EP3458694A1 - Free piston device - Google Patents
Free piston deviceInfo
- Publication number
- EP3458694A1 EP3458694A1 EP17726216.9A EP17726216A EP3458694A1 EP 3458694 A1 EP3458694 A1 EP 3458694A1 EP 17726216 A EP17726216 A EP 17726216A EP 3458694 A1 EP3458694 A1 EP 3458694A1
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- piston
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- piston device
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B71/00—Free-piston engines; Engines without rotary main shaft
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
- F01B11/00—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines without rotary main shaft, e.g. of free-piston type
- F01B11/007—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines without rotary main shaft, e.g. of free-piston type in which the movement in only one direction is obtained by a single acting piston motor, e.g. with actuation in the other direction by spring means
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
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- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
- F01B7/00—Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders
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- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B71/00—Free-piston engines; Engines without rotary main shaft
- F02B71/04—Adaptations of such engines for special use; Combinations of such engines with apparatus driven thereby
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B63/00—Adaptations of engines for driving pumps, hand-held tools or electric generators; Portable combinations of engines with engine-driven devices
- F02B63/04—Adaptations of engines for driving pumps, hand-held tools or electric generators; Portable combinations of engines with engine-driven devices for electric generators
- F02B63/041—Linear electric generators
Definitions
- the invention relates to a free piston device, comprising a piston receptacle, in which at least one piston device with a piston along an axis back and forth, wherein the piston receptacle comprises a wall bounded by a combustion chamber or forms, in the at least one inlet opening for the supply of Fresh gas and, spaced apart in the axial direction thereof, at least one outlet opening for the removal of exhaust gas are formed, wherein fresh gas can be supplied via a supply line.
- the piston device oscillates in the piston receptacle back and forth.
- the piston is moved from a top dead center to a bottom dead center.
- the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are opened, and fresh gas supplied via the supply line can flow into the combustion chamber.
- Exhaust gas can be removed from the combustion chamber via at least one discharge line connected to the discharge opening.
- the piston can act as a valve body, with which the at least one inlet opening is at least partially released when taking the bottom dead center and is blocked again during the upward movement of the piston.
- the upward movement of the piston takes place under the action of a return spring device of the free-piston device for the piston device.
- the return spring device comprises, for example, a gas spring with a gas which can be compressed via the piston device. Upon expansion of the gas, the piston means is moved in the opposite direction for the upward movement of the piston.
- a mechanical return spring device can be provided.
- fresh gas is understood as meaning a gas or gas mixture (in particular air) for the internal combustion in the combustion chamber, it also being possible for a fuel to be added to the gas.
- Fresh gas can therefore be present also denote a gas-fuel mixture which can flow into the combustion chamber via the at least one inlet opening.
- exhaust herein refers to a combustion product of internal combustion.
- Object of the present invention is to provide a free-piston device of the type mentioned, in which the supply of fresh gas is improved in terms of optimized combustion.
- the free piston device comprises a fresh gas in the flow direction of the incoming fresh gas to the supply line housing, which forms a piston receiving in the region of the at least one inlet opening in the circumferential direction of the axis at least partially surrounding sedimentation space for fresh gas , which opens into the combustion chamber via the at least one inlet opening.
- Fresh gas flowing in via the supply line first enters the settling chamber, which is formed by the housing, before it enters the combustion chamber.
- the flow of fresh gas can be calmed.
- any pulsations and turbulences can be damped. Only after calming the fresh gas enters the combustion chamber, whereby the flow ratio in the combustion chamber for the purpose of optimized combustion can be adjusted improved. For example, a swirling motion or a tumbling motion of the fresh gas can be better achieved.
- the housing is designed such that the settling chamber completely surrounds the piston seat in the circumferential direction of the axle. In this way the largest possible settling space is provided to calm the fresh gas before entering the combustion chamber. Even at a plurality or plurality of inlet openings in the wall can be calmed by the fresh gas entering through each of these.
- the housing comprises, for example, a wall which surrounds the piston receptacle in the circumferential direction of the axis.
- the housing has passage openings through which the piston receptacle passes through the housing axially.
- passage openings for the housing are provided in axial end walls, and a peripheral (side) wall connects the end walls to one another. Axially between the end walls, the at least one inlet opening is arranged in the wall. The end walls may contact the wall laterally adjacent to the at least one inlet opening. It may be provided at a respective passage opening a sealing element which seals between the wall and the housing.
- the housing is designed cuboid or toroidal.
- a cuboid housing for example, has a quadratic or substantially square cross section with respect to the axis.
- the housing is designed such that the calming space is designed annular.
- this can be understood in particular to mean that the settling chamber completely surrounds the wall in the circumferential direction of the axle.
- the housing is aligned coaxially with the piston receptacle. This is particularly favorable in a housing completely surrounding the piston receptacle.
- the calming space extends around the entire wall of the piston receiver. This makes it possible to arbitrarily position and distribute inlet openings in the circumferential direction of the axis in order to optimize the inflow of fresh gas into the combustion chamber for advantageous combustion.
- the housing is designed such that the calming space is formed in point-symmetrical with respect to the axis and / or mirror-symmetrical with respect to at least one symmetry plane containing the axis.
- the supply line is connected to the housing transversely to the direction of movement of the piston device.
- Transverse in this context means that an axis defined by the connection of the supply line is skewed with respect to the axis of the piston device, but a plane oriented perpendicular to the axis of the piston device contains the axis defined by the direction of connection of the supply line.
- the supply line is connected to the housing radially with respect to the axis of the piston device.
- the extent of the calming space in the housing in the axial direction is less than the extent of the calming space in the housing in a direction oriented transversely to the axis.
- this can be understood in particular to mean that a light dimension of the housing in the axial direction is less than a light dimension of the housing in a plane transverse to the axis.
- This is achieved, for example, by providing a flat housing which, for example, is cuboid in shape and preferably has a quadratic or substantially square cross-section with respect to the axis.
- the extent of the at least one inlet opening in the axial direction is approximately one quarter of the extent of the settling chamber in the housing in the axial direction, preferably at least one third of the extent of the settling chamber.
- the extension of the inlet opening is approximately 40% of the extent of the settling chamber and in particular the clear dimension of the housing in the axial direction.
- the energy coupling device advantageously comprises at least one linear generator.
- the linear generator has, for example, a rotor arrangement defined on the piston device and a stator arrangement fixed to the piston receptacle or otherwise.
- Rotor arrangement and stator arrangement are or comprise in particular magnets or coils.
- the piston device may be associated with two linear generators having a respective rotor arrangement and a respective stator arrangement.
- a respective linear generator can, for example, be arranged laterally next to the piston assembly. should be positioned and form one of the units of the energy coupling device mentioned below.
- the energy coupling device is preferably positioned laterally next to the piston receptacle and the housing. As a result, a compact design of the free-piston device can be achieved.
- the length of the piston receptacle from the combustion chamber via a piston rod of the piston device to a possible return spring device can be kept relatively short.
- the energy coupling device is positioned laterally next to the piston receptacle and the housing for fresh gas and the free-piston device thereby built compact.
- the energy coupling device comprises a first unit and a second unit which are each positioned laterally next to the piston receptacle and the housing, wherein the piston receptacle and the housing are arranged between the units of the energy coupling device.
- the energy coupling device comprises two units, each of which is formed, for example, as mentioned above by a linear generator. Between the units, the piston receiver and the housing are positioned. As a result, only relatively little space is required for the housing because an already required space can be utilized between the units.
- the free piston device can be made compact.
- the housing of the free-piston device may comprise a top wall, a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall and preferably be configured as a flat housing.
- the piston receptacle may comprise a housing and a piston liner which is inserted into the housing and which surrounds or forms the wall.
- the piston may be reciprocable in the piston liner, and the at least one inlet port and preferably the at least one outlet port may be formed in the piston liner.
- the piston liner is in particular a cylinder liner.
- the piston is at least partially movable over the at least one inlet opening, which is at least partially releasable when taking the bottom dead center by the piston.
- the piston can in this way form a valve body for the at least one inlet opening.
- One Separate valve can be saved.
- fresh gas can flow from the settling chamber through the at least one inlet opening for rinsing the combustion chamber.
- the free-piston device preferably comprises a further piston device with a piston, the pistons of both piston devices being positioned in an opposing piston arrangement, the combustion chamber being formed between the pistons.
- the piston devices oscillate opposite to each other in the piston seat.
- the combustion chamber is formed as a result of the opposite movement of the piston means variable in size between the pistons.
- the free-piston device may comprise a further return spring device, which is associated with the further piston device.
- the return spring device may comprise a gas spring and / or be designed mechanically.
- the further piston device can likewise be assigned an energy coupling device, which is preferably positioned laterally next to the piston receptacle.
- the energy coupling device may comprise a linear generator.
- two units of the further energy coupling device which are each positioned laterally next to the piston receptacle are provided. Each unit can be formed by a linear generator.
- the piston of the further piston device is preferably at least partially movable over the at least one outlet opening, wherein this is at least partially releasable when taking the bottom dead center by the piston.
- the piston can form a valve body for the at least one outlet opening.
- a separate valve can be saved.
- exhaust gas can flow out of the combustion chamber through the at least one outlet opening.
- a piston device can be provided.
- At least one outlet valve which can be controlled by a control device of the free piston device is preferably arranged on the at least one outlet opening for the purpose of releasing or blocking the at least one outlet opening. Via the at least one valve, the control device can release the at least one outlet opening and thereby perform the charge exchange.
- the at least one outlet opening is arranged, for example, on the front side on the wall of the combustion chamber and lies opposite a piston surface of the piston.
- Figure 1 a perspective view of a free piston device according to the invention
- Figure 2 is a side view of the free piston device of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in Figure 2;
- Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Figure 2;
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of detail A in FIG. 4.
- the drawing shows an occupied by the reference numeral 10 advantageous embodiment of a free-piston device according to the invention, which in particular forms a free-piston engine 12.
- the free piston device 10 comprises an outer housing 14, which is cuboid in the present case and is designed as a flat housing.
- the housing 14 comprises a top wall 141, a bottom wall 143, and a peripheral wall. and defines an outer contour of the free-piston device 10.
- the walls 141, 143 and 145 include a receiving space 147.
- a piston seat 16 is arranged in the receiving space 147.
- the piston receptacle 16 is elongate and defines an axis 18 of the free-piston device 10.
- the piston receptacle 16 has a housing 20 of approximately hollow cylindrical shape divided into individual sections.
- a piston sleeve 22 of the piston seat 16 is arranged in the housing 20, a piston sleeve 22 of the piston seat 16 is arranged.
- the piston liner 22 is designed substantially hollow cylindrical and inserted into a central portion of the housing 20 ( Figures 3 to 5).
- openings are formed in a wall 24 of the piston sleeve 22 and thus the piston seat 16 openings are formed.
- the openings comprise, on the one hand, inlet openings 26 and, on the other hand, outlet openings 28.
- inlet openings 26 and outlet openings 28 there are in each case seven inlet openings 26 and outlet openings 28, the respective number of which could also be different.
- the inlet openings 26 are axially spaced from the outlet openings 28.
- “Axial” and “radial” herein refers to the axis 18.
- the respective inlet openings 26 are formed in the circumferential direction of the axis 18 at substantially the same position in the wall 24. The same applies to the outlet openings 28.
- the inlet openings 26 and the outlet openings 28 are designed, for example, in the shape of a slot or a shaft.
- the free-piston device 10 comprises two piston devices 30, 32.
- the piston devices 30, 32 are arranged axially reciprocatingly in the piston receptacle 16.
- Each piston device 30, 32 has a (combustion) piston 34, a piston rod 36 and an opposed piston 38.
- the pistons 34 each comprise a piston surface 40 and are positioned in an opposed piston arrangement, the piston surfaces 40 assigning each other.
- the piston receptacle 16 comprises a combustion space 42 delimited by the wall 24.
- the combustion chamber 42 is variable in size as a result of the opposing movement of the piston devices 30, 32 and is formed between the piston surfaces 40.
- the piston rod 36 connects the piston 34 with the counter-piston 38, wherein in the present case both pistons 34, 38 are held tiltably on the piston rod 36.
- a rigid connection is also conceivable.
- Transverse to the axis 18 of the piston rod 36 projections 44 on opposite sides from. The projections 44 emerge from the housing 20.
- the piston rod 36 thereby has an approximately cross-shaped shape (Figure 4).
- the free-piston device 10 comprises, associated with each piston device 30, 32, a return spring device 46.
- the return spring device 46 comprises a gas spring 48 with a resilience space.
- the resilience space is formed by the housing 20 and arranged at the end thereof.
- the free piston device 10 has two energy coupling devices 52, wherein each piston device 30, 32 is associated with an energy coupling device 52.
- the energy coupling devices 52 are arranged in the receiving space 147.
- Each power coupler 52 includes a first unit 54 and a second unit 56.
- the units 54, 56 are each positioned laterally adjacent the piston seat 16, but on opposite sides thereof. Both units 54, 56 define a common plane in which the piston seat 16 is arranged.
- Each unit 54, 56 is formed by a linear generator 58 having a rotor assembly 60 and a stator assembly 62.
- the rotor assembly 60 is connected via the projection 44 with the piston rod 36 and guided in the housing 14 parallel to the axis 18 slidably.
- the rotor assembly 60 includes magnets.
- the stator assembly 62 in the drawing comprises not individually illustrated coils, which are arranged above and below the rotor assembly 60.
- FIG. 3 shows the contours of the rotor arrangements 60 and the stator arrangements 62 of two units 54, 56. Since the piston 34 assumes the bottom dead center in the drawing, the sectional view in the present case does not run through the rotor arrangements 60, which are only at the (imaginary) upward movement of the piston 34 be moved and traverse the cutting plane.
- the energy coupling device 52 it is possible to couple energy into the piston device 30 or 32 or to withdraw this energy. This makes it possible to control the movement of the piston device 30 or 32 during operation of the free-piston device 10.
- the energy coupling devices 52 can be controlled for this purpose by a control device 64 (FIG. 4) of the free-piston device 10.
- the free piston device 10 operates in the present case after the two-stroke process.
- a combustion in the combustion chamber 42 drives the pistons 34 apart from the top dead center, so that they are displaced axially in the piston liner 22. The displacement occurs up to a respective bottom dead center of the pistons 34.
- the pistons 34 enter bottom dead center the inlet ports 26 are released from the piston 34 of the piston device 30 and the outlet ports 28 are released from the piston 34 of the piston device 32. This is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- “Fresh gas” in the present case is a gas or a gas mixture (in particular air) for internal combustion.
- the supplied fresh gas may be mixed with a fuel.
- a fuel is added to the fresh gas which has flowed into the combustion chamber 42 via an injection device.
- the ignition of the charge can be effected by means of an ignition device which can be actuated by the control device 64. Also conceivable is auto-ignition, depending on the mixing ratio of fresh gas and exhaust gas.
- the supply of fresh gas via a supply line 66, which is shown in the drawing rudimentary. Downstream in the flow direction of the fresh gas, the free-piston device 10 has a housing 68 for fresh gas.
- the supply line 66 is connected on the input side to the housing 68.
- the housing 68 is presently box-shaped with axial end walls 70, 72 and extending in the circumferential direction of the axis 18 side wall 74. In this case, the housing 68 has an approximately cuboid shape. A cross section of the housing 68 perpendicular to the axis 18 is substantially square ( Figure 3). The housing 68 is aligned coaxially with the piston receptacle 16 and in particular with its piston liner 22.
- the piston receptacle 16 passes through the housing 68 in the axial direction through passage openings formed in the end walls 70, 72.
- the housing 68 completely surrounds the piston liner 22 in the region of the inlet openings 26 in the circumferential direction of the axis 18.
- the end walls 70, 72 contact the wall 24.
- the housing 68 defines a calming chamber 76 for fresh gas, which completely surrounds the piston liner 22 in the circumferential direction of the axis 18 and opens via the inlet openings 26 into the combustion chamber 42 (FIGS. 3 and 5).
- the housing 68 and the settling chamber 76 have a point symmetry.
- a mirror symmetry of the housing 68 and the calming chamber 76 with respect to four symmetry planes containing the axis 18 is also present.
- Fresh gas that enters the housing 68 via the supply line 66 can relax in the settling chamber 76. Pulsations and turbulences are damped. It turns out that the provision of the housing 68 with the settling chamber 76 optimizes the inflow of fresh gas through the inlet openings 26 with respect to combustion in the combustion chamber 42.
- the housing 68 and the settling chamber 76 completely surround the piston sleeve 22.
- the inlet openings 26 can be formed in their geometry for an optimal introduction of fresh gas into the combustion chamber 42. Fresh gas can flow around the piston sleeve 22 completely in the calming chamber 76 and still be calmed down.
- the housing 68 is a flat housing, wherein the extent of the settling chamber 76 in the axial direction is significantly less than the extension in a plane transverse to the axis 18. It is also favorable that the axial extent of the inlet openings 26 in relation to the axial extent of the settling chamber 76 a not inconsiderable size. In the present case, this ratio is approximately 40%. Inflowing fresh gas therefore essentially forms no turbulence with movements in the axial direction, but in addition to the calming, the inlet openings 26 are fed in a targeted manner laterally past the piston liner 22. For this purpose, it is also advantageous that the supply line 66 is connected in the radial direction to the housing 68. In this way, the flow of fresh gas can be divided into two partial flows, which flow around the piston sleeve 22 in the opposite direction ( Figure 3).
- the free-piston device 10 has a compact design.
- Housing 68 like piston receptacle 16, is positioned transverse to axis 18 between units 54, 56 of power coupler 52 (FIGS. 3 and 4). The space required anyway between the units 54, 56 is thereby ideally used.
- the housing 68 is furthermore arranged completely within the outer contour of the housing 14 of the free-piston device 10 (FIGS. 1 and 3). Laterally adjacent to the housing 68, the units 54, 56 are positioned, and in a transverse direction thereto and transverse to the axis 18, the housing 68 remains within the outer contour defined by the housing 14, in which also the units 54, 56 are accommodated.
- the housing 68 protrudes up to the upper wall 141 and the lower wall 143 and thus almost to the outer contour of the housing 14.
- the height of the housing 14 is thereby used as much as possible for the housing 68 in order to have the largest possible settling chamber 76 for to use the fresh gas.
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