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WO2012079171A1 - Production d'énergie à l'aide de colonnes doubles de liquide - Google Patents

Production d'énergie à l'aide de colonnes doubles de liquide Download PDF

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WO2012079171A1
WO2012079171A1 PCT/CA2011/050772 CA2011050772W WO2012079171A1 WO 2012079171 A1 WO2012079171 A1 WO 2012079171A1 CA 2011050772 W CA2011050772 W CA 2011050772W WO 2012079171 A1 WO2012079171 A1 WO 2012079171A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/005—Installations wherein the liquid circulates in a closed loop ; Alleged perpetua mobilia of this or similar kind
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/02—Other machines or engines using hydrostatic thrust
    • F03B17/04—Alleged perpetua mobilia
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F1/00—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped
    • F04F1/18—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from the liquid to be pumped

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  • the present invention relates to power generation. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and devices for generating power using two columns of liquid in conjunction with a gas insertion means.
  • FIG. 1B depicts a column of air and a column of water.
  • the density of water is about 1,000 Kilograms per cubic meter at about zero degrees Celsius. Air, by comparison, has a density of about 1.292 Kilograms per cubic meter. Water thus has a density that is slightly less than a thousand times greater than air.
  • Air is highly compressible while water is only slightly compressible. Air will thus reduce considerably in volume when compression force is applied. Water will respond to compression force by offering resistance or relocation through displacement if the environment allows it to do so.
  • Air in the column would remain at the same pressure and density as the ambient air outside the column. The air column would thus not be affected, whether the base was sealed or not. The content of each column sealed at the base would act very differently when subjected to a change in ambient pressure. As ambient pressure increases, the water would not be affected while air would tend to compress with increasing pressure and expand, overflowing the column when pressure decreases.
  • the "Air Lift Pump” uses displacement to raise the water slightly above the source water level. Expelling the water beyond the top of the pipe requires overwhelming pressure to do the work. Displacement does occur in the air lift pump but is of marginal effect in realizing the end purpose of raising water above the level of the source body. Instead, it relies on sheer force to raise water above the existing water level (usually for irrigation) .
  • a pipe is vertically lowered into a body of water and must have at least half its full length submerged in the water in order to achieve displacement.
  • the air lift pump is an open system as it requires a
  • the present invention provides methods and devices
  • Two vertical columns of liquid are provided along with a liquid reservoir at a top portion of the two columns.
  • the two columns are in liquid communication at both their top and bottom portions -- at the top portion, both columns are coupled to the reservoir.
  • a turbine is placed anywhere next to the second column such that the turbine turns whenever there is liquid flow in the second column.
  • Compressed gas is inserted at a bottom portion of the first column of liquid.
  • the compressed gas bubbles to the top of the first column and displaces liquid from the first column. This displacement forces liquid into the reservoir and forces liquid from the reservoir to the second column.
  • Liquid flow is thereby caused in the second column by the insertion of compressed gas into the first column.
  • the liquid flow turns the turbine and thereby generates power .
  • the present invention provides a
  • the present invention provides a system for generating electricity, the system comprising: a) providing a first and a second vertical columns of liquid b) providing a turbine constructed and arranged to turn when liquid in said second column flows c) providing a reservoir of liquid located at a top portion of said first and second columns of liquid, said reservoir allowing liquid to flow from said first column to said reservoir and from said reservoir to said second column d) providing a communication means for allowing liquid to flow from a bottom portion of said second column to a bottom portion of said first column e) providing a compression means for compressing gas f) filling said reservoir and said first and second columns with liquid g) inserting compressed gas into said first column at a location substantially at a bottom portion of said first column wherein said inserting of compressed gas displaces liquid in said first column and thereby causes liquid to flow to said reservoir and to said second column and thereby causes said turbine to turn and wherein said gas has a density lower than a density of said liquid.
  • the present invention provides a system for generating electricity, the
  • FIGURE 1A is a block diagram illustrating the concept of using air (or gas) to lift water (or liquid) ;
  • FIGURE IB illustrates a column of air and a column of water and is used to discuss the differences
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates the impact of differential density of air and water in a column of water
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates the effect of air added to the base of a column of water
  • FIGURE 4 illustrates two columns of liquid
  • FIGURE 5 illustrates the effect of inserting water into one of the two columns of liquid in Figure 4;
  • FIGURE 6 further illustrates the effect of air in the two column set-up of Figure 4.
  • FIGURE 7 schematically illustrates how air flow can be used to create a continuous flow in the two column set ⁇ up of Figure 4;
  • FIGURE 8 is a schematic illustration of a power
  • the system 10 has a first
  • a turbine 40 is placed next to the second column such that liquid flow in the second column turns the turbine. (In Figure 8, the turbine is located at the bottom of the two columns of liquid.)
  • a compressed gas insertion means 50 is placed next to the first column such that compressed gas can be inserted at the bottom of the first column.
  • the system works with the insertion of compressed gas into the bottom of the first column of liquid.
  • the gas bubbles up through the first column of liquid and into the reservoir, thereby displacing liquid from the first column.
  • the displaced liquid flows into the reservoir. This thereby causes liquid in the reservoir to flow into the second column.
  • the liquid flowing into the second column thus causes the liquid in the second column to flow and to thereby turn the turbine.
  • the present invention is a closed system which uses air for displacement and creates continuous flow.
  • the capacity for continuous flow is dependent on a system that uses parallel closed pipes allowing the force of gravity to be controlled and thus do work. Air is used to create displacement and a parallel pipe allows gravity to exert the air hammer effect used to capture energy .
  • the air lift pump operates with the intent of raising water above the source water level.
  • the present invention strives to restrict the water from being raised above the water level in its reservoir.
  • the present invention recycles the water using
  • the present invention is different in that it does not lift the water but depends solely on displacement to trigger a cycle of motion inducing flow from a second line in a closed system generating the flow used to capture energy.
  • the displacement of water is the catalyst for the process, but the force is performed by gravity as the feed line has a different density than the injected air line.
  • the concept appears simple once understood, but utilizes three primary and one secondary source of force to do the work and to achieve the final result of flow.
  • FIG 3 pushes equally on the column of water above it and the sides of the column that contain it forming a barrier between the water above it and the water below it.
  • the differential mass of the water draws water down and around the injected air pocket and thus pushes it slowly up through the water column.
  • the air pocket may not rise freely through such a column due to the lateral pressure of the air pocket against the walls of the containment surface offering friction with the injected air.
  • the rate of vertical motion of the air pocket will be restricted by the lateral force of the air pocket against the walls of the container and the waters ability to move around the air pocket pushing it upward.
  • Figure 5 shows "displacement" as the first the three primary effects of adding air to a closed system.
  • the second effect is created as the introduced air in the line is drawn upward through the column of water above it.
  • the bubble is injected at a specific gradient of pressure which is the same as or slightly more than the pressure exerted by the water in the line, above the level or point of injection.
  • As the bubble rises through the column of water it expands in relation to the local reduction in column pressure because there is less mass sustaining compression the bubble will expand in volume.
  • the bubble expands through diminishing pressure gradients, it displaces water equal to its increase in volume.
  • the third effect affecting the system does the bulk of the work performed by the whole system.
  • the compressed air remains far less dense than the water around it but retains its structural integrity due to internal pressure.
  • the air bubble exists in the water column with a large density difference between itself and the water around it and in the alternate water column. As noted earlier, the difference in density causes the water to "flow" from the right (water or liquid) column into the left (water or liquid/air mix) column.
  • the presence of the bubble in one line causes a serious weight imbalance in the system depicted in Figure 6.
  • the system is closed at the base (or lower portion) but open at the top (or upper portion) allowing the impact of gravity and ambient air pressure to induce flow.
  • the column composed solely of water is pushed more strongly by gravity than the air-water mixture on the other side.
  • the transfer of water transforms the potential energy of the water to gain directional motion and shown in Figure 6.
  • the first column has, adjacent to it, a pipe through which high pressure air (or gas) from a compressor is inserted at the bottom portion of the first column.
  • the first and second columns of liquid are in liquid communication by way of the reservoir at the top of the two columns and by way of the location where the impeller is installed.
  • the impeller or turbine can be placed anywhere next to the second column of liquid as long as liquid flow in the second column causes the impeller to turn and to thereby operate the turbine.
  • the turbine can then be coupled to well-known electricity generation means.
  • the turbine can be used to generate electricity according to well-known means and methods.
  • the system requires an initial investment of energy to operate an air compressor acting as a "starter" allowing the storage of sufficient air pressure to overcome the water pressure in the column.
  • starter acting as a "starter"
  • the prime purpose of the process is to insert air with only a slightly greater pressure than the pressure of the water column at the point of entry.
  • a secondary effect of the system with parallel vertical columns is found in the naturally occurring cyclonic effect of falling water.
  • the rotation of the earth induces a clockwise cyclonic motion in the pipe as it falls down through the layers of gravity.
  • a vertical turbine (not shown in this document) we can capture and use the natural cyclonic action to increase force against a turbine operating perpendicular to the flow .
  • the system depicted at Figure 8 will operate with greater or lesser efficiency by changing the proportions or reconfiguring the dimensions of the basic system.
  • the system can be engineered to
  • the system does not require natural elevation although it would simplify the process.
  • the system requires only an absolute vertical elevation which can be constructed or dug as the situation dictates.
  • the system does require a minimum difference in elevation to accommodate the process.
  • the system is not restricted to the use of water and air but would work equally well with other viscous liquids and other gasses.
  • the range of vertical option is almost limitless. This country and most of the world are riddled with the shafts and pits of past mining efforts that would offer a stable platform for bulk production from the system.
  • the system requires only elevation and compressed air or gas.
  • the water is recycled and the air can be scrubbed to actually have the process operational with a net zero carbon footprint.
  • the system uses no chemicals or other form of pollutants in the process.
  • the system should be able to mitigate the affect electromagnetic pulses from sun as the entire system can, as an option, be maintained deeply
  • the system could be geared to provide electric service to a single home or a sizable community.
  • the difference would be strictly in the scale and dimensions of the process.
  • the system is not dependent on absolute elevation but requires only a difference in elevation.
  • the system would work in much the same way at sea level or at the height of land.
  • the force of gravity is decreased and thus the system will experience a slight decrease in productivity at higher elevation and a slight increase in productivity at lower elevations. This factor, while present, should be relatively negligible in relation to total

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L'invention concerne des méthodes et des dispositifs associés à la production d'énergie à l'aide de gaz comprimé et d'écoulement de liquide pour faire tourner une turbine. Deux colonnes verticales de liquide sont associées à un réservoir de liquide au niveau de la partie supérieure des deux colonnes. Les deux colonnes sont en communication liquide au niveau de leurs sommets et de leurs fonds ; au sommet, les deux colonnes sont accouplées au réservoir. Une turbine est placée n'importe où à côté de la deuxième colonne de façon à tourner lorsque du liquide circule dans la deuxième colonne. On insère du gaz comprimé par le fond de la première colonne de liquide. Les bulles de gaz comprimé montent jusqu'au sommet de la première colonne et déplacent le liquide de la première colonne. Ce déplacement force l'entrée de liquide dans le réservoir et force le liquide du réservoir dans la deuxième colonne. L'injection de gaz comprimé dans la première colonne provoque un déplacement de liquide dans la deuxième colonne. Le déplacement de liquide fait tourner la turbine et produit de l'énergie.
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