflective window.
- an air / or hydrogen cushion is used.
- the recovery of heat losses operates a cryogenic cold generator and activates a vacuum pump.
- the system according to a variant further comprises hydrolysis means for generating a hydrogen-oxygen pair (“solar fuel” trade name) by solar h2o concentration on a hot surface.
- hydrolysis means for generating a hydrogen-oxygen pair (“solar fuel” trade name) by solar h2o concentration on a hot surface.
- thermodynamic module The h2 losses are compensated by gas diffusion by taking a fraction of solar fuel (trade name) and re-injection into the thermodynamic module
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment. Schematic description of the invention
- FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of a first exemplary embodiment
- the installation comprises for example a solar concentration system illustrated schematically in the example described by a plane collector (1) forming a diffraction grating of the Fresnel sensor type returning the solar radiation to a hemispherical concentrator (2) mounted on a orientable structure to concentrate the radiation at a point located at the level of a capture equipment formed by an enclosure (3) under vacuum opening through a window transparent to concentrated solar radiation (4).
- a plane collector (1) forming a diffraction grating of the Fresnel sensor type returning the solar radiation to a hemispherical concentrator (2) mounted on a orientable structure to concentrate the radiation at a point located at the level of a capture equipment formed by an enclosure (3) under vacuum opening through a window transparent to concentrated solar radiation (4).
- the vacuum chamber (3) defines an absorbent cavity limiting losses by diffusion in the air.
- the window (4) is covered with an anti-reflection coating in the adequate spectrum to avoid more than 30% optical / thermal losses.
- General thermal insulation can be obtained, for example, with aerogels, expanded perlite, or even certain forms of carbon / graphites with excellent insulating properties and at low cost since these are abundant and recycled materials. It can also be a set of dewar type vacuum chambers.
- the enclosure (3) contains an absorber (5) made of a suitable material such as ceramic.
- the surface of the absorber (5) has microcavities produced during molding, to approximate the characteristics of a black body.
- the enclosure (3) has several interfaces with conduits (6 to 9):
- This duct (6) allows controlled transfer to additional equipment for the use of hot air, and also makes it possible to reduce the pressure inside the chamber (3) and evacuate the combustion products.
- thermochemical reaction starts at high temperature (between 850 ° C and 900 ° C) and becomes complete around 2500 ° C.
- the absorber device is modular, thus allowing the use of external heat when for example the HHO tank is found to be empty or other fuels such as biogas or any other source.
- a cloud detection system (10) and pre-heating completes the installation.
- FIG. 2 represents a schematic view of a second exemplary embodiment.
- This energy transformer (10) consists of a thermodynamic device of the FPSE or other type, in cogeneration associated with a Stirling liquefaction device (or other) making it possible to liquefy the gases produced (H2 / 02,) with a view to their storage, then a Stirling refrigeration device (or other) for the production of cold working in cogeneration with the inevitable losses of the liquefier.
- a storage tank for H2 and possibly liquefied 02 provides an energy vector during night or unfavorable weather conditions, with a view to reinjection via a burner.
- the separation of the gaseous components obtained by thermolysis is ensured by a cell separating the gases resulting from thermolysis, and which can be either a supersonic vortex, an HT electrolysis, a protonic membrane, etc.
- the absorber (5) is made, by way of example, for example of ceramic or any suitable material.
- the absorber (5) is thermally coupled to an electricity generator (10) constituted by a thermally insulated confinement enclosure (11) inside which is positioned a high cylinder pressure (12) coaxial.
- This high pressure cylinder (12) is also thermally insulated.
- Air or water exchangers (15, 16) surround the confinement enclosures (11) and electrical coils (17).
- the general composition in the form of nested cylinders allows the optimization of surfaces and volumes, while minimizing pressure losses.
- this type of arrangement allows manufacture but also easy assembly.
- the seals between piston / cylinder segments can be achieved by grooves generating micro vortices.
- a possible additional stage of larger dimension could use with more conventional materials such as aluminum, PTFE, steels, cast iron, etc.
- the device benefits from a continuously adjustable feedback via the electric generator which advantageously replaces the mechanical spring or the connecting rod by the f.c.e.m (counter electromotive force).
- f.c.e.m counter electromotive force
- the electromagnetic control of the pistons allows easier starting by acting on them and initiating the starting process.
- This type of motor is reversible to produce cold, or heat. This configuration is possible by using the linear electric generator as a motor via the control electronics.
- the invention has appropriate sensors and computers making it possible to detect in advance a cloudy passage and to anticipate the operation of the additional heat source (hho or other) before the decrease in solar power.
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