CN109751179A - A kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device - Google Patents

A kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device Download PDF

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CN109751179A
CN109751179A CN201910188962.7A CN201910188962A CN109751179A CN 109751179 A CN109751179 A CN 109751179A CN 201910188962 A CN201910188962 A CN 201910188962A CN 109751179 A CN109751179 A CN 109751179A
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汪志坚
张訸
王程
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The invention discloses a kind of buoyancy engine device based on Transformation Principle.The buoyancy engine device is mainly made of energy storage cabin, heating system, cooling system, data acquisition and control system etc..Energy storage cabin is made of silica gel thin film and middle cylinder, and inside fills paraffin;Under the collective effect of data acquisition and control system, heating system and cooling system, the phase transformation of paraffin can be realized by controlling its temperature change, and then the contraction or expansion of its volume is controlled, so that the displacement of volume of device changes, with this regulating device buoyancy.The device realizes the volume change of paraffin by control temperature to adjust buoyancy, has the advantages that low energy consumption, noise is small, working principle is simple, can be used for the underwater hiding-machine of small design, light weight.

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A kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of for underwater buoyancy engine, is based particularly on wax phase change principle and changes the floating of buoyancy Power engine apparatus.
Background technique
Buoyancy engine device guarantees that latent device carries out continuous operation in a certain water layer by the net buoyancy of adjusting underwater hiding-machine. Existing deep-sea buoyancy engine carries out suction oil by the way of liquid oil pump or piston cylinder mostly to realize buoyancy adjustment, these Installation weight is big, energy consumption is high, noise is big.Thermal gradient energy formula buoyancy regulating device is the temperature difference that thermocline layer is captured by heat exchanger Can, buoyancy is adjusted using the contraction and dilating principle of phase-change material.However, thermal gradient energy formula buoyancy regulating device needs are enough Temperature difference just can be carried out buoyancy adjustment, can only be in low latitudes, the operation of shoaling layer sea area.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine devices, to solve hydraulic drive buoyancy adjustment mode The problem that device is big, energy consumption is high, noise is big and the operation waters of thermal gradient energy buoyancy adjustment is limited.
To achieve the above object, the scheme particular content of the invention is as follows:
A kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device, is made of and data acquisition and control system buoyancy generating unit, temperature control unit Composition:
(1) buoyancy generating unit is by silica gel shell, paraffin, end cap seal circle, middle cylinder, open annular end cap, bolt and nut, spiral shell Nail, waterproof connector are constituted;
(2) temperature control unit is opened by spiral coil cooling tube, heating wire, refractory ceramics, water pump, seawater, DC power supply, temperature control It closes, underwater electrical connector is constituted;
(3) data acquisition and control system is made of sensor, temperature detect switch (TDS), microcontroller.
The energy storage cabin of described device is coupled by middle cylinder and silica gel thin film to be formed, and passes through end cap seal circle and opening between the two Annular end cap is sealed.Cooling tube is connected on the gripping sleeve of waterproof connector, passes through the nut, sealing ring and spiral shell of waterproof connector Cap etc. is installed in the through-hole of cabin;Heating wire is mounted in the through-hole on the inside of middle cylinder bottom end by refractory ceramics, The internal screw thread of cabin pedestal couples with the external screw thread of the socket front end of underwater electrical connector, and plug cooperates socket to use, and is connect by watertight Heating wire is connected by plug-in unit with DC power supply.Paraffin is injected by the casting hole of cabin side, in cabin full of after paraffin with screw with Gasket seal combination is sealed.When DC power supply connects heating wire, the intracorporal paraffin in cabin is heated to fusing;Power supply connects water When pump, seawater is pumped into cooling tube by water pump, cooling water takes away heat in flow process in cabin, to reduce paraffin Temperature, solidify it gradually.For paraffin when volume changes in phase transition process, silica gel thin film couples the chamber to be formed with middle cylinder Body correspondingly shrinks or expands, and with the volume change of this realization device, so that device is sunk or is floated to obtain variation in buoyancy.
When device needs to float, the target temperature value for setting microcontroller is higher than paraffin melting point, when temperature sensor measures Actual temperature value be lower than target temperature value when, microcontroller control temperature detect switch (TDS) connect b make heating wire electrified regulation paraffin;When When the actual temperature value that temperature sensor measures is higher than target temperature value, microcontroller controls temperature detect switch (TDS) and connects a, and water pump opens It is dynamic, seawater is pumped into cooling tube, seawater takes away heat in flow process in the cooling tube in cabin, so that paraffin temperature drops Low, control paraffin temperature reaches target temperature value, the volume expansion so that paraffin is in a liquid state, and silica gel thin film, which couples with middle cylinder, to be formed Cavity expansion, the volume that device arranges water become larger, so that device obtains the net buoyancy to float;Similarly, device needs When, the target temperature value of microcontroller is set lower than paraffin melting point, and microcontroller control temperature detect switch (TDS), which connects a or b, makes paraffin temperature Degree control is in fusing point hereinafter, paraffin condenses volume contraction, and silica gel thin film couples the cavity to be formed with middle cylinder and shrinks, and device arranges water Volume become smaller so that device obtain sink net buoyancy.
Beneficial effects of the present invention:
1. the present invention controls wax phase change by temperature and realizes that buoyancy adjustment efficiently solves traditional buoyancy regulating device energy consumption Problem high, noise is big;
2. the device working principle is simple, applicable sea area range is wide, can be used for the buoyant device of small design, light weight.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is general principles schematic diagram of the invention;
In figure: 1- microcontroller;2- temperature detect switch (TDS);3- water pump;4- waterproof connector;5- bolt and nut;6- open annular end cap;7- Cooling tube;8- silica gel shell;9- paraffin;10- end cap seal circle;11- temperature sensor;Cylinder in 12-;13- screw;14- pedestal; 15- underwater electrical connector;16- DC power supply;17- refractory ceramics;18- heating wire.
Specific embodiment
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, right The present invention is further elaborated.It should be appreciated that described herein, specific examples are only used to explain the present invention, not For limiting the present invention.As long as in addition, technical characteristic involved in the various embodiments of the present invention described below that Not constituting conflict between this can be combined with each other.
Below in conjunction with attached drawing, the invention will be further described.
As shown in Figure 1, the present invention is made of buoyancy generating unit, temperature control unit and data acquisition and control system, Wherein buoyancy generating unit by silica gel shell 8, paraffin 9, end cap seal circle 10, middle cylinder 12, split ring end cap 6, bolt and nut 5, Screw 13, waterproof connector 4 are constituted;Temperature control unit is by cooling tube 7, water pump 3, heating wire 18, refractory ceramics 17, direct current Source 16, temperature detect switch (TDS) 2, underwater electrical connector 15 are constituted;Data acquisition and control system is by temperature sensor 11, temperature detect switch (TDS) 2, micro- Controller 1 is constituted;
Middle cylinder 12 is linked together to form cavity with silica gel shell 8, is sealed by sealing ring 10 and split ring end cap 6, in 12 sides of cylinder are equipped with casting hole and the through-hole for installing cooling tube 7;Cooling tube 7 is connected on the gripping sleeve of waterproof connector 4, is led to The nut, sealing ring and nut etc. for crossing waterproof connector are installed in the through-hole of middle cylinder 12;It will be electric by refractory ceramics 17 Heated filament 18 is mounted in the through-hole on the inside of middle 12 bottom end of cylinder, the internal screw thread of cabin pedestal 14 and the socket front end of underwater electrical connector 15 External screw thread connection, plug cooperate socket use, heating wire is connected with DC power supply 16 by underwater electrical connector 15.Paraffin is by cabin The casting hole of body side surface is injected, and is sealed after paraffin is full of in cabin with screw 13 and gasket seal combination.DC power supply 16 connects When energization heated filament 18, the intracorporal paraffin in cabin is heated to fusing;When DC power supply 16 connects water pump 3, seawater is taken out by water pump Enter in cooling tube 7, cooling water takes away heat in flow process in cabin, to reduce the temperature of paraffin, solidifies it gradually. When volume changes in phase transition process, silica gel shell 8 couples the cavity formed with middle cylinder 12 and correspondingly shrinks or expand paraffin , with the volume change of this realization device, so that device is sunk or is floated to obtain variation in buoyancy.
For reasonable Arrangement temperature sensor 11 to obtain the temperature value of paraffin, temperature signal is input to microcontroller 1 in cabin, Temperature value realizes the control being opened and closed to heating wire switch on and off and water pump as feedback control amount simultaneously.When device needs to float, The target temperature value for setting microcontroller 1 is higher than paraffin melting point, when the actual temperature value that temperature sensor 11 measures is lower than target When temperature value, microcontroller 1, which controls temperature detect switch (TDS) 2, which connects b, makes 18 electrified regulation paraffin of heating wire;The reality that temperature sensor measures Border temperature value is higher than target temperature value, and microcontroller 1 controls temperature detect switch (TDS) 2 and connects a, and water pump 3 starts, and seawater is pumped into cooling tube In 7, seawater takes away heat in flow process in the cooling tube in cabin, so that 9 temperature of paraffin reduces, controls paraffin temperature with this Degree reaches target temperature value, and paraffin is made to be in a liquid state volume expansion, and silica gel thin film couples the cavity to be formed expansion with middle cylinder, and device is arranged The volume of boiled water becomes larger, so that device obtains the net buoyancy to float;When device needs, the temperature of microcontroller 1 is set Definite value is lower than paraffin melting point, and microcontroller 1, which controls temperature detect switch (TDS) 2, which connects a or b, makes the control of paraffin temperature in fusing point hereinafter, paraffin Volume contraction, the volume that device arranges water become smaller, so that device obtains the net buoyancy of sinking.

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1. a kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device, by buoyancy adjustment unit, temperature control unit and data acquisition and control system group At, it is characterised in that:
The buoyancy generating unit is by silica gel shell (8), paraffin (9), end cap seal circle (10), middle cylinder (12), open annular end Cover (6), bolt and nut (5), screw (13), watertight connector (4) composition;The temperature control unit is by cooling tube (7), water pump (3), heating wire (18), refractory ceramics (17), underwater electrical connector (15), DC power supply (16), temperature detect switch (TDS) (2) are constituted;Number It is made of according to acquisition and control system temperature sensor (11), temperature detect switch (TDS) (2), microcontroller (1);
The silica gel shell (8) and middle cylinder (12) pass through open annular end cap (6), end cap seal circle (10) and bolt and nut (5) Connection forms energy storage cabin, fills in cabin the paraffin (9), and the cooling tube (7) is installed in cabin by watertight connector (4) In the through-hole of side, the through-hole that is mounted on heating wire (18) by refractory ceramics (17) on the inside of middle cylinder (12) bottom end.
2. phase transformation buoyancy engine device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: further include cabin pedestal (14), cabin The internal screw thread of pedestal (14) couples with the external screw thread of the socket front end of underwater electrical connector (15), and plug cooperates socket to use, by water Heating wire (18) is connected by contiguity plug-in unit (15) with DC power supply (16), and paraffin is injected by the casting hole of cabin side, fills in cabin It is sealed after full paraffin with screw (13) and gasket seal combination.
3. phase transformation buoyancy engine device according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that: when the device needs to float, if The target temperature value for determining microcontroller (1) is higher than paraffin melting point, when the actual temperature value that temperature sensor (11) measures is lower than mesh When marking temperature value, b is connected in microcontroller (1) control temperature detect switch (TDS) (2) makes heating wire electrified regulation paraffin (9);Work as temperature sensing When the actual temperature value that device measures is higher than target temperature value, microcontroller (1) controls temperature detect switch (TDS) (2) and connects a, and water pump (3) opens It is dynamic, seawater is pumped into cooling tube (7), seawater takes away heat in flow process in the cooling tube in cabin, so that paraffin temperature Degree reduces, and control paraffin temperature reaches target temperature value, the volume expansion so that paraffin is in a liquid state, silica gel shell (8) and middle cylinder (12) the cavity expansion that connection is formed, the volume that device arranges water becomes larger, so that device obtains the net buoyancy to float;Together Reason, when the device needs, the target temperature value of setting microcontroller (1) is lower than paraffin melting point, microcontroller (1) control Temperature detect switch (TDS) (2), which connects a or b, makes the control of paraffin temperature in fusing point hereinafter, paraffin condenses volume contraction, and silica gel shell (8) is in The cavity that cylinder (12) connection is formed is shunk, and the volume that device arranges water becomes smaller, so that device obtains the net buoyancy of sinking.
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