WO2020041842A1

WO2020041842A1 - Tesla's super compressor

Info

Publication number: WO2020041842A1
Application number: PCT/BA2019/000001
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zoran VUJINOVIĆ
Original assignee: Vujinovic Zoran
Priority date: 2018-08-31
Filing date: 2019-08-27
Publication date: 2020-03-05

Abstract

Tesla's super compressor belongs to the field of propulsion machinery for liquids and gases or vapors. It is based on the theoretical foundations of Tesla's concept of pump and energy transfer from a mechanical system to a fluid. The energy from the propulsion machine is transferred to the working fluid by the adhesive and viscous forces between the disks and the working fluid. The compressor itself consists of a rotor, a stator and an air tank with tubes. The technical problem has been solved by blowing the air from the rotor nozzle (8) at high speed into the air intake (7) and sucking air from the chamber (9). The energy transfer is carried out in the mixing chamber (6) and lasts until the particles equalize the energy, whereby the mixture formed is completely homogenized. In the diffuser (5), this mixture is slowed down to achieve at the end of the diffuser in the collecting duct (4) the pressure required for the operation of the device. This mixed and cooled compressed air is delivered to consumers or the central compressed air tank.

Description

TESLA S SUPER COMPRESSOR

1. TECHNICAL FIELD THE INVENTION RELATES TO:

According to International Patent Classification (IPC), the technical field the patent relates to is mechanical engineering, and it belongs to the group of work machines. It is marked with classification symbols F 03B machines or power machines for fluids and fules or steams F01.

2. TECHICAL ISSUE

In historical development the first samples of compressors were found in China at the end of 16^th century. They were used as blowers. Their industrial usage is related to increased supply of air in industrial steamers and indoor spaces in buildings and halls. With the beginning of reactional turbine, there came an idea that a turbine works as an axial compressor. First approved patent of an axial compressor dates from 1884, when it was approved to Charles Parsons. From other pioneers in work with compressors, Auguste Reteau is one of the prominent ones. During 1892 he published a great number of works on turbo blowers. The compressor he projected has pressure ratio from 1.5 and 12000 o/min. History of building of volume compressors follows other turbo machines _ and is tightly connected to development of pumps and ventilators. This is how the usage of piston air compressor is connected to the name of German physicist Otto Gerike, 1964. All the time until today they have been constantly perfecting and they make a link in frame of technological procedures and powers, and powers reach very high values.

What represent a great disadvantage and problem today, when it comes to volumertical or dynamic compressors is still complex construction, heating issues and need for additional cooling devices of the processor and comprised air, which represents additional mass of the device and energy consumption. These disadvantages greatky affect the price and total efficacy of the existing compressors. The disadvantages that are stated above have been removed by the construction of Tesla^'s super compressor.

Technical solution of the problem:

By the construction of new Tesla's super compressor the previous problem was solved on totally different basis and work principles compared to previous compressors and Tesla^'s pump.

The solution of technical problem consists of the following technical solutions and procedures:

1. completely new compressor that is adaptable to exploitation conditions, simple for construction and production with low costs,

2. technical solutions and procedures when the process of compression is used for coolin of compressed air and compressor,

3. technical solutions by which the number of movable parts is decreased to a minimum, 4. technical solutions by which the size of friction surface is decreased to a minimum, ,5. technical solution and procedures by which the supply and fluid pressure are increased and propulsion power is decreased.

By a close examination of technical and patent documentation from the field that relates to this kind of machines not even one similar solution was found that is relevant for the patent subject application.

3. TECHICAL CONDITIONS

Compressors are devices that compress gas or steam at higher pressure, increasing their energy level. They can be divided by mode, case design, by supply, by operating pressures or by application limits.

-By mode

- By case design:

Open - drive motor separated from the compressor, the compressor has a shaft seal.

Semi-hermetic and hermetic - motor together with compressor in common case;

Semi-hermetic - it is possible to disassemble the case for service

Hermetic - welded case

- By supply:

Small (up to 10 m3 / min), medium (10 to 100 m3 / min), large (above 100 m3 / min).

- By operating pressures:

Vacuum pumps - for the transport of gases and steams from pressurized spaces,

Blowers - for final pressures up to 3 bar (engine flushing, air supply for blast furnaces, etc.), Low pressure compressors - 3 to 12 bar (pneumatic tools, automatic regulation, cooling units, etc.),

Medium pressure compressors - 10 to 150 bar (directional air, chemical and oil industry, etc.),

High - pressure compressors - 200 to 2500 bar (chemical industry, industrial gases under pressure etc.). -By application limits:

Reciprocating compressors are applied to systems where a large compression ratio is required

depending on the quantity supplied (directional air, cooling units, etc.).

Turbocompressors are applied when a large amount of supply is needed with relatively little

compression ratio.

Blades and screws are applied around the limits of application of reciprocating compressors and turbocompressors

4. DEMONSTRATION OF INVENTION ESSENSE

The primary objective of the invention is to construct a brand-new compressor that can make better use of the power of the propulsion machine, not to use engine oils and thus be more environmentally friendly than existing compressors.

A secondary objective of the invention is to construct a compressor that does not need auxiliary cooling devices for the compressed air and the machine itself, while maintaining high performance.

Further objective of the invention is the development of pure technologies.

The latest theoretical knowledge and practical experience in developing and refining today's compressors and pumps has been applied to the development of Tesla's super compressor. Tesla's super compressor is based on the theoretical foundations of Tesla's concept of pumping and transferring energy from a mechanical system to a fluid. This principle was applied to Tesla's pump. The first patent for Tesla's pump was filed by Nikola Tesla in 1909, and it was accepted in 1913. Tesla's pump is a dynamic pump with continuous flow and a non-planar rotor. Despite its similarity to a centrifugal pump, Tesla's pump uses a different principle of transferring energy to the working fluid. The main parts of the rotor are the shafts and the discs of flat surfaces that form one another with straight grooves, which are reduced to the top by alternating cuts (oblique narrowing). The shaft connects the drive machine to the pump rotor, and the disks serve to transfer mechanical energy from the drive machine to the working fluid. The energy from the propulsion machine is transmitted to the working fluid by adhesive and viscous forces between the disks and the working fluid. Among the other two fluid properties are important for the appearance of these forces: adhesiveness and viscosity. Adhesiveness implies the property of a fluid to establish attractive forces with the walls adjacent to it, while viscosity causes a force of resistance between layers of fluid in motion. Due to adhesive forces, the fluid layer adjacent to the disk adheres to the surface of the disk and rotates with the disks during the rotation of the disks, and the layers away from the surface of the disks begin to move due to the viscous forces that occur between the fluid layers and are ejected at high circumferential velocity from the rotor in specially designed chambers in the stator.

The jet of fluid ejected from the rotor moves at high speed into specially designed chambers in the stator housing. At high speed, the ejected fluid has a large amount of movement. Due to the high flow rate, the fluid is pressurized, so that it sucks the surrounding air with higher pressure from the stator, giving it some energy, slowing itself down, and the intake fluid particles receiving some of the energy while accelerating themselves. The transfer of energy lasts until the particles equalize with each other, whereby the newly formed mixture is completely homogenized. In the diffuser, this mixture is slowed down and the velocity of the fluid is translated into pressure, in order to achieve at the end of the diffuser in the compressed air duct the pressure required for the operation of the device. The compressed air thus mixed and cooled is discharged to consumers or the central compressed air tank.

5. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

In order to better understand the invention, a more detailed explanation and how to realize the invention, a construction with a clear appearance and position of all the essential components is clearly shown. The picture provides a detailed description of at least one of the embodiments of the invention. The invention is in the longitudinal section of the complete assembly consisting of a rotor, stator and tanks. The assembly with the clearly visible shape of all the essential components is presented in Figure 1.

6. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE WAYS OF REALIZATION

The best choice for describing one of the embodiments of the invention is to illustrate the presentation with an accompanying image detailing the appearance. The list gives the sequence numbers for the components I will use in describing how the invention will be accomplished. In Figure 1 we have a longitudinal section of Tesla's super compressor and the appearance of its components. The compressor consists of three assemblies that comprise: stator, rotor and air tanks. In Fig. 1, ordinal numbers 1 to 27 give the components of Tesla's super compressor as well as their appearance.

Tesla^'s Super Compressor Mode:

To describe the mode of operation of the engine, we use Figure 1 and the markings of the parts numbered 1 through 27. The compressor itself consists of a rotor, a stator and an air tank with tubes. The stator 24 consists of a body incorporating fresh cooling air supply devices 23, distribution ducts 22, an air intake 7, a mixing chamber 6, a diffuser 5 with air compression ducts 4 and a compressed air outlet 3. The stator is closed by side flaps 10 with associated elements. The rotor consists of a drive shaft 19 which is rigidly coupled to the flywheel 11. The disks 12 are rigidly connected to the spacers 14 with each other so that they can withstand high speeds and abrupt load changes and transfer power from the drive shaft 19 to the fluid through the flywheel 11. The rotating flywheel mass 11 with the disks 12 ensures quiet operation and constant torque. The compression rings 15 above the bearings 20 prevent loss of compression. Tesla's fluid diode (one-way valve) 27 prevents compression loss through the stator air supply tank 26, so that the workspace does not have compression losses. In addition to the number of revolutions, the amount of supply is proportional to the number of disks, while the pressure is related to the diameter of the disks as well as the possibility of connecting the units in series. The device operates at high peripheral speeds.

Tesla's super compressor starts rotation of the drive shaft 19. The profiled openings on the side covers of the stator 17 direct the air current to the openings of the rotor 18 which are drilled so that during rotation they push and compress the fluid into the space between the shafts and the disks 21. By increasing the speed of the engine, adhesion and viscosity forces begin to act and fluid moves toward the rim of the discs. Adhesiveness implies the property of a fluid to establish attractive forces with the wails adjacent to it, while viscosity causes a resistance force between the layers of fluid in motion. Due to adhesive forces, the fluid layer adjacent to the disk adheres to the surface of the disk and rotates with the disks during rotation of the disks, and the layers away from the surface of the disks begin to move due to the viscous forces that occur between the fluid layers. The compressed air in the chamber 21 is redistributed through the spikes of the disk 16 and then accelerated by the airfoil formed by two adjacent disks by flowing into the channels with reductions 13. The channels with reductions 13 extend from the shaft 19 in the direction of the stator 24, naiTowing in parallel from the wider to the narrowest channel ending with a nozzle 8. The transition from the wider to the narrower channel is made by reduction (oblique narrowing of the channel) which accelerates the compressed air again and introduces it into the smaller channel where it is further compressed and re-accelerated and translated into the smaller channel until it is ejected at high circumferential velocity via the jet. 8 into the stator suction 7 where it accelerates again. Through fluid diode 27, ambient air enters the supply tank 26, through tube 25. Fresh air is distributed through the stator circumference by the stator air duct 22 through the inlet channel 23 and fills the stator air chamber 9 (specially designed space between the stator and the top of the disc). The ejected fluid from the rotor nozzle 8 has a high velocity and amount of movement, as such, it flows at a high velocity into the air intake 7, drawing with it air from the chamber 9, giving it a fraction of energy, while slowing down itself, and the particles of the intake fluid from the chamber 9 receiving some of the energy and at they accelerate themselves. The energy transfer is carried out in the mixing chamber 6 and lasts until the particles equal energy with each other, whereby the formed mixture is completely homogenized. In diffuser 5, this mixture is slowed down and the speed translated into pressure, at the end of diffuser 5 in the collecting duct 4, the operating pressure is exerted. The compressed air thus mixed and cooled through the outlet 3 through the pipes 2 is discharged into the compressed air collecting tank 1 from where it is delivered to the consumers or the central compressed air tank.

7. METHOD OF INVENTION APPLICATION

Tesla's super compressor is part of the project "Tesla's three-phase hybrid internal combustion engine" developed as a standalone unit for the preparation of compressed air. Technical solutions and methods allow the wide application of the invention. Application can be achieved in all areas where there is a need for compressed air. Because it does not use lubricating oils, it is especially suitable for use in the food industry, drug production, medicine as well as the chemical, process, auto industry, etc.

Workshop and project documentation for the implementation of the invention can be made by experts in the subject area using the description and designs in the present patent application, and the prototype can be done in better equipped factories.

That the introduction of Tesla's super compressor into practical application is socially justified, environmentally friendly and economically viable can be deduced from the patent application in question.

LIST OF PICTURES AND LABELS

Figure 1.

1. compressed air collection tank with outlet

2. compressed air tube

3. extraction of compressed air from the stator

4. compressed air collecting duct

5. diffuser

6. mixing chamber

7. air intake

8. disc jet

9. stator air chamber

10. stator side cover

11. flywheel

12. disk

13. reduction channels

14. rigid connection with spacers

15. spring compression ring

16. disc spike

17. air intake duct on the side cover

18. rotor intake air duct

19. drive shaft

20. bearing

21. the chamber between the shaft and the air compressing discs

22. stator air distribution duct

23. stator air inlet channel

24. stator

25. stator supply tank air tube

26. stator air supply tank

27. Tesla's fluid diode (one-way valve)

Claims

PATENTN REQUIREMENTS

1. Tesla's super compressor, based on the theoretical foundations of Tesla’s concept of energy transfer from a mechanical system to a fluid, applied to Tesla's pump, characterized in that it is installed on a completely new construction and on a new concept of air compressing with cooling. The compressor consists of a rotor, stator and air tank with distribution pipes. The stator 24 consists of a body incorporating fresh, cooling air supply devices 23, distribution ducts 22, a vacuum 7, a mixing chamber 6, a diffuser 5 with air compression ducts 4 and a compressed air outlet 3. The stator is closed by side flaps 10 with associated elements for receiving the rotor and introducing air 18. The rotor is composed of a drive shaft 19 which is rigidly coupled to a flywheel 1 1. Mechanical power from the drive shaft 19 is transmitted to the fluid via the flywheel 1 1 by the disks 12. Flywheel 11 rigidly connected to spacers 14. The disks 12 are rigidly connected to the flywheel 1 1 by a rigid connection with the spacers 14. The disks 12 are profiled so that the straight ducts with reductions 13 are gradually narrowed, thus constantly accelerating and compressing the fluid until it is expelled from the rotor via a jet at high circumferential speed. 8. With spacers 14, the disks 12 are rigidly interconnected to withstand high speed and sudden load changes. Compression rings 15 prevent loss of compression from the workspace. Tesla's fluid diode (one-way valve) 27 prevents the loss of compression via the stator air supply tank 26 which receives pressure at the start of the compressor operation, after supplying the rotor circumferential velocities with fresh air into the distribution ducts.

2. Tesla's super compressor is based on completely new technical solutions and procedures for air compression, without additional cooling systems for the device and compressed air, characterized in that no waste heat is produced during compression of the air, thus achieving a higher mass flow of fluid. By technical solutions and procedures through the rotor 18 openings, the air is compressed in the chamber 21 and redistributed through the spikes of the disk 16 and then accelerated by the airfoil forming two adjacent disks 12 into the channels with reductions 13. The channels with reductions 13 have returned from the shaft 19 in the direction of the stator 24 , narrow in parallel from the broadest to the narrowest duct ending in the nozzle 8. Fresh air is distributed over the stator circumference by the stator duct 22 through the introductory channel 23 and fills the stator air chamber 9 (specially designed space between the stator and the top of the disc). The ejected fluid from the rotor nozzle 8 has a high velocity and amount of movement, as such, it flows at a high velocity into the vacuum cleaner 7, drawing with it air from the chamber 9, giving it a fraction of energy, while retarding itself, and the particles of the intake fluid from the chamber 9 receiving some of the energy and they accelerate themselves. The energy transfer is carried out in the mixing chamber 6 and lasts until the particles equal energy with each other, whereby the mixture formed is completely homogenized. In diffuser 5, this mixture is slowed down and the speed translated into pressure, at the end of diffuser 5 in the collecting duct 4, the operating pressure is exerted. The compressed air thus mixed and cooled through the outlet 3 through the pipes 2 is discharged into the compressed air collecting tank 1 from where it is delivered to the consumers or the central compressed air tank.