CN202101426U - Indoor solar cooker utilizing optical fibers to conduct solar energy - Google Patents

Indoor solar cooker utilizing optical fibers to conduct solar energy Download PDF

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CN202101426U
CN202101426U CN2011201783424U CN201120178342U CN202101426U CN 202101426 U CN202101426 U CN 202101426U CN 2011201783424 U CN2011201783424 U CN 2011201783424U CN 201120178342 U CN201120178342 U CN 201120178342U CN 202101426 U CN202101426 U CN 202101426U
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蒋辉跃
杨睿
龚秀峰
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The utility model discloses an indoor solar cooker utilizing optical fibers to conduct solar energy, which comprises an outdoor focusing unit and an indoor cooker, wherein a light transmission unit is arranged between the focusing unit and the cooker. The focusing unit comprises a focusing cover and an automatic tracking device for achieving rotating of the focusing cover in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. The light transmission unit comprises optical fibers and a light converter, the optical fibers are 10cm quartz optical fibers, and the light converter is arranged at a position of the focusing center of the focusing cover. The cooker comprises an optical fiber socket arranged on a cooker casing and a focusing light path formed by a first lens, a reflector, a second lens and a reflecting cover which are connected in sequence, and the focusing light path focuses light beams to the bottom of the cooker. The cooker further comprises an adjusting structure for adjusting distance between the second lens and the bottom of the cooker. The optical fibers are connected between the light converter and the optical fiber socket. The indoor solar cooker utilizing the optical fibers to conduct solar energy can effectively improve utilization ratio of the solar energy, has remarkable economic benefit and social benefit and is applicable to be popularized and used in residential houses.

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Utilize the indoor solar cooker of fiber optic conduction solar energy
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of solar energy utilization system, relates in particular to a kind of indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy.
Background technology
The energy is the valuable cargo that human society is depended on for existence and development, but face of mankind severe energy situation at present.Since energy crisis is suggested; People's having recognized gradually is not unlimited with the reserves of traditional energies such as oil, coal, exploit easily and the reserves that utilize few; The development difficulty of remaining reserves is increasing, will lose the value of exploitation to certain limit.Therefore, we just must seek new energy resource structure, explore as soon as possible, research and develop and utilize the new forms of energy resource, otherwise will be that mankind itself's existence is on the hazard.Current, China has also proposed corresponding energy strategy, is that the energy strategy of target plays an important role in daily life gradually with energy-saving and emission-reduction.This research group finds that through analyzing the sun is that the mankind provide inexhaustible energy source with its incomparable huge energy emission; In a planned way, reasonably carry out the solar energy utilization; Being the inevitable choice that human society moves towards sustainable development path, also is the important approach of building a Harmonious Society, promoting ecosystem benign cycle and realize energy-saving and emission-reduction.The utility model mainly is in a planned way, reasonably to carry out the solar energy utilization, and improves solar energy utilization rate through the utility model, makes solar energy replace people's conventional energy resource in daily life gradually.So just can reach the target of energy-saving and emission-reduction.
But present solar utilization technique is in the outdoor solar energy heating working medium of utilizing basically, and with pipeline working medium is imported into indoorly, and can not adjust the orientation of receiving terminal.With regard to inevitably being arranged, loss can not reach maximum use efficient like this.
The utility model content
To above-mentioned prior art, the utility model provides a kind of indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy.The utility model can be expanded the function and the efficient of domestic solar system; Its basic ideas are that the luminous energy after natural daylight is focused on is incorporated into indoor kitchen range use; After utilizing optical principle to make low-grade sunlight reach 800 to 1000 degrees centigrade high-energy light beam guiding through focusing, utilize again and lead resistant to elevated temperatures optical fiber the kitchen range in the high-energy light beam guiding guide chamber are directly utilized.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above; The technical scheme that the utility model is a kind of to utilize the indoor solar cooker of fiber optic conduction solar energy to be achieved is: comprise being arranged on outdoor light focusing unit and being arranged on indoor kitchen range, be provided with optical transmission unit between said light focusing unit and the said kitchen range; Said light focusing unit comprises snoot and the autotracker that is used to realize that snoot rotates on level and vertical both direction; Said optical transmission unit comprises optical fiber and photoconverter; Said optical fiber is the silica fibre of 10cm; Said photoconverter is positioned at the focusing center position of said snoot, and said kitchen range comprise the kitchen range shell, is arranged on the optical fiber socket on the said kitchen range shell; By the focused light passages that first lens, reflective mirror, second lens and the reflection shield that connect in order form, this focused light passages focuses of the light beam into the bottom of kitchen range; Said kitchen range also include the adjustment structure that is used for regulating distance between said second lens and the kitchen range bottom, and said adjustment structure is made up of adjusting knob, second lens holder plate and elevating drive mechanism; Said optical fiber is connected between said photoconverter and the said optical fiber socket.
The utility model utilizes the indoor solar cooker of fiber optic conduction solar energy, and wherein: said autotracker comprises a single-chip microcomputer, is distributed on four photo resistance, the vertical rotating actuator on the snoot and horizontally rotates transmission mechanism.Said four photo resistance are arranged in the upper and lower, left and right of said snoot symmetrically with the snoot center, are used to gather the light intensity difference that snoot reaches left and right sides both direction up and down; Said vertical rotating actuator with horizontally rotate transmission mechanism and be provided with a stepper motor respectively, said single-chip microcomputer sends instruction according to the data that said photo resistance is transmitted to described stepper motor.The surface area of said snoot is 2 to 4 square metres.Said elevating drive mechanism comprises travelling gear, power transmission shaft and cam, and the rotation of said cam drives said second lens holder plate and moves up and down.
Compared with prior art, the utility model utilizes the beneficial effect of the indoor solar cooker of fiber optic conduction solar energy to be:
The utility model has been expanded the function and the efficient of solar energy system in the prior art; Luminous energy after the natural daylight focusing is incorporated into indoor kitchen range to be used; After utilizing optical principle to make low-grade sunlight reach 800 to 1000 degrees centigrade high-energy light beam guiding through focusing, utilize again and lead resistant to elevated temperatures optical fiber the kitchen range in the high-energy light beam guiding guide chamber are directly utilized.The utility model uses the fiber optic conduction high-energy light beam guiding, therefore just can satisfy the use of differing heights floor resident family in the skyscraper through changing length of fiber, is easy to penetration and promotion, is with a wide range of applications.
The utility model can improve the service efficiency of solar energy, has the advantage of environmental protection and energy saving, and utilizing the annual required expense of traditional natural gas kitchen range at home according to three people is 2.4 yuan of * 25m 3* 12=720 unit is an example with the Efficiency in Buildings in Tianjin Area, and annual solar radiation fate capable of using is 199 days, gets calculating in 200 days, and the utility model solar cooker is annual estimates that cost saving is 2.4 yuan of * 25m but use 3/ 30*200 days=400 yuan, therefore, the utility model solar cooker is not merely society and practices thrift mass energy, also for family cuts down expenses, if carry out large-scale promotion, with producing huge economic benefit and social benefit of environment protection.
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Fig. 1-the 1st, the utility model utilize outdoor section structural representation sketch in the indoor solar cooker of fiber optic conduction solar energy;
Fig. 1-2 is an autotracker structural representation shown in Fig. 1-1;
Fig. 2 is a solar range structural representation in the utility model;
Fig. 3 is a solar range A-A cross-sectional schematic shown in Figure 2;
Fig. 4 is the vertical view of solar range shown in Figure 2.
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1---light socket 2---first lens 3---reflective mirror
4---second lens holder plate 5---second lens 6---reflection shields
7---the bottom of a pan 8---kitchen range shell 9---cams
10---power transmission shaft 11---travelling gear 12---adjusting knobs
42---photoconverter 43---support 44---snoots
45---autotracker 451---trunnion axis 452---first stepper motors
453---second driven gear 454---second stepper motor 455---, second driving gears
456---first driven gear 457---first driving gear 458---vertical axes
The specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment the utility model is described in further detail.
A kind of indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy of the utility model comprises being arranged on outdoor light focusing unit and being arranged on indoor kitchen range, is provided with optical transmission unit between said light focusing unit and the said kitchen range.
With shown in Fig. 1-2, said light focusing unit comprises snoot 44 and the autotracker 45 that is used to realize that snoot 44 rotates on level and vertical both direction like Fig. 1-1; For improving the accuracy of autotracker, can select to come the control step motor to reach the purpose of solar tracking through a single-chip microcomputer.Said autotracker in the utility model mainly is control snoot 44 rotatablely moving on horizontal plane and vertical plane.Said autotracker 45 comprises a single-chip microcomputer, is distributed on four photo resistance, the vertical rotating actuator on the snoot 44 and horizontally rotates transmission mechanism; Said four photo resistance are arranged symmetrically in the upper and lower, left and right of said snoot 44 with snoot 44 centers; Be used to gather the light intensity difference that snoot 44 reaches left and right sides both direction up and down; Said vertical rotating actuator with horizontally rotate transmission mechanism and be provided with a stepper motor respectively, said single-chip microcomputer sends instruction according to the data that said photo resistance is transmitted to described stepper motor.Wherein the light intensity difference of snoot 44 right ends is gathered in the photo resistance of right ends, and horizontally rotating through a single-chip microcomputer and a step motor control snoot 44; The light intensity difference at snoot two ends about in the of 44 is gathered in the photo resistance at two ends up and down; And the rotation up and down through single-chip microcomputer and another step motor control snoot 44; Through four photo resistance of such layout can make snoot 44 and the sun over against, make the collection of light reach best effect.When said autotracker 45 is worked; Vertically the drive path of rotating actuator is: first stepper motor 452, and---first driving gear 457---first driven gear 456---trunnion axis 451 drives snoot 44 and in perpendicular, rotates; In like manner, the drive path that horizontally rotates transmission mechanism is: second stepper motor 454, and---------vertical axes 458---support 43---drives snoot 44 and in horizontal plane, rotates second driven gear 453 second driving gear 455.In addition, can also be through snoot 44 be set an initial position, snoot 44 is got back to initial position after the sun sets, and makes snoot can both reach the optimum position of sun incident 44 every mornings.
Said kitchen range 36 comprise kitchen range shell 8, are arranged on the optical fiber socket 1 on the said kitchen range shell 8, and by the focused light passages that first lens 2, reflective mirror 3, second lens 5 and the reflection shield 6 that connect in order form, this focused light passages focuses of the light beam into the bottom of kitchen range; Said kitchen range also include the adjustment structure that is used for regulating distance between said second lens 5 and the kitchen range bottom, and said adjustment structure is made up of adjusting knob 12, second lens holder plate 4 and elevating drive mechanism; Said elevating drive mechanism comprises travelling gear 11, power transmission shaft 10 and cam 9, and the rotation of said cam 9 drives said second lens holder plate 4 and moves up and down.
Said optical transmission unit comprises optical fiber 41 and photoconverter 42, and said optical fiber 41 is connected between said photoconverter 42 and the said optical fiber socket.In daily life; Because light is more much lower than the conduction loss of electricity in the conduction loss of optical fiber; Optical fiber can be delivered to each corner to sunlight, considers that the hot spot after the sunshine line focus is bigger, therefore need be provided with a photoconverter 42; Said photoconverter 42 is arranged on the focusing center position of said snoot 44; Snoot 44 in the utility model is can larger area sunlight be focused on the photoconverter 42 that is connected with optical fiber, makes the closeness of light reach higher degree, to satisfy the energy requirement of indoor cooking.Therefore; The glass mirror that the reflective mirror of snoot is preferably silver-plated or aluminizes also can adopt aluminium polishing minute surface and the mylar minute surface of aluminizing, and is common; The light concentration type solar cooker of 700~1200 watts of power; The daylighting area of its snoot is about 1.5 to 2.0 square metres and gets final product, and therefore, the surface area of said snoot is 2 to 4 square metres.Said photoconverter 42 can be converted into the higher directional light of degree of focus with the sunshine after focusing on; Can reduce to pinch the Fei Er effect when high-energy light beam guiding is in conducting to optical fiber like this; Make the loss of high-energy light beam guiding reach minimum, and make high energy light drop to minimum in the fuel factor of the optical fiber socket end generation of the optical fiber other end.Because common plastic optical fiber can not satisfy the requirement of conducts high energy light beam, therefore, the said optical fiber 41 in this utility model is the silica fibre of 10cm.The utility model is through the fiber optic conduction high-energy light beam guiding; Realize that the solar facula after the outdoor focusing conducts to indoor; And then high-energy light beam guiding led into solar cooker stove; Through being arranged on a focused light passages of kitchen range bottom, make light finally can focus on the bottom that is positioned at the cooker on the kitchen range again, so just can be implemented in indoor use solar cooker.
The operation principle of the utility model solar cooker comprises biography ability part and control section, wherein:
Passing can part: the high-energy sunshine of outdoor gathering as shown in Figure 3 through fiber optic conduction to indoor and be connected to the optical fiber socket 1 of stove and accessory.High-energy light beam guiding is radiated at first lens 2 of kitchen range the inside; The high-energy light beam guiding that these first lens 2 are come fiber optic conduction is radiated on the reflective mirror 3 after changing into directional light; This reflective mirror 3 is radiated at directional light on one second lens 4 and focuses on once more; Hot spot after the focusing is radiated on the cooker, utilizes luminous energy to carry out the cooking operation.Around second lens 5, be with a circle reflection shield 6 in addition, its effect is that light that (in the use of luminous energy) come out from the cooker bottom reflection is reflexing to the cooker bottom, to improve the capacity usage ratio of solar cooker.
Control section: as shown in Figure 4; Through the rotation of adjusting knob 12, drive two gears 11 successively, control the rotation of cams 9 again through power transmission shaft 10; Cam 9 in the process of rotation, will drive second lens holder plate 4 and on second lens 5 do (or down) and move; Thereby can realize controlling the size that second lens 5 are incident upon the hot spot of cooker bottom, hot spot diminishes when second lens 5 move down, and the temperature of cooker bottom raises and accelerates; When second lens 5 moved up, the temperature that hot spot becomes big cooker bottom raise slack-off.Can satisfy in the cooking operating process demand like this to variable power.
Although top combination figure is described the utility model; But the utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiment, and the above-mentioned specific embodiment only is schematically, rather than restrictive; Those of ordinary skill in the art is under the enlightenment of the utility model; Under the situation that does not break away from the utility model aim, can also make a lot of distortion, these all belong within the protection of the utility model.

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1. an indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy comprises being arranged on outdoor light focusing unit, and said light focusing unit comprises snoot (44) and be used to realize the autotracker (45) that snoot (44) rotates on level and vertical both direction; It is characterized in that:
Also comprise being arranged on indoor kitchen range, be provided with optical transmission unit between said light focusing unit and the said kitchen range;
Said optical transmission unit comprises optical fiber (41) and photoconverter (42), and said optical fiber (41) is the silica fibre of 10cm, and said photoconverter (42) is positioned at the center of said snoot (44),
Said kitchen range (36) comprise kitchen range shell (8); Be arranged on the optical fiber socket (1) on the said kitchen range shell (8); By the focused light passages that first lens (2), reflective mirror (3), second lens (5) and the reflection shield (6) that connect in order form, this focused light passages focuses of the light beam into the bottom of kitchen range;
Said kitchen range also include the adjustment structure that is used for regulating distance between said second lens (5) and the kitchen range bottom, and said adjustment structure is made up of adjusting knob (12), second lens holder plate (4) and elevating drive mechanism;
Said optical fiber (41) is connected between said photoconverter (42) and the said optical fiber socket.
2. the indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy according to claim 1 is characterized in that: four photo resistance that said autotracker (45) comprises a single-chip microcomputer, be distributed on snoot on (44), vertical rotating actuator and horizontally rotate transmission mechanism.
3. the indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy according to claim 2; It is characterized in that: said four photo resistance are arranged in the upper and lower, left and right of said snoot (44) symmetrically with snoot (44) center, are used to gather the light intensity difference that snoot (44) reaches left and right sides both direction up and down; Said vertical rotating actuator with horizontally rotate transmission mechanism and be provided with a stepper motor respectively, said single-chip microcomputer sends instruction according to the data that said photo resistance is transmitted to described stepper motor.
4. the indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy according to claim 1; It is characterized in that: said elevating drive mechanism comprises travelling gear (11), power transmission shaft (10) and cam (9), and the rotation of said cam (9) drives said second lens holder plate (4) and moves up and down.
5. the indoor solar cooker that utilizes fiber optic conduction solar energy according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the surface area of said snoot is 2 to 4 square metres.
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