KR20130055824A - A generating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A power generation device is provided to improve water quality by stirring the water using a bubble accommodating unit which vertically rotates through a caterpillar track in the water. CONSTITUTION: A power generation device comprises a support structure(100), a bubble supply unit(200), a rotary unit, and a generation unit(400). The support structure is installed on or in the water. The rotary unit comprises top and bottom rotators(320,330), a connection member(340), and a bubble accommodating unit. A plurality of bubble accommodating unit is longitudinally installed in the connection member. The bubble accommodating unit is equipped with an accommodating space for bubbles and rotates the connection member by the buoyancy of the bubbles in the accommodating space. The generation unit is interlocked with the top rotator for converting the kinetic energy of the connection member into electric power.

Description

Power generating device

The present invention relates to a power generation apparatus, and more particularly, to a power generation apparatus that generates and collects bubbles in a fluid and generates power using buoyancy of bubbles generated at this time.

In general, power generation methods include thermal power generation, nuclear power generation, hydroelectric power generation, wind power generation, solar power generation, tidal power generation, and geothermal power generation.

Among these power generation methods, thermal power generation has serious burdens such as exhaustion of fossil fuels and changes in the global environment, and power generation methods using wind power, tidal power, solar heat, geothermal heat, and the like have a lot of environmental conditions.

In order to solve the above problems, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0083473 discloses an energy generator using buoyancy in a fluid.

The energy generating device using the buoyancy in the fluid is installed in the fluid, the rotatable rollers are mounted on the top and bottom, respectively, and the connecting member is fastened between the upper roller and the lower roller, and at a predetermined interval on the connecting member of the body It is installed but has a variable float that is spread outward so as to easily collect the bubbles when rising and folded inward to reduce the resistance to the fluid when descending, the lower end of the main body includes a bubble generator for supplying bubbles in the variable float It is composed.

The energy generating device using the buoyancy in the fluid is a structure that blows the compressed air to the lower roller side installed in the water, there is a drawback of a large consumption of power used to compress the air.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, by reducing the power consumption for bubble generation to provide a power generation apparatus that can increase the amount of power generated by buoyancy of the bubble rather than the amount of power consumed in bubble generation. There is this.

Generating device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a support structure which is installed in the water or water; A bubble supply means installed in the support structure to supply bubbles; An upper rotary body and a lower rotary body rotatably installed at upper and lower portions with respect to the support structure, a connecting member rotatably installed in the upper and lower rotary bodies in an endless track, and a longitudinal direction of the connecting member. A rotation unit having a plurality installed therein and having an accommodation space for accommodating the bubbles supplied from the bubble supply means and including a bubble accommodating portion for rotating the connection member by buoyancy of the bubbles contained in the accommodation space; And a power generation unit installed in association with the upper rotating body to convert kinetic energy of the connection member into electrical energy.

The bubble supply means is characterized in that it comprises an electrolysis unit and a power supply for supplying power to the electrolysis unit.

The bubble supply means is provided with an inner space in which the electrolysis unit is installed, and an inlet and an outlet port through which fluid is introduced and discharged are provided, respectively, and the gas generated by the electrolysis unit rises and is discharged to the outside. And a blocking unit for electrically shorting the inner space and the outer space of the housing to block the flow of electricity to the outside of the housing by the electrolysis unit.

And a gas collecting unit installed on the support structure to collect oxygen and hydrogen generated by the electrolysis unit and rising to the upper portion in the bubble accommodating unit.

The bubble supply means is provided with a filling space in which gas can be filled, an injection hole for injecting the gas into the filling space, a gas tank installed under the support structure, and the gas from the filling space. And an on / off valve for opening and closing the inlet to be discharged.

The gas tank may further include a heater for heating and expanding the gas when the gas contained in the filling space is discharged to the outside through the injection hole.

The bubble supply means is characterized in that it comprises a conveying tube, one end of which extends below the lower rotating body, and a compressor connected to the other end of the conveying tube to blow air into the conveying tube.

The bubble accommodating part expands in a volume of the accommodating space to correspond to a volume change of the bubbles accommodated in the accommodating space when the air bubbles rise from the lower rotor toward the upper rotor by the buoyancy of the bubble, and the upper rotor has the volume. When descending toward the lower rotating body is characterized in that the volume of the bubble receiving portion is formed to be reduced.

According to the power generation apparatus according to the present invention as described above, by eliminating or minimizing the waste of power required to generate bubbles, there is an advantage that can increase the amount of power generation, unlike the conventional power generation methods such as wind power, tidal power, solar heat, etc. Since there is no restriction due to environmental changes, it is possible to continuously develop.

In addition, the power generation apparatus according to the present invention can stir the inside of the water by the bubble accommodating unit rotates in the orbit up and down in the water has an effect of improving the water quality.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a power generation apparatus according to the present invention,
2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the bubble supply means of FIG.
3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment of a power generation apparatus according to the present invention,
4 is an exploded perspective view showing a third embodiment of a power generation apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the bubble accommodating part shown in FIG. 4.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in more detail with respect to the power generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2 illustrate a power generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the power generation apparatus includes a support structure installed in the water or the water, bubble supply means 200, the rotation unit 300, and the power generation unit 400.

In the present embodiment, the support structure has a buoyancy and floats 100 floating on the surface of the sea or river, but alternatively, the support structure may be a structure fixed to the bottom of the water.

Although not shown in the drawing, the floating body 100 may be formed to have an empty structure, or alternatively, the inside may be filled with expanded polystyrene and urethane foam having a smaller specific gravity and lighter weight than water.

Bubble supply means 200 is installed in the water to generate a bubble is fixed to the lower portion of the main frame to be described later.

Bubble supply means 200 is a gas tank 210 is provided with a filling space to fill the gas such as oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen in a liquefied state and the injection hole 211 to inject gas into the filling space, The valve 220 which opens or closes the injection hole 211 to discharge the gas filled therein to the outside, and periodically operates the valve 220 to the outside to periodically or continuously through the injection hole 220 It is provided with a timer 230 to be discharged.

The valve 220 is preferably installed in the inlet 211 of the gas tank 210, it is preferable to use a solenoid valve commonly used.

The timer 230 is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the gas tank 210, and although not shown in the drawing, further includes a control module for applying or blocking a current to operate the valve 220 in a periodic or open state or a closed state. Equipped. Here, as a power supply method for controlling the operation of the valve 220, a method of installing a capacitor in the gas tank 210, or alternatively a method of extending the wire from the floating body 100 to the gas tank 210 There may be.

Although not shown in the drawing, the gas tank 210 may further include a heater that heats and expands the gas when the gas contained in the filling space is discharged to the outside through the inlet.

The rotating unit 300 includes a main frame 310, an upper rotating body 320, a lower rotating body 330, a connecting member 340, and a bubble receiving unit 350.

The main frame 310 has a pair of vertical frames 311 which are fixed to the floating body 100 and are installed underwater in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the lower portion below the floating body 100, and each vertical frame ( 311 is provided with a horizontal frame 312 connecting the lower end.

The main frame 310 further includes a reinforcement frame 310a, one end of which is fixed to the bottom of the floating body 100 and the other end of which is fixed to the vertical frame 311 to prevent the flow of the vertical frame 311. The main frame 310 is preferably formed of a material that prevents damage such as bending by water current and does not cause rust.

The upper rotating body 320 is rotatably installed on the upper part of the main frame 310, the lower rotating body 330 is rotatably installed on the lower part, and the gas tank 210 is provided on the horizontal frame 312. It is fixedly installed.

As shown in the figure, the upper and lower rotors 320 and 330 are formed of rollers, and the connection member 340 has a width corresponding to the length of the upper and lower rotors 320 and 330 and the upper and lower rotors 320 and 330. It is installed so that it rotates on the track.

The bubble accommodating part 350 is fixed to the connecting member 340 to rotate the connecting member 340 by using the buoyancy of the bubbles discharged from the gas tank 210 or the electrolysis unit 250.

The bubble receiving portion 350 has an accommodation space 351a in which bubbles generated by the bubble supply means 200 are accommodated therein, and an opening having a lower portion opened to communicate the accommodation space 351a with an external space ( The main body 351 in which the 351b was formed, and the flange part 355 extended up and down from the main body 351 are provided.

The main body 351 is formed in a shape that becomes narrower from the lower portion to the upper portion in order to reduce the resistance by water when rising to the upper by buoyancy of the bubble or descending into the water through the upper rotary body 320.

The flange portion 355 is provided in the longitudinal direction of the connecting member 340 so that the opening portion 351b faces downward. The flange portion 355 may be attached to the connecting member 340 by using an adhesive, or alternatively, may be riveted.

Bubble receiving portion 350 is preferably formed of a material having an elastic force to easily pass through the upper and lower rotary bodies (320,330).

Meanwhile, although not shown in the drawing, the bubble accommodating part is formed so that the bubble contained in the accommodation space corresponds to the volume change of the bubble due to the decrease in water pressure when the bubble accommodating part rises from the lower rotor to the upper rotor by buoyancy of the bubble. When the volume expands and descends from the upper rotating body toward the lower rotating body, the volume of the bubble accommodating part may be reduced to reduce the resistance by the fluid.

For example, the bubble receiving portion is fixed to the top and bottom open and one side is fixed to the connection member side, the lower part is opened and the upper part is closed so as not to escape the bubble is coupled to the outside of the fixing part up and down the fixing part It includes a sliding portion formed to be slidable.

The power generation unit 400 is coupled to the upper rotating body 320 to convert the kinetic energy of the upper rotating body 320 by the rotation of the connection member 340 or the chain belt 340a into electrical energy, as shown in FIG. As described above, a driven gear 410 is engaged with the driving gear 321 installed on the rotation shaft of the upper rotating body 320.

On the other hand, Figure 3 shows a power generation apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the generator includes an electrolysis unit 250 that generates bubbles by electrolyzing seawater including water or salt.

The electrolysis unit 250 includes a housing 251 and an electrode unit 255.

An interior of the housing 251 is provided with a receiving space 251a for accommodating the fluid, and a lower portion of the housing 251 with the fluid flowing from the outside into the receiving space 251a and the receiving space 251a. A discharge port 251c is formed to be drained, and a photo port outlet 251d through which bubbles generated in the accommodation space 251a are discharged to the outside is formed.

Although not shown in the drawings, one side of the housing 251 may be provided with a power supply unit for supplying power to the positive and negative plates to be described later, otherwise the power supply unit is installed out of the water to receive power from the outside The power line may be extended.

The electrode unit 255 includes a positive electrode plate 25a and a negative electrode plate 255b, and the positive electrode plate 255a and the negative electrode plate 255b are alternately spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals in the accommodation space 251a of the housing 251. It is fixed.

Seawater is mixed with water in an ionized state of sodium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen as an electrolyte solution. When power is supplied to the electrolysis unit 250, chlorine ions lose electrons in the positive electrode plate 255a and chlorine is generated, and hydrogen ions obtain electrons in the negative electrode plate 255b to generate hydrogen. Chlorine and hydrogen gas formed in the positive electrode plate 255a and the negative electrode plate 255b respectively move to the upper part of the housing 251 and move upward through the photo port outlet 251d.

The housing 251 further includes a blocking unit for electrically shorting the inner space and the outer space of the housing to prevent electricity from flowing out of the housing by the electrolysis unit. The blocking unit may be applied to the opening and closing doors to open and close the inlet and outlet, and the Gioport outlet independently.

On the other hand, the upper portion of the main frame may be further provided with a bubble collecting unit for collecting hydrogen and oxygen generated by the electrolysis unit and rising upward through the bubble receiving unit.

The bubble collecting unit may be installed in the vicinity of the rotational trajectory of the bubble accommodating unit and may be applied to an extension tube extending toward the receiving space and an inhaler installed at one end of the extension tube.

The power consumed by the electrolysis unit 250 may use the power produced by the power generation unit 400. In other words, water or sea water is generated through the decomposition of the bubble to generate electricity by using the buoyancy of the bubble and can be electrolyzed using the electricity produced in the power generation unit 400 without using an external power source.

Meanwhile, FIGS. 4 and 5 show a power generator according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 4 and 5, the bubble accommodating part 360 includes a main body 361 having an inner space 361a and an opening 361b having one side open, and the main body 361 with a chain belt 340a. And an arm 365 extending from the main body 361.

In the present embodiment, the upper and lower rotors have a sprocket shape, and the upper and lower rotors are rotatably installed in a caterpillar.

One end of the arm 365 is fixedly coupled to the main body 361, and the other end is coupled to the chain belt 340a. The other end of the arm 365 is provided with a bracket (365a) and the blocking projection (365b). The bracket 365a is pin-coupled to the chain belt 340a and rotatably coupled to the chain belt 340a. That is, the bubble receiving portion 360 is rotatably coupled to the chain belt 340a in one direction, that is, the opening is closer to the chain belt.

The blocking protrusion 365b is formed on the upper portion of the bracket 365a and the arm 365 is buoyant when the main body 361 rises in the water direction due to the buoyancy of the air bubbles contained in the internal space 361a of the main body 361. It is formed to protrude on the upper portion of the bracket (365a) to block the rotation to the top with respect to the chain belt (340a). That is, the arm 365 is blocked from being rotated upward with respect to the chain belt 340a by the blocking projection (365b), the lower portion of the open structure can reduce the resistance of the water when the body 361 descends into the water. Is formed to be able to rotate upward with respect to the chain belt (340a).

Although not shown in the drawing, the bubble accommodating part expands the volume of the accommodating space to correspond to the volume change of the bubbles accommodated in the bubble accommodating part as it rises from the lower rotor toward the upper rotor, and the lower rotor in the upper rotor. It may be formed to reduce the volume of the receiving space to reduce the resistance when descending toward.

The bubble supply means is one end is installed on the floating body side and the other end is extended to the lower portion of the bubble receiving portion is fixed to the main frame, and coupled to one end of the conveying pipe to blow air into the conveying pipe It may also comprise a compressor.

The compressor supplies air to the transfer pipe by using the electric power generated by the power generation unit, and the air discharged from the other end of the transfer pipe is accommodated in the receiving space of the bubble accommodating unit.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawings, the power generation apparatus according to the present invention is installed adjacent to the support structure, the rotary unit, the bubble supply means for supplying bubbles to the bubble receiving portion while rotating in an infinite orbit, the rotary unit, the power generation unit Include.

Bubble supply means is spaced apart from the main frame by a predetermined distance, the upper part is fixed to the support structure and the lower part extends underwater, the upper rotation guide and lower rotation guide rotatably installed on the upper and lower portions of the subframe, A transport belt supported by the upper and lower rotation guides to be rotated in an endless track, spaced apart at predetermined intervals along a longitudinal direction of the transport belt, and filled with a liquefied gas tank therein; and inside the liquefied gas tank A shutoff valve installed in each of the liquefied gas tanks to discharge the gas to the outside, and a control unit which stops the transfer belt from rotating when the liquefied tank is located at the lower end of the subframe and opens the shutoff valve. .

The control unit is a brake pad formed in a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the upper rotary guide to press the outer circumferential surface of the upper rotary guide rotatably installed in the sub-frame, and the brake pad in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the upper rotary guide Or an actuator for disengaging, a detection sensor for detecting when the liquefaction tank enters a lower end of the subframe, and a control module for operating the actuator and opening the shutoff valve when the liquefaction tank is detected by the detection sensor. do.

When the bubble supply unit having the structure as described above installs a plurality of liquefied tanks filled with liquefied gas in the transport belt in the support structure, the transport belt rotates while the transport belt is settled underwater by the weight of the liquefied tank.

When the liquefaction tank enters the lower end of the subframe, the upper rotation guide is pressed through the control unit to stop the rotation of the conveying belt, and the gas discharged from the liquefaction tank rises and is accommodated in the bubble receiving unit.

After enough time to exhaust the gas filled in the liquefaction tank, the brake pad pressurizing the upper rotation guide is separated from the outer circumferential surface of the upper rotation guide to release the pressurized state. Received and floated upwards, the liquefied tank filled with liquefied gas sinks downward by its own weight, so rotate the transport belt.

The power generation device according to the present invention as described above has the advantage of increasing the amount of power generation by eliminating or minimizing the waste of power consumed to generate bubbles, and unlike the conventional power generation methods such as wind power, tidal power, solar heat, etc. There is no restriction in accordance with the change has the advantage that can be developed at any time.

The power generation apparatus according to the present invention as described above has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is only an example, and those skilled in the art have various modifications and other equivalent implementation therefrom. It will be appreciated that examples are possible.

Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be determined only by the appended claims.

100: support structure
200: bubble supply means
210: gas tank
250: electrolysis unit
300: rotating unit
310: mainframe
320: upper rotating body
330: lower rotor
340: connecting member
350: bubble accommodation
400:

Claims (8)

A support structure installed in the water or underwater;
A bubble supply means installed in the support structure to supply bubbles;
An upper rotary body and a lower rotary body rotatably installed on the upper and lower portions of the support structure, a connecting member rotatably installed in the upper and lower rotary bodies in an endless track, and along the longitudinal direction of the connecting member. A rotation unit having a plurality installed therein and having an accommodation space for accommodating the bubbles supplied from the bubble supply means and including a bubble accommodation portion for rotating the connection member by buoyancy of the bubbles contained in the accommodation space;
And a power generation unit installed in association with the upper rotating body to convert kinetic energy of the connection member into electrical energy. The method of claim 1,
The bubble supply means
And a power supply for supplying power to the electrolysis unit. The method of claim 2,
The bubble supply means
The inner space in which the electrolysis unit is installed is provided, and the inlet and the outlet port through which the fluid is introduced and discharged are provided, respectively, and the gas generated by the electrolysis unit rises and is discharged to the outside. And a blocking portion for electrically shorting the inner space and the outer space of the housing to block the flow of electricity to the outside of the housing by the electrolysis unit. The method of claim 3,
And a gas collection unit installed in the support structure to collect oxygen and hydrogen generated by the electrolysis unit and rising to the upper portion in the bubble accommodating unit. The method of claim 1,
The bubble supply means
A filling space for filling gas is provided, and an inlet for injecting the gas into the filling space is provided, and a gas tank installed under the support structure, and the inlet for discharging the gas from the filling space. A power generation apparatus comprising an on-off valve for opening and closing. The method of claim 5,
The gas tank
And a heater for heating and expanding the gas when the gas contained in the filling space is discharged to the outside through the injection hole. The method of claim 1,
The bubble supply means
And a compressor, one end of which is extended below the lower rotating body, and a compressor connected to the other end of the conveying tube to supply air to the conveying tube. 8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The bubble receiving portion
As the buoyancy of the bubble rises from the lower rotor toward the upper rotor, the volume of the accommodation space expands to correspond to the volume change of the bubbles accommodated in the accommodation space, and the lower rotor is moved from the upper rotor. When descending toward the generator, it characterized in that the volume of the bubble receiving portion is formed to be reduced.

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