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THERMOELECTRIC SOURCES OF CURRENT

INVENTION
Patent of the Russian Federation RU2070665

DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO MECHANICAL

DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO MECHANICAL

The name of the inventor: M. Disagov; Kopyev D.E.
The name of the patent owner: Joint Stock Company "GiproNIIaviaprom"
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The effective date of the patent: 1992.12.29

Use: in devices for converting thermal energy into mechanical. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION: The device for converting thermal energy to mechanical comprises a housing 1, part of which is located in a cooling zone, which uses ambient air and the other in a heating zone, in which water is used. The pulleys 2 and 3 are respectively fixed in the housing 1 in the cooling and heating zone, the pulley 2 installed in the cooling zone rigidly fixed to the shaft 4 and rotatable. The pulleys 2 and 3 have an endless element 5 with heat-sensitive working sections fixed to it in the form of bellows 6, 7, 8 and 9 filled with gas. As a moving force, the force of ejecting submerged sections having different volumes at the beginning and end of the immersion process is transmitted, which is transmitted as a torque from the pulley.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to the field of power engineering, more particularly to devices for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy at a temperature drop from minus air and plus air in water due to the use of the buoyancy force of a submerged body according to the Archimedes law.

An apparatus for generating electric power is known due to the use of thermal energy of the ocean, operating on low boiling matter and containing a steam generator and superheater arranged in a single unit using solar energy and made in the form of heat-containing plates located along the surface of the spherical layer with the lower and upper bases, respectively, with the smallest and The largest diameters [1]

The disadvantages of the known device is that the bellows are filled with low-boiling matter, and the complexity of its technical implementation.

A device is known for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, containing a housing with cooling and heating zones, on which pulleys are mounted with an endless element mounted on them and with heat-sensitive working sections mounted in the form of a bellows [2]. This device was chosen as a prototype.

The disadvantages of the known device is that the bellows are filled with evaporating liquid, and the complexity of its design.

The technical result of the invention is the simplification of the structure.

This result is achieved by the fact that the device for converting thermal energy to mechanical comprises a housing with heating and cooling zones on which pulleys are mounted with an endless element mounted on them and heat-sensitive working sections fixed thereon in the form of bellows filled with gas as The heating zone uses water, and as cooling zone air, one of the pulleys being rigidly fixed to the shaft, which is mounted on the housing in the cooling zone with the possibility of rotation and the motion of an infinite element along it.

The claimed device is illustrated in the drawings, where FIG. 1 shows a general view of the device; FIG. 2 shows a thermosensitive section in the form of a bellows with gas; FIG. 3 shows a diagram of the variation of the temperature sensitive section during travel.

DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF THERMAL ENERGY TO MECHANICAL

The device for converting thermal energy to mechanical contains a body 1, part of which is located in a cooling zone, which uses ambient air and the other in a heating zone, in which water is used. The pulleys 2 and 3, respectively, are fixed to the housing 1 in the cooling and heating zone, the pulley 2 installed in the cooling zone being rigidly fixed to the shaft 4 and rotatable. An infinite element (chain) 5 is mounted on pulleys 2 and 3 with heat-sensitive working sections fixed to it in the form of bellows 6, 7, 8 and 9 filled with gas (or air). The number of working sections, as well as their sizes, are determined from the calculation. Housing 1 is installed on the water surface and can be fixed to ice 10 (position 11 denotes an opening in the ice).

OPERATING THE DEVICE AS THE FOLLOWING

To launch the claimed device, an initial pulse is required, which takes the system out of equilibrium. The bellows 6 located in the heating zone (in water) at the temperature T2 passes to the position of the bellows 7 located in the cooling zone (in the air) at the temperature T1. The bellows 8, which is in the air at temperature T1, will go to the position of bellows 9, which is in water at temperature T2. The gas in the bellows 6 will be compressed, and the gas in the bellows 8 will expand, increasing its volume.

The difference in the volume of the bellows 6 and 8 resulting from the displacement will cause the buoyancy force according to Archimedes' law in the direction of motion and will start rotating the system.

In the moving system, the graph of the change in bellows volumes can be represented by a diagram (Fig. 3). The bellows on the part of the movement from point A to point B will cool and decrease their volume from the maximum possible at point A to the lowest possible at point B. Bellows on the section of movement from point B to point A (in water) will heat up and increase its volume. As a result, the torque on the shaft 4 will be constantly maintained. The magnitude of the moment is determined by the volume of the bellows, the type of gas, the temperature difference between water and air,

The implementation of the claimed invention in the manner described above ensures the production of cheap energy on a large scale in an economically pure manner. As a result, it becomes possible, for example, in our country in the zone of the Far North to receive cheap energy in unlimited quantities.

CLAIM

A device for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, containing a housing with heating and cooling zones, on which pulleys are mounted with an endless element mounted on them and heat-sensitive working sections fixed to it in the form of bellows, characterized in that the working sections are filled with gas, in The quality of the heating zone is water, and as cooling zone, air, one of the pulleys being rigidly fixed to the shaft, which is mounted on the housing in the cooling zone with the possibility of rotation and motion of the endless element along it.

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Date of publication 17.03.2007gg