U.S. patent application number 13/810646 was filed with the patent office on 2013-08-08 for multistage compressed gas engine and motor vehicle.
The applicant listed for this patent is Yang Cong. Invention is credited to Yang Cong.
Application Number | 20130199169 13/810646 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 45468923 |
Filed Date | 2013-08-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130199169 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cong; Yang |
August 8, 2013 |
MULTISTAGE COMPRESSED GAS ENGINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE
Abstract
Disclosed is a multistage compressed gas engine, comprising:
impellers and at least one impeller chamber where the impeller is
installed, the impellers including a first impeller and a second
impeller; a plurality of working chambers being formed by the side
plates on both sides between the teeth on the circumferential
surface of the first and second impellers, and a plurality of gas
chambers allowing relative sealing of injected gas being formed by
inner surface of the impeller chamber where the impeller is
installed and each of the working chambers; the impeller chamber
where the first impeller is installed being provided
correspondingly with a first-stage compressed gas injection hole
and a first-stage compressed gas discharge hole, and the impeller
chamber where the second impeller is installed being provided
correspondingly with a second-stage compressed gas injection hole
and a second-stage compressed gas discharge hole, the first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole being connected at its output to the
second-stage compressed gas injection hole. Also disclosed is a
motor vehicle equipped with the above compressed gas engine.
Inventors: |
Cong; Yang; (Shenzhen,
CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Cong; Yang |
Shenzhen |
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CN |
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Family ID: |
45468923 |
Appl. No.: |
13/810646 |
Filed: |
June 24, 2011 |
PCT Filed: |
June 24, 2011 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/CN2011/076345 |
371 Date: |
April 9, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
60/370 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F01B 17/02 20130101;
F01D 1/22 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
60/370 |
International
Class: |
F01B 17/02 20060101
F01B017/02 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 16, 2010 |
CN |
201010229032.0 |
Oct 25, 2010 |
CN |
201010518219.2 |
Claims
1. A multistage compressed gas engine, comprising impellers and at
least one impeller chamber where the impellers are installed,
wherein: the impellers comprises a first impeller and a second
impeller, both of which are provided on their circumferential
surface with a plurality of teeth and side plates on both sides of
the teeth; a plurality of working chambers are formed by the teeth
on the circumferential surface of the impeller and the side plates
on both sides between the teeth, and a plurality of gas chambers
allowing relative sealing of injected gas are formed by the inner
surface of the impeller chamber where the impeller is installed and
each of the working chambers; and the impeller chamber where the
first impeller is installed is provided correspondingly with a
first-stage compressed gas injection hole and a first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole, and the impeller chamber where the
second impeller is installed is provided correspondingly with a
second-stage compressed gas injection hole and a second-stage
compressed gas discharge hole, the first-stage compressed gas
discharge hole being connected at its output to the second-stage
compressed gas injection hole.
2. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the at least one impeller chamber comprises independently a
first and a second impeller chambers, the first impeller being
installed correspondingly in the first impeller chamber, the second
impeller being installed correspondingly in the second impeller
chamber.
3. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the multistate compressed gas engine comprises one impeller
chamber; the first and second impellers are of an integral
structure processed as a whole and are installed in the impeller
chamber.
4. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 3,
wherein: the first impeller and the second impeller have different
diameters; and the impeller chamber has different inner diameter
regions to match the first and second impellers installed therein,
so as to enable the inner surface of the impeller chamber to
relatively seal the compressed gas in the working chamber of the
first impeller and the compressed gas in the working chamber of the
second impeller.
5. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the first impeller and the second impeller are installed
coaxially on the same power output shaft.
6. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the second impeller is greater in diameter than the first
impeller.
7. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the second impeller is greater in thickness than the first
impeller.
8. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole has a
diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the first-stage compressed
gas injection hole, and the second-stage compressed gas discharge
hole has a diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the second-stage
compressed gas injection hole, the diameter of the second-stage
compressed gas injection hole being no smaller than that of the
first-stage compressed gas discharge hole.
9. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the impeller chamber corresponding to the first impeller is
provided on its inner surface with an air-jet import slot arranged
along the rotational circumferential surface and communicated with
the first-stage compressed gas injection hole.
10. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 9, the
wherein a length of the air-jet import slot is greater than the
distance between two adjacent teeth.
11. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 1,
wherein the impeller chamber is provided on its inner surface with
an exhaust export slot in parallel with the axis of the shaft, the
exhaust export slot being connected with the compressed gas
discharge hole.
12. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 9,
wherein the impeller chamber is provided on its inner surface with
an exhaust export slot in parallel with the axis of the shaft, the
exhaust export slot being connected with the compressed gas
discharge hole.
13. The multistage compressed gas engine according to claim 11, the
wherein a distance between an end of the air-jet import slot and
the adjacent exhaust export slot is greater than a distance between
two adjacent teeth.
14. A compressed gas engine, comprising multistage compressed gas
engines positioned symmetrically at left and right, which each have
a structure as described by claim 1 and are coaxially installed on
the same power output shaft.
15. A motor vehicle provided with the multistage compressed gas
engine according to claim 1, wherein the power outputted by the
multistage compressed gas engine drives the drive shaft of the
motor vehicle.
16-20. (canceled)
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to an engine, and belongs to
the field of machinery. This engine can be installed in a variety
of power machinery, and particularly suitable for installation in a
motor vehicle.
PRIOR ART
[0002] Engines using fuels as energy source consume a large amount
of fuels, and discharge a large amount of waste gases and hot
gases, which pollute the environment. In order to save fuel energy
and protect the global environment, there is a need for engines
that do not consume fuel, discharge waste gases and hot gases or
cause pollution.
[0003] The applicant of the present application filed a Chinese
patent application with publication number of CN1828046 titled
"Wind-Powered Pneumatic Engine, Namely Engine Substituting Wind
Pressure for Fuel Energy Source". This application disclosed a
wind-power pneumatic engine and a motor vehicle equipped with the
engine, which comprises at least one impeller chamber, an impeller
arranged in the impeller chamber, and an air jet system for jetting
compressed gas into the impeller chamber. This application is
characterized mainly in that the impeller chamber is provided with
an air inlet for receiving external wind resistance airflow and an
air-jet system. During operation, the wind-powered pneumatic engine
of this application, installed at a power-driven machine
(especially a motor vehicle) that can run, can directly utilize the
wind resistance airflow that the power-driven machine encounters
during running by being provided with the air inlet for receiving
the external wind resistance airflow, thereby transforming the
resistance into power. With the air-jet system and the compressed
gas as prime power, there is no fuel consumption, no waste gases or
hot gases discharging, and no pollution.
[0004] Furthermore, the applicant further filed a patent
application with application number of 200780030483.8 titled
"Combined Wind-Powered Pneumatic Engine and Motor Vehicle". The
main feature of this application is to provide respectively a
multistage compressed gas engine and a wind resistance engine
having a separate structure, and the impeller and vane can be
designed respectively on purpose according to the features that the
compressed gas has a high flow rate and is relatively concentrated
while the windage airflow has a low flow rate and is relatively
dispersive, so as to enable the compressed gas and wind resistance
airflow to be better used in cooperation.
[0005] However, this new type of new-energy motor vehicles with
compressed gas as power still needs further improvement.
SUMMARY
[0006] An object of the present application is to further improve
the utilization efficiency of compressed gas.
[0007] The object can be accomplished by the following technical
solutions:
[0008] A multistage compressed gas engine is provided, comprising:
impellers and at least one impeller chamber where the impeller is
installed; the impellers being comprising a first impeller and a
second impeller, both of which being provided on their
circumferential surface with a plurality of teeth and side plates
on both sides of the teeth; a plurality of working chambers being
formed by the teeth on the circumferential surface of the impeller
and the side plates on both sides between the teeth, a plurality of
gas chambers allowing relative sealing of injected gas being formed
by the inner surface of the impeller chamber where the impeller is
installed and each of the working chambers; the impeller chamber
where the first impeller is installed being provided
correspondingly with a first-stage compressed gas injection hole
for ejecting compressed gas to the teeth of the first impeller and
a first-stage compressed gas discharge hole for discharging the
compressed gas temporarily stored in each of the working chambers
of the first impeller, and the impeller chamber where the second
impeller is installed being provided correspondingly with a
second-stage compressed gas injection hole for ejecting compressed
gas to the teeth of the second impeller and a second-stage
compressed gas discharge hole for discharging the compressed gas
temporarily stored in each of the working chambers of the second
impeller, the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole being
connected at its output to the second-stage compressed gas
injection hole.
[0009] A compressed gas engine is provided, comprising: at least
two stages of the compressed gas engine, each stage of the
compressed gas engine including at least one impeller chamber and
at least one impeller installed in the impeller chamber through a
shaft, and the impeller being provided with teeth; each stage of
the impeller chamber being provided with at least one air inlet and
at least one air outlet, the air outlet on the front stage of the
impeller chamber being in communication with the air inlet on the
rear stage of the impeller chamber; and each stage of the impeller
being output power through the shaft.
[0010] A motor vehicle is provided, comprising: a drive shaft and a
multistage compressed gas engine; the multistage compressed gas
engine being including impellers and at least one impeller chamber
where the impellers are installed; the impellers being including a
first impeller and a second impeller, both of which being provided
on their circumferential surface with a plurality of teeth and side
plates on both sides of the teeth; a plurality of working chambers
being formed by the teeth on the circumferential surface of the
impeller and the side plates on both sides between the teeth, and a
plurality of gas chambers allowing relative sealing of injected gas
being formed by the inner surface of the impeller chamber where the
impeller is installed and each of the working chambers; the
impeller chamber where the first impeller is installed being
provided correspondingly with a first-stage compressed gas
injection hole for ejecting compressed gas to the teeth of the
first impeller and a first-stage compressed gas discharge hole for
discharging the compressed gas temporarily stored in each of the
working chambers of the first impeller, and the impeller chamber
where the second impeller is installed being provided
correspondingly with a second-stage compressed gas injection hole
for ejecting compressed gas to the teeth of the second impeller and
a second-stage compressed gas discharge hole for discharging the
compressed gas temporarily stored in each of the working chambers
of the second impeller, the first-stage compressed gas discharge
hole being connected at its output to the second-stage compressed
gas injection hole; the drive shaft of the motor vehicle being
driven by the power outputted by the multistage compressed gas
engine.
[0011] Furthermore, the at least one impeller chamber includes
separately a first and a second impeller chambers, the first
impeller being installed correspondingly in the first impeller
chamber, the second impeller being installed correspondingly in the
second impeller chamber.
[0012] Furthermore, there is only one impeller chamber; the first
and second impellers are of an integral structure processed as a
whole and are installed in the impeller chamber.
[0013] Furthermore, the first impeller and the second impeller have
different diameters; the impeller chamber has different inner
diameters to match the first and second impellers installed
therein, so as to enable the inner surface of the impeller chamber
to relatively seal the compressed gas in the working chamber of the
first impeller and the compressed gas in the working chamber of the
second impeller.
[0014] Furthermore, the first impeller and the second impeller are
installed coaxially on the same power output shaft.
[0015] Furthermore, the second impeller is greater in diameter than
the first impeller.
[0016] Furthermore, the second impeller is greater in thickness
than the first impeller.
[0017] Furthermore, the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole
has a diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the first-stage
compressed gas injection hole, and the second-stage compressed gas
discharge hole has a diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the
second-stage compressed gas injection hole, the diameter of the
second-stage compressed gas injection hole being no smaller than
that of the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole.
[0018] Furthermore, the impeller chamber corresponding to the first
impeller is provided on its inner surface with an air-jet import
slot arranged along the rotational circumferential surface and
communicated with the first-stage compressed gas injection
hole.
[0019] Furthermore, the length of the air-jet import slot is
greater than the distance between two adjacent teeth.
[0020] Furthermore, the impeller chamber is provided on its inner
surface with an exhaust export slot in parallel with the axis of
the shaft, the exhaust export slot being connected with the
compressed gas discharge hole.
[0021] Furthermore, the distance between one end of the air-jet
import slot and the adjacent exhaust export slot is greater than
the distance between two adjacent teeth.
[0022] A compressed gas engine equipped with the above multistage
compressed gas engines which are located symmetrically on the left
and right is provided, wherein the multistage compressed gas
engines are coaxially installed on the same power output shaft.
[0023] In the present application, the "multistage compressed gas
engine" can be a compressed gas engine having two or more stages,
wherein the compressed gas is discharged and entered into the next
stage of the impeller to continue to do work after doing work to
the front stage of the impeller.
[0024] With the above technical solution, the present application
has the following beneficial technical effects:
[0025] The first impeller and the second impeller are in
communication with each other front and rear. First, the energy of
the compressed gas having done work to the first impeller can be
ejected into the second impeller to continue to do work for a
second time, which improves the energy utilization rate of the
compressed gas. Second, through doing work for the second time, not
only the energy utilization rate of the compressed gas is improved,
but also a very good silencing effect is achieved. Third, with the
pre- and post-stages structure of the first and second impellers,
the compressed gas can be decompressed and stabilized only through
the first impeller without using a decompression tank, which
greatly reduces the energy loss during decompression and
stabilization of the compressed gas.
[0026] With a left-right symmetrical structure, the compressed gas
engine can achieve better force balance while working
[0027] With the air jet import slot having a length at least
greater than the distance between two adjacent teeth, work can be
done through one air inlet simultaneously to more than two teeth,
which improves the power performance of the engine.
[0028] With the exhaust export slot, the gas having done work to
the impeller can be successfully discharged timely.
[0029] By setting the distance between one end of the jet import
slot and the nearest exhaust export slot to be greater than the
distance between two adjacent teeth, the gas just injected can be
prevented from being discharged directly from the exhaust export
slot.
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0030] FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of a multistage
compressed gas engine.
[0031] FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of the first-stage
compressed gas engine as shown in FIG. 1.
[0032] FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the partial
structure of the impeller chamber as shown in FIG. 2.
[0033] FIG. 4 is a structural schematic view of another multistage
compressed gas engine.
[0034] FIG. 5 is a structural schematic view of another multistage
compressed gas engine.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0035] The present application will further be described below in
detail with reference to drawings and embodiments.
Example 1
[0036] A motor vehicle is provided, as shown in FIGS. 1-3,
comprising a compressed gas engine on the left side, a compressed
gas engine on the right side and a drive shaft 19, the compressed
gas engines on the left and right sides are positioned
symmetrically. Taking the compressed gas engine on the left side as
an example, which includes a first-stage compressed gas engine 1
and a second-stage compressed gas engine 2, the first-stage
compressed gas engine 1 including a first impeller 20 and a first
impeller chamber 15, the second-stage compressed gas engine 2
including a second impeller 26 and a second impeller chamber 25.
Except for different reference sizes, the first-stage compressed
gas engine 1 and the second-stage compressed gas engine 2 have the
same structure. The first-stage compressed gas engine 1 and the
second-stage compressed gas engine 2 are coaxially installed on a
same shaft 3, and the power generated by the compressed gas engines
on both left and right sides drives the drive shaft of the motor
vehicle via the shaft 3 and a clutch 5.
[0037] The structure of the compressed gas engine will be described
in detail hereinafter by taking the first-stage compressed gas
engine 1 as an example: as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first-stage
compressed gas engine 1 includes a first impeller chamber 15 and a
first impeller 20 installed in the first impeller chamber 15
through the shaft 3; the first impeller chamber 15 is provided with
three groups of symmetrically arranged first-stage compressed gas
injection holes 11 for ejecting compressed gas to the teeth 16 of
the first impeller 20, and three groups of symmetrically arranged
first-stage compressed gas discharge holes 12, the first-stage
compressed gas injection hole 11 being provided with a nozzle 17;
the first impeller 20 is provided on its circumferential surface
with a plurality of uniformly distributed teeth 16 and side plates
23 located on both sides of the teeth 16; a plurality of working
chambers 24 are formed by the teeth 16 on the circumferential
surface of the first impeller 20 and the side plates 23 on both
sides between the teeth 16, and a plurality of gas chambers
allowing relative sealing of the gas injected from the first-stage
compressed gas injection hole 11 are formed by the inner surface of
the first impeller chamber 15 where the first impeller 20 is
installed and each of the working chambers 24; when the working
chamber 24 temporarily containing compressed gas is rotated to a
position where the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole 12 is
located, the compressed gas in the working chamber 24 is ejected
outward to do work via the first-stage compressed gas discharge
hole 12, further pushing the impeller 20 to rotate. The first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 12 on the first impeller chamber 15
is in communication with the second-stage compressed gas injection
hole 21 on the second impeller chamber 25.
[0038] The diameter of the first impeller 20 of the first-stage
compressed gas engine 1 is smaller than that of the second impeller
26 of the second-stage compressed gas engine 2, so as to increase
the blade surface of the teeth of the second-stage compressed gas
engine 2. In order to make gas flow smoothly, the first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 12 has a diameter 2-10 times as long
as that of the first-stage compressed gas injection hole 11, while
the second-stage compressed gas discharge hole 22 has a diameter
2-10 times as long as that of the second-stage compressed gas
injection hole 21. The times can be set flexibly.
[0039] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in order to improve the power
performance, the impeller chamber 15 is provided on its inner
surface with an air-jet import slot 13 arranged along the
rotational circumferential surface and communicated with the
first-stage compressed gas injection hole 11, the air-jet import
slot being deep and wide near to the injection hole 11 while
shallow and narrow away from the injection hole 11 (FIG. 3); the
air-jet import slot 13 has a length greater than the distance L
(marked as 18) between two adjacent teeth 16, enabling the
compressed gas exported from the air-jet import slot 13 to be
applied simultaneously to two or more teeth 16 on one hand, and to
be applied to the desired teeth portion along a preset export path
on the other hand, so as to generate a stronger thrust. Besides, in
order to increase air-jet intensity, two nozzles 17 are arranged on
the same air jet import slot 13 in the example.
[0040] The first impeller chamber 15 is provided on its inner
surface with an exhaust export slot 14 in parallel with the axis of
the shaft, the exhaust export slot 14 being in communication with
the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole 12. In order to
better exhaust the gas, the exhaust export slot 14 has a width
substantially consistent with the width of the first impeller
20.
[0041] To prevent leakage and prevent the gas just injected from
being directly discharged from the exhaust export slot 14, the
distance between the end of the air-jet import slot 13 and the
nearest exhaust export slot 14 should be greater than the distance
L between two adjacent teeth.
[0042] During operation, the compressed gas is first injected into
the first-stage compressed gas engine 1, and then enters the
second-stage compressed gas engine 2 after being decompressed and
stabilized by the first-stage compressed gas engine 1. The
first-stage compressed gas engine 1 not only has functions of
decompression and stabilization, but also allows full utilization
of the energy generated in the process of releasing the compressed
gas, as well as provides part of the power at the same time. The
second-stage compressed gas engine 2 provides main power.
Example 2
[0043] Another compressed gas engine is provided, as shown in FIG.
4, comprising a two-stage compressed gas engine on the left side
and a two-stage compressed gas engine on the right side. The
two-stage compressed gas engine on the left side is a first-stage
compressed gas engine 100, while the two-stage compressed gas
engine on the right side is a second-stage compressed gas engine
200. The first-stage compressed gas engine 100 and the second-stage
compressed gas engine 200 have the same structure, and are
positioned symmetrically at left and right. The first-stage
compressed gas engine 100 and the second-stage compressed gas
engine 200 are coaxially installed on a shaft 118, and connected
with a spline sleeve 117 through a bearing 108. The power generated
by the two-stage compressed gas engines (100 and 200) on the left
and right sides is outputted through the shaft 118 for driving the
drive shaft of the motor vehicle.
[0044] Taking the first-stage compressed gas engine 100 as an
example, the first-stage compressed gas engine 100 includes an
impeller chamber 103 as well as a first impeller 104 and a second
impeller 102 installed in the impeller chamber 103 through the
shaft 118. The impeller chamber 103 has different inner diameters
matched with the diameters of the first impeller 104 and the second
impeller 102 installed therein, so as to enable the inner surface
of the impeller chamber 103 to relatively seal the compressed gas
in the working chambers 109 of the first impeller 104 and the
compressed gas in the working chambers 116 of the second impeller
102. The impeller chamber 103 is provided respectively with a
first-stage compressed gas injection hole 106 for injecting
compressed gas to the first impeller 104, a first-stage compressed
gas discharge hole 111 for ejecting compressed gas from the first
impeller 104, a second-stage compressed gas injection hole 114 for
injecting compressed gas to the second impeller 102, and a
second-stage compressed gas discharge hole 101 for discharging
compressed gas from the second impeller 102. The first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 111 is in communication with the
second-stage compressed gas injection hole 114 via a pipe 112, for
injecting the compressed gas from the first impeller 104 into the
second impeller 102 to continue to do work.
[0045] The first impeller 104 is provided on its rotational
circumferential surface with a plurality of uniformly distributed
teeth 110 and side plates 107 located on the right side of the
teeth 110; the second impeller 102 is provided on its rotational
circumferential surface with a plurality of uniformly distributed
teeth 115 and side plates 105 located on the left side of the teeth
115 as well as side plates 113 located on the right side of the
teeth 115. The gas circuit of the first impeller 104 is isolated
from that of the second impeller 102 through the side plates 113.
The structures of the teeth 110 on the first impeller 104 and the
teeth 115 on the second impeller 102 are similar to those in
Example 1. A plurality of working chambers 109 are formed by the
teeth 110 on the circumferential surface of the first impeller 104
and the side plates (107 and 113) on both sides between the front
and rear teeth 110, and a plurality of gas chambers allowing
relative sealing of injected compressed gas are formed by the inner
surface of the impeller chamber 103 where the first impeller 104 is
installed and each of the working chambers 109. A plurality of
working chambers 116 are formed by the teeth 115 on the
circumferential surface of the second impeller 102 and the side
plates (105 and 113) on both sides between the front and rear teeth
115, and a plurality of gas chambers allowing relative sealing of
the gas injected from the second-stage compressed gas injection
hole 114 are formed by the inner surface of the impeller chamber
103 where the second impeller 102 is installed and each of the
working chambers 116.
[0046] The first impeller 104 is smaller in diameter than the
second impeller 102, so as to increase the stressed area of the
teeth on the second impeller 102. In order to make gas flow
smoothly, the first-stage compressed gas discharge hole 119 has a
diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the first-stage compressed
gas injection hole 106, while the second-stage compressed gas
discharge hole 101 has a diameter 2-10 times as long as that of the
second-stage compressed gas injection hole 121. The times can be
set flexibly.
[0047] In particular, due to the high requirement of rotational
speed of the compressed gas engine (3000-15000 rpm), if the first
impeller 104 and the second impeller 102 are processed separately,
it is difficult to guarantee the concentricity of the two (coaxial
performance) because of the errors of machining accuracy as well as
complex processing technique and high processing cost. In order to
improve the concentricity of the impeller and simplify the
processing technique, the first impeller 104 and the second
impeller 102 are designed to have an integral structure processed
as a whole.
[0048] The second-stage compressed gas engine 200 includes an
impeller chamber 205, a third impeller 204 and a fourth impeller
202. Apart from the difference in marks from the first-stage
compressed gas engine 100, the second-stage compressed gas engine
200 has a structure similar to the structure of the first-stage
compressed gas engine 100 (which will not be repeated herein).
[0049] During operation, the compressed gas is first injected into
the first-stage compressed gas engine 100, and then enters the
second-stage compressed gas engine 200 after being decompressed and
stabilized by the first-stage compressed gas engine 100. The
first-stage compressed gas engine 100 not only has functions of
decompression and stabilization, but also allows full utilization
of the energy generated in the process of releasing the compressed
gas, as well as provides part of the power at the same time. The
second-stage compressed gas engine 200 provides main power. More
particularly, the compressed gas injected from the first-stage
compressed gas injection hole 106 to the teeth 110 of the first
impeller 104 pushes the first impeller 104, and is simultaneously
stored temporarily in each of the working chambers 109; when the
working chamber 109 temporarily containing compressed gas is
rotated to a position where the first-stage compressed gas
discharge hole 111 is located, the compressed gas in the working
chamber 109 is ejected outward to do work via the first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 111, further pushing the first
impeller 104 to rotate. Meanwhile, because the first-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 111 on the impeller chamber 103 is in
communication with the second-stage compressed injection hole 114,
the compressed gas discharged from the first-stage compressed gas
discharge hole 111 continues to push the teeth 115 of the second
impeller 102 to rotate to do work via the second-stage compressed
injection hole 114. The injected compressed gas is simultaneously
stored temporarily in each of the working chambers 116; when the
working chamber 116 temporarily containing compressed gas is
rotated to a position where the second-stage compressed gas
discharge hole 101 is located, the compressed gas in the working
chamber 116 is ejected outward to do work via the second-stage
compressed gas discharge hole 101, further pushing the second
impeller 102 to rotate to do work.
Example 3
[0050] Another multistage compressed gas engine is provided, as
shown in FIG. 5, comprising a two-stage compressed gas engine on
the left side and a two-stage compressed gas engine on the right
side. The two-stage compressed gas engine on the left side is a
first-stage compressed gas engine 300, while the two-stage
compressed gas engine on the right side is a second-stage
compressed gas engine 400. The first-stage compressed gas engine
300 and the second-stage compressed gas engine 400 have the same
structure, positioned symmetrically left and right. The first-stage
compressed gas engine 300 and the second-stage compressed gas
engine 400 are coaxially installed on a shaft 318, and connected
with a spline sleeve 317 through a bearing 308. The power generated
by the two-stage compressed gas engines on the left and right sides
is outputted through the shaft 318 for driving the drive shaft of
the motor vehicle.
[0051] Taking the first-stage compressed gas engine 300 as an
example, the first-stage compressed gas engine 300 includes an
impeller chamber 303, as well as a first impeller 303 and a second
impeller 302 installed in the impeller chamber 304 through the
shaft 318; the impeller chamber 303 has an inner diameter matching
the diameters of the first impeller 304 and the second impeller 302
installed therein, so as to enable the inner surface of the
impeller chamber 303 to relatively seal the compressed gas in the
working chambers (309 and 316) of the first impeller 304 and the
second impeller 302. The impeller chamber 303 is provided
respectively with a first-stage compressed gas injection hole 306
for injecting compressed gas to the first impeller 304, a
first-stage compressed gas discharge hole 311 for ejecting
compressed gas from the first impeller 304, a second-stage
compressed gas injection hole 314 for injecting compressed gas to
the second impeller 302, and a second-stage compressed gas
discharge hole 302 for discharging compressed gas from the second
impeller 301. The first-stage compressed gas discharge hole 311 is
in communication with the second-stage compressed gas injection
hole 314 via a pipe 312, for injecting the compressed gas from the
first impeller 304 into the second impeller 302 to continue to do
work.
[0052] The first impeller 304 is provided on its rotational
circumferential surface with a plurality of uniformly distributed
teeth 310 and side plates 307 located on the right side of the
teeth 310; the second impeller 302 is provided on its rotational
circumferential surface with a plurality of uniformly distributed
teeth 315 and side plates 305 located on the left side of the teeth
315 as well as side plates 313 located on the right side of the
teeth 315. The gas circuit of the first impeller 304 is isolated
from that of the second impeller 302 through the side plate 313.
The structures of the teeth 310 on the first impeller 304 and the
teeth 315 of the second impeller 302 are similar to those in
Example 1. A plurality of working chambers 309 are formed by the
teeth 310 on the circumferential surface of the first impeller 304
and the side plates (307 and 313) on both sides between the front
and rear teeth 310, and a plurality of gas chambers allowing
relative sealing of injected compressed gas are formed by the inner
surface of the impeller chamber 304 where the first impeller 303 is
installed and each of the working chambers 309. A plurality of
working chambers 316 are formed by the teeth 315 on the
circumferential surface of the second impeller 302 and the side
plates (305 and 313) on both sides between the front and rear teeth
315, and a plurality of gas chambers allowing relative sealing of
the gas injected from the second-stage compressed gas injection
hole 314 are formed by the inner surface of the impeller chamber
302 where the second impeller 303 is installed and each of the
working chambers 316.
[0053] This example is different from Example 2 in that: in Example
2, the first impeller 204 and the second impeller 202 are the same
in width but different in diameter, wherein the second impeller 202
is greater in diameter than the first impeller 204, and the
stressed area of the teeth on the second impeller 102 is increased
by increasing the diameter of the second impeller 202. The impeller
chamber 103 has different inner diameter to match the diameters of
the first impeller 104 and the second impeller 102 installed
therein. However, in this example, the first impeller 304 and the
second impeller 302 are the same in diameter, the first impeller
304 and the second impeller 302 installed in the impeller chamber
303 are the same in inner diameter, and the second impeller 302 is
greater in width than the first impeller 304, wherein the stressed
area of the teeth on the second impeller 302 is increased by
increasing the width of the second impeller 302.
[0054] The above contents are further detailed description of the
present application with reference to the specific embodiments, and
the embodiments of the present application cannot be thought to be
limited to these contents. For those skilled in the art, some
simple deduction or replacement can further be made under the
premise of not departing from the idea of the present application,
and should all be regarded as falling within the protection scope
of the present application.
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