RU2536462C1 - Installation for conversion of roll and pitch energy of going vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: installation for conversion of roll and pitch energy of the going vessel comprises a body of anticorrosive material with ratchet mechanisms arranged in parallel to its sides, one end of the mechanisms is placed in the rear part of the installation while the second is in the front part and is fixed to the cylinder-shaped shaft. Both ends are interconnected by a circuit connected to side outputs of a rectangular tank placed inside the installation. On the top of the tank there are a front and rear handles. Wheels of the tank are placed at the rails fixed to the installation bottom. Between rails in the front and rear part of the installation there are spring-type brake systems consisting of a heel and a spring. At the installation top part, from inwards, at both sides there are gripping mechanisms, which consist of a latch hook, a lock and spring.

EFFECT: simplification of the installation design, reduction of manufacturing costs.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of non-traditional and renewable energy sources, namely wave energy and its conversion into other types, mainly into electric.

The patent “A vessel fed and driven by the rolling energy of its hull” (patent RU No. 2365520 08.23.2006) is known, in which retractable elements are offered overboard, which, due to the rolling energy, perform flywheel oscillations and generate electrical energy through a special conversion system .

However, the known technical solutions significantly worsen the seaworthiness of the vessel due to the increase in resistance when moving vessels with retractable structures.

Also known is the “Method for converting the pumping energy of a floating vehicle” (patent RU No. 2046994 dated October 27, 1985), where tanks are located outside the sides of the floating vehicle, partially filled with working fluid and interconnected by steam conduits with hydraulic turbines and devices that provide alternating flow working fluid along water lines during pumping. In this case, the turbines are installed at the end of the conduits at the opposite sides. Due to the flow of fluid from one tank to another, the generator blades are driven into rotation, as a result of which the electric generator generates electricity.

In this invention, for placing tanks on the sides of the vessel and connecting them with common water conduits, structural changes to the ship's layout are required, which entails a deterioration in a number of qualities of the ship, and changing the ship's layout requires considerable economic costs.

The invention is also known (patent RU No. 2472669, "A vessel using the power of the hull to move" on 08/31/2011). In this invention, a working fluid located on the positioning rollers is mounted on a specially made bed, which can freely make reciprocating movements. A braking mechanism, a mechanism for regulating the position of the working fluid and a mechanism for converting energy are installed on the working fluid on the common axes of the rollers. Due to the reciprocating movements of the working fluid along the bed, a mechanism for converting energy located on the common axis of one pair of rollers generates electricity.

The disadvantage of this invention is that the location of the energy conversion mechanism on the working fluid itself makes it difficult to transfer it to the fixed part of the entire installation, since the working fluid is in constant reciprocating motion. The manufacture of a frame with grooves for the working fluid requires special equipment.

The objective of the invention is to expand and simplify a number of technical characteristics for energy conversion, namely, simplification of the installation design, i.e. reduction of manufacturing costs, as no time is required to assemble parts for the manufacture of which special equipment is required.

The technical result is achieved by simplifying the design of the installation and the mechanism for converting reciprocating motion with a certain amount of working fluid inside, namely the output of reciprocating energy to a common shaft, which is located outside the installation.

The essence of this invention is that the installation for converting the rolling of a floating vessel comprises a housing made of anti-corrosion material, on the sides of which ratchet mechanisms are located, one end of which is located at the rear of the installation, the other at the front and attached to a cylindrical shaft, both of which the ends are interconnected by a chain attached to the lateral conclusions of a rectangular tank located inside the unit, front and rear handles are located on the top of the tank, and the tank itself has it is made by wheels on rails attached to the bottom of the installation, and between the rails in the front and rear of the installation there are spring-brake systems consisting of a heel and a spring, and on the upper part of the installation on both sides there are gripping mechanisms consisting of a carbine, lock and spring.

The installation is presented in figure 1, where:

1. Case

2. Tank

3. Wheels

4. Rails

5. Front spring brake system,

    Rear spring brake system

6. The right side guide of the housing,

    Left side housing guide

7. Right side rail of the tank

    Left side tank guide

8. Right ratchet mechanisms,

    Left ratchet mechanisms

9. Right chain

    Left chain

10. Val

11. Installation bottom

12. The rear side of the installation,

       Front side of the unit

13. The right longitudinal side,

       Left longitudinal side

14. Fasteners

15. Rear mounting shield,

       Front mounting plate

16. Right lateral output,

      Left side output

17. Supporting shaft beams

18. Front locking mechanism

      Rear gear

19. The front handle of the tank,

       The rear handle of the tank.

Figure 2 is a view of a vertical section of the installation:

1. Case

3. Wheels

4. Rails

5. Rear spring brake system

6. The right side guide of the housing,

     Left side housing guide

7. Right side rail of the tank

    Left side tank guide

8. Right ratchet mechanisms,

    Left ratchet mechanisms

16. Right lateral output,

       Left side output

19. The front handle of the tank,

       Rear tank handle

20. The working fluid.

Figure 3 is a view of the mounting of the installations and the generator on the vessel:

10. Val

21. Installations

22. Generator

23. The ship.

Figure 4 shows the design of the spring-brake system:

24. Heel

25. The spring.

Figure 5 is a view of a horizontal section of the installation:

2. Tank

4. Rails

5. Front spring brake system,

    Rear spring brake system

8. Right ratchet mechanisms,

    Left ratchet mechanisms

9. Right chain

     Left chain

10. Val

12. The rear side of the installation,

       Front side of the unit

13. The right longitudinal side,

       Left longitudinal side

14. Fasteners

15. Rear mounting shield,

      Front mounting plate

16. Right lateral output,

      Left side output

24. Heel

25. The spring.

Thus, the installation for converting the pumping energy, including the housing (1), is made of a durable metal material resistant to corrosion. On the housing (1) of the installation (21), on the sides parallel to each other are two pairs of ratchet mechanisms (Figure 1, Figure 5). One pair of ratchet mechanisms (8) on one side of the installation is located in such a way that one end of this pair is located at the rear of the installation (21), and the other end in front of the shaft (10) and both ends are interconnected by a right chain (9 ) (Figure 5). The second pair of ratchet mechanisms (8) with the left chain (9) is arranged in a similar way. The shaft (10) is a metal cylinder made of a corrosion-resistant material mounted on the supporting beams of the shaft (17) (Figure 1). The shaft is located in front of the installation (12) (Figure 5). Chains (9) on both sides of the installation (21) are attached to the side leads (16), the side leads (16) are attached to the tank (2) located inside the installation (21) (Figure 5). The tank (2) is a rectangular tank for placement of the working fluid (19), which is made of stainless material (Figure 5). At the top of the tank (2) are the front handle of the tank and the rear handle of the tank (19) (Figure 1). The tank (2) is located on the rails (4), which are attached to the bottom of the installation (11) (Figure 1). Between the tank (2) and the rails (4) there are wheels (3) (Figure 1). Between the rails (4) at the bottom of the installation (11) are spring-brake systems, one spring-brake system (5) is located in the front of the installation, and the other spring-brake system (5) in the rear (Figure 1, Figure 5 ) The spring-brake system consists of a heel (24) and a spring (25) attached to it (see Fig. 4). On the upper part of the installation, on the inside, opposed to each other, are a front gripping mechanism and a rear gripping mechanism (18) (FIG. 1). The gripping mechanism is a carbine design, where there is a movable part - a lock, which is fixed to the main structure with a pin. In order to automatically lock the lock, a spring is used in the design of the gripping mechanism. The housing (1) of the installation is fixed to the vessel (23) using the front mounting shield and the rear mounting shield (15) with fasteners (14). Fixing panels are made of corrosion resistant material and are large-diameter metal panels attached to the unit body (21). In the mounting boards there are drills for the fixing elements (14) (Figure 5). The fasteners (14) are made of the same material as the fasteners, large diameter bolts can be used as fasteners (14).

Installation for converting the pumping energy of the vessel (23) operates as follows (Figure 3). When a roll angle occurs on the starboard side, the first half-rolling period occurs, which lasts several seconds. A tank (2) with a working fluid (20) located inside the unit under the influence of gravity begins to move along the rails (4) towards the starboard side in the front side part (12) of the unit (Figure 1). When moving the tank (2) with the working fluid (20), the right side outlet and the left side outlet (16) are fixed to the sides of the tank (2) (Figure 1, Figure 5). When moving the right side terminal and the left side terminal (16), the chain attached to the right side terminal (16) and the chain (9) attached to the left side terminal (16) are driven (FIG. 5). When moving the chains (9), the right ratchet mechanisms and the left ratchet mechanisms (8) are rotationally driven (Fit. 1, FIG. 5). The right ratchet mechanisms and the left ratchet mechanisms (8) of the installation are arranged in such a way that when an angle roll occurs on the starboard side and the tank (2) moves to the front side (12), they are driven through the chain (9), the right ratchet mechanisms (8 ), one of which is located on the common shaft (10), and the other in the opposite part of the installation on the housing (1) begin to rotate the shaft (10) (Figure 1, Figure 5). During this half-period, when the tank (2) rolls to the starboard side, the right ratchet mechanisms (8) are installed and arranged in such a way that they rotate the shaft (10), and the left ratchet mechanisms (8) are installed and arranged in such a way that they work scrolling and do not rotate the shaft (10), and can work by rotating the shaft (10) only when the tank (2) moves to the left side, respectively, in the second half-period of the ship's rolling. When an angle roll occurs on the port side, the tank (2) with the working fluid (20) begins to roll on the port side. In this half period, the left ratchet mechanisms (8) come into operation, one of which is located on the shaft (10), rotating the shaft (10), and the other in the opposite part of the installation on the housing (1) (Figure 1, Figure 5). The right ratchet mechanisms (8) work scrolling and do not rotate the shaft (10). The right and left ratchet mechanisms are located symmetrically (Figure 5). The whole system of ratchet mechanisms is arranged and operates in accordance with the sequence of the half-rolling period, and the ratchet mechanisms have such an arrangement that allows the shaft (10) to rotate in one direction regardless of the direction of movement of the tank (2). The shaft (10) is fastened to the rotor of an electric generator (22) (Figure 3). The rotation of the common shaft (10) from the plants (21) is transferred to an electric generator (22), where it is converted into electricity (Figure 3).

The invention can be used as a source of electrical energy on floating assets. Installations with a generator mounted on a ship (Figure 3). Table 1 shows the power that one installation can produce depending on the mass of the working fluid, in our case it’s a tank, on the length of the installation itself, which will determine the time during which the working fluid can give out energy during the half-rolling period and the angle of deviation of the vessel with side rolling.

To prevent unwanted and not intended impacts of the tank (2) against the front side and rear side of the installation (12), a front spring-brake system and a rear spring-brake system (5) are provided (Fig. 1, Fig. 5). Spring-brake systems operate as follows: in the first half-rolling period, when the angle of the bank of the vessel to the starboard side of the tank (2) rolls to the front of the unit (12), when the tank (2) moves, it develops a certain speed and has a sufficiently high energy. At the bottom of the installation spring-brake systems (5) are attached (Fig. 1, Fig. 5). The front spring-brake system (5) stops and brings the speed of the tank (2) to almost zero when the tank moves to the starboard side. The rear spring-brake system (5) stops and brings the speed of the tank to a complete stop when the tank moves towards the port side. Unwanted blows of the tank (2) against the front and back of the unit (12) can lead to a breakdown of the unit and put it out of operation, and the provided spring-brake system will prevent unwanted and dangerous blows.

An exciting mechanism is provided for the case of stormy weather and allows you to capture and fix the tank (2) of the installation during stormy weather. When stormy weather occurs, the ship is under heavy load, a large angle of heel aboard the ship occurs and there is a danger of the ship tipping over aboard, the tank (2) located inside the unit develops tremendous speed and has tremendous energy, which can damage spring-brake systems ( 5), and can cause damage to the installation, i.e. pose a huge danger (Figure 5). The front gripping mechanism and the rear gripping mechanism (18) are installed at the top of the front side and rear side of the installation (Figure 1). The front gripping mechanism and the rear gripping mechanism (18) are triggered when the permissible roll angle of the sides is exceeded and grab the tank (2) with the working fluid by the front handle and rear handle (19) fixed at the top of the tank itself (Figure 1). Capture takes place depending on the location of the tank (2) on the right or left side of the unit at the time of stormy weather, it triggers and captures just one of those mechanisms to which the tank rolled during rolling.

One of the main advantages of this installation over analogues is the simplicity of installation of the installation on ships and dismantling if necessary. It is relatively small and easy to operate. In comparison with the analogue for the manufacture of this installation does not require the manufacture of non-standard parts, which represents economic costs. In an analogue, the working fluid was placed on the bed; to obtain more electricity, the structure would have to be increased, and for the manufacture of a large bed, not small costs were required. The simplicity of the design of the proposed installation allows you to assemble the installation from existing parts, which, of course, simplifies the implementation of these installations on floating ships.

Another advantage of this installation over the analogue is the spring-brake system, which is located at the bottom of the installation housing and allows you to brake the tank with the working fluid inside immediately before the impact of the tank on the wall. Such a system will make it possible to fully receive all the generated energy of the working fluid and stop it before impacting against the side walls of the installation housing. In the analogue of the previous patent, it was proposed to install a braking system on the axes of the rollers of the working fluid itself, which would facilitate uniform movement of the working fluid along the bed, such a system would reduce the generated energy by braking the working fluid and bring it into uniform motion.

Claims (1)

Installation for converting the rolling of a floating vessel, comprising a housing made of anticorrosive material, on the sides of which ratchet mechanisms are located, one end of which is located at the rear of the installation, the other at the front and attached to a cylindrical shaft, while both ends are connected by a chain, attached to the lateral conclusions of a rectangular tank located inside the unit, the front and rear handles are located on the top of the tank, and the tank itself is mounted on wheels on rails, while Fitting eplennyh to bottom, and between the rails at the front and rear parts of the installation are arranged spring-brake system, consisting of a spring and heel, and on top of the unit on the inside from both sides are arranged gripping mechanisms consisting of the rifle, and the lock spring.

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