Ball valve structure and intelligent terminal

By incorporating a hollow structure within the valve stem and installing a sensor on the inner wall of the valve ball, combined with structures such as sealing grooves and restraint sleeves, the problem of existing ball valves being unable to be intelligently controlled has been solved, enabling fluid detection and intelligent control, and extending the service life of the sensors.

CN223725489UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26XIAMEN DIAMOND PLATINUM ENERGY TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520213567.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-11
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-11

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Technical Problem

When sensors are installed on existing ball valves in liquid delivery pipelines, it damages the pipeline's strength and prevents intelligent control.

Method used

A hollow structure is set inside the valve stem, and a sensor is installed on the inner wall of the valve ball. It is connected to the control device through a transmission line. Combined with structures such as sealing groove, connecting sleeve and restraining sleeve, the electrical connection and sealing of the sensor are realized.

Benefits of technology

This technology adds fluid detection functionality without altering the traditional ball valve structure, thereby enhancing the ball valve's intelligence and extending the sensor's lifespan.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of valves, in particular to a ball valve structure which comprises a valve ball and a valve rod, the valve rod is of a hollow structure, and a sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the valve ball. A transmission line is arranged in the valve rod, one end of the transmission line penetrates through the valve ball to be electrically connected with a sensor, and the other end of the transmission line is electrically connected with a control device. Correspondingly, the utility model also discloses an intelligent terminal. The sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the valve ball, and the transmission line is arranged in the valve rod of the hollow structure, so that the ball valve can collect internal fluid data, and the intelligent degree of valve equipment is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to valve technical field, concretely is a ball valve structure. BACKGROUND

[0002] Ball valve, open and close piece is driven by valve stem, and rotates around ball valve axis, and also can be used for the adjustment and control of fluid, wherein hard sealing V type ball valve has very strong shearing force between V type ball core and hardfacing hard alloy metal valve seat, and is especially suitable for medium containing fiber, small solid particles and the like, and multi-pass ball valve can not only flexibly control the flow, distribution and flow direction switching of medium on pipeline, but also can close any channel and make the other two channels connected. The valve should be generally installed horizontally in the pipeline. Ball valves are divided into pneumatic ball valves, electric ball valves and manual ball valves according to driving modes.

[0003] Ball valves are often installed on liquid conveying pipelines, and the existing ball valves are not intelligent enough to only limit the flow of liquid. When it is necessary to detect the liquid in conveying, a corresponding sensor needs to be additionally installed on the liquid conveying pipeline, so that the complete pipeline is damaged and the strength of the liquid conveying pipeline is reduced. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at solving the shortcomings in the prior art and provides a ball valve structure.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the basic idea of the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:

[0006] A ball valve structure, comprising a valve ball and a valve stem, characterized in that: the valve stem is a hollow structure, and a sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the valve ball; a transmission line is arranged in the valve stem, one end of the transmission line is electrically connected with the sensor by penetrating the valve ball, and the other end is electrically connected with a control device.

[0007] Preferably, a connecting notch is formed in the top of the valve ball, a connecting sleeve is connected to the bottom of the inner wall of the connecting notch, the valve stem is connected to the top of the connecting sleeve, sealing grooves are formed in the top and bottom of the inner wall of the valve ball, storage cavities are formed in the sides away from each other of the two sealing grooves, receiving cavities are formed in the sides away from each other of the two storage cavities, a wiring groove is formed between the two receiving cavities, a restraint sleeve is installed in the receiving cavity at the top, the sensor is installed in the storage cavity, and a sealing sleeve is arranged outside the sensor.

[0008] Preferably, the sealing sleeve is located in the sealing groove, and the sides close to each other of the two sensors penetrate the sealing groove and extend into the interior of the valve ball.

[0009] Preferably, the two sensors are arranged on the opposite sides of the connection sleeve and extend into the storage cavity.

[0010] Preferably, the sensor is any one or more of a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, an image sensor and a video sensor.

[0011] Preferably, the sensor is any one or more of a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, an image sensor and a video sensor.

[0012] Preferably, the valve ball is of a straight-through type, a three-way type or a right-angle type.

[0013] Preferably, the valve ball is made of a soft sealing material or a hard sealing material.

[0014] An intelligent terminal comprising the ball valve structure as described above, a control device, a driving mechanism and a cloud server, the control device is electrically connected with the ball valve structure and the driving mechanism respectively and is remotely wirelessly connected with the cloud server, the driving mechanism is used for driving the ball valve structure to open and close, and the cloud server is used for receiving and sending information transmitted by the ball valve structure.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the ball valve structure has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0016] The sensor is arranged on the inner wall of the valve ball, so that the real-time data of the fluid in the inner cavity of the valve ball can be detected, the valve rod is arranged in a hollow structure, the transmission line can be placed without changing the traditional ball valve structure, so that the electrical connection with the sensor is realized, and the intelligent degree of the valve equipment is improved.

[0017] The ball valve structure comprises a valve ball, a connection slot, a valve rod, a wire slot, a connection sleeve, a sealing groove, a sealing sleeve, a sensor, a storage cavity, a storage cavity and a restraint sleeve. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 The ball valve structure comprises a valve ball, a connection slot, a valve rod, a wire slot, a connection sleeve, a sealing groove, a sealing sleeve, a sensor, a storage cavity, a storage cavity and a restraint sleeve.

[0019] Figure 2 It is a sectional view of the utility model structure;

[0020] Figure 3 It is the utility model Figure 2 The enlarged view of A.

[0021] In the figure: 1, valve ball; 2, connecting notch; 3, valve stem; 4, wiring slot; 5, connecting sleeve; 6, sealing groove; 7, sealing sleeve; 8, sensor; 9, storage cavity; 10, storage cavity; 11, restraint sleeve. Specific embodiments

[0022] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments.

[0023] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 A ball valve structure, including valve ball 1 and valve stem 3, valve stem 3 is hollow structure, and the inner wall of valve ball 1 is provided with sensor 8;Valve stem 3 is provided with transmission line inside, and one end of transmission line passes through valve ball 1 and is electrically connected with sensor 8, and the other end is electrically connected with control device.

[0024] In the embodiment, sensor 8 is responsible for collecting fluid information flowing in the inner cavity of valve ball 1, transmission line penetrates hollow valve stem 3 and valve ball 1 and is connected with sensor 8, and sensor 8 transmits the collected information to control device through transmission line, so as to realize the basic intelligent control of ball valve structure.

[0025] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the top of valve ball 1 is provided with connecting notch 2, the bottom of the inner wall of connecting notch 2 is connected with connecting sleeve 5, the top of connecting sleeve 5 is connected with valve stem 3, the top and bottom of the inner wall of valve ball 1 are provided with sealing groove 6, the side away from the two sealing grooves 6 is provided with storage cavity 9, the side away from the two storage cavities 9 is provided with storage cavity 10, wiring slot 4 is provided between the two storage cavities 10, restraint sleeve 11 is installed in the inside of the top storage cavity 10, sensor 8 is installed in the inside of storage cavity 9, and sealing sleeve 7 is sleeved outside sensor 8.

[0026] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, sealing sleeve 7 is located in the inside of sealing groove 6, and the side close to the two sensors 8 is penetrated through sealing groove 6 and extends to the inside of valve ball 1;Through the cooperation of sealing groove 6 and sealing sleeve 7, the connection between sensor 8 and storage cavity 9 can be sealed.

[0027] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, two sensors 8 are away from each other and are both through the storage cavity 9 and extend to the inside of the storage cavity 10, and the storage cavity 10 and the restraint sleeve 11 are both located directly below the connecting sleeve 5.

[0028] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the sensor 8 is any one or multiple of a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, an image sensor and a video sensor.

[0029] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, both ends of the restraint sleeve 11 are both through the wire hole, and the inner diameter of the wire hole is smaller than the inner diameter of the wire groove 4.

[0030] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the sensor 8 is externally provided with a positioning ring groove for cooperating with the sealing sleeve 7, and the inner side of the sealing sleeve 7 extends to the inside of the positioning ring groove; through the positioning ring groove, the sealing sleeve 7 is stably sleeved on the outside of the sensor 8, and will not move up and down.

[0031] In use, when the valve ball 1 has liquid flowing therethrough, the sensor 8 detects the flowing liquid, and the detection range includes but is not limited to temperature and pressure, etc.; the wire groove 4 is used for laying the cable of the sensor 8, and the restraint sleeve 11 is used for restraining the laid cable, so that the cable is neatly arranged and is convenient for subsequent penetration of the valve rod 3 and connection with the outside; further through cooperation of the sealing groove 6 and the sealing sleeve 7, the connection between the sensor 8 and the storage cavity 9 is sealed, so that the inside of the sensor 8 and the wire are not waterlogged, and the service life of the sensor 8 is prolonged.

[0032] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the valve ball is straight-through type, three-way type or right-angle type.

[0033] In the embodiment, the straight-through type ball valve is used for controlling linear flowing medium, the three-way type ball valve is used for controlling split and combined medium, and the right-angle type ball valve is used for changing medium flow direction.

[0034] As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the valve ball is composed of soft sealing material or hard sealing material.

[0035] In the embodiment, the soft sealing material is rubber or soft material such as polytetrafluoroethylene, and is suitable for general fluid pipeline; the hard sealing material is metal, and is suitable for high temperature and high pressure environment.

[0036] The intelligent terminal comprises the ball valve structure, a control device, a driving mechanism and a cloud server, the control device is electrically connected with the ball valve structure and the driving mechanism respectively, is remotely and wirelessly connected with the cloud server, the driving mechanism is used for driving the ball valve structure to open and close, and the cloud server is used for receiving and sending information transmitted by the ball valve structure.

[0037] In the embodiment, the sensor collects fluid information flowing through the valve ball cavity, the control device controls the opening and closing of the ball valve structure through the driving mechanism according to the acquired fluid information, so that the single device is intelligently controlled; and the cloud server connects numerous ball valve structures, realizes big data, realizes the Internet of Things, realizes artificial intelligence, and greatly increases the industrial supervision efficiency.

[0038] The above is only a preferred specific embodiment of the utility model, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art in the technical range disclosed by the utility model, according to the technical scheme and the utility model concept of the utility model, is equivalent to replace or change, should be covered in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A ball valve structure comprising a valve ball (1) and a valve stem (3), characterized in that: The valve stem (3) is a hollow structure, and a sensor (8) is arranged on the inner wall of the valve ball (1); the valve stem (3) is internally provided with a transmission line, one end of the transmission line is electrically connected with the sensor (8) by penetrating the valve ball (1), and the other end is electrically connected with a control device.

2. A ball valve according to claim 1, wherein: The top of the valve ball (1) is provided with a connecting notch (2), the bottom of the inner wall of the connecting notch (2) is connected with a connecting sleeve (5), the top of the connecting sleeve (5) is connected with the valve stem (3), the top and the bottom of the inner wall of the valve ball (1) are both provided with a sealing groove (6), the side away from each other of the two sealing grooves (6) is both provided with a storage cavity (9), the side away from each other of the two storage cavities (9) is both provided with a receiving cavity (10), a wiring groove (4) is arranged between the two receiving cavities (10), the inside of the receiving cavity (10) at the top is mounted with a restraint sleeve (11), the inside of the storage cavity (9) is mounted with the sensor (8), and the outside of the sensor (8) is sleeved with a sealing sleeve (7).

3. A ball valve according to claim 2, wherein: The sealing sleeve (7) is located in the sealing groove (6), and the side close to each other of the two sensors (8) penetrates the sealing groove (6) and extends to the inside of the valve ball (1).

4. A ball valve according to claim 2, wherein: The side away from each other of the two sensors (8) penetrates the storage cavity (9) and extends to the inside of the receiving cavity (10), and the receiving cavity (10) and the restraint sleeve (11) are located directly below the connecting sleeve (5).

5. A ball valve according to claim 2, wherein: The sensor (8) is any one or more of a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a liquid level sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, an image sensor and a video sensor.

6. A ball valve according to claim 2, wherein: The two ends in the restraint sleeve (11) are both provided with a wire hole, and the inner diameter of the wire hole is smaller than the inner diameter of the wiring groove (4).

7. A ball valve according to claim 2, wherein: The outside of the sensor (8) is provided with a positioning ring groove matched with the sealing sleeve (7), and the inner side of the sealing sleeve (7) extends to the inside of the positioning ring groove.

8. A ball valve according to claim 1, wherein: The valve ball (1) is a straight-through type, a three-way type or a right-angle type.

9. The ball valve structure of claim 1, wherein: The valve ball (1) is composed of a soft sealing material or a hard sealing material.

10. A smart terminal comprising a ball valve structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The control device, the driving mechanism and the cloud server are included, the control device is electrically connected with the ball valve structure and the driving mechanism respectively, and is remotely and wirelessly connected with the cloud server, the driving mechanism is used for driving the ball valve structure to open and close, and the cloud server is used for receiving and sending information transmitted by the ball valve structure.