Power generation equipment

Abstract

This invention provides a groundbreaking power generation device that generates clean energy efficiently for factories and homes by increasing the potential energy of water that is wasted by draining during use or non-use through magnetic energy from magnets, and generating electricity with this increased rotational energy. For example, all or part of this energy can be returned as electrical energy to drive a pumping device that draws water up to a high-altitude storage area, either constantly or when not in use, thereby creating clean energy for each factory and home. [Solution] A power generation device configured to convert the potential energy of water drained from a high-altitude water storage section into rotational energy, increase this rotational energy with magnetic energy, rotate a rotor with this increased rotational energy, and convert it into electrical energy by a power generation unit.

Description

Technical Field

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[0001] The present invention relates to a power generation device that is installed at a high place in a factory or a home, stores water by pumping it up for use in, for example, cleaning factory machines or vehicles and various cleaning tasks in the home, and efficiently generates electricity by utilizing the falling water that is drained during cleaning.

Background Art

[0002] Developing renewable energy for power generation is an urgent task for preventing global warming. However, solar power generation suffers from insufficient power generation capacity in areas with insufficient sunlight, especially in the Tohoku region and the Sea of Japan side, where there is also snowfall in winter and almost no power generation is possible.

[0003] <00。00012>Even with wind power generation, the areas where power can be generated are further limited. Also, both nuclear power generation and hydraulic power generation require large-scale facility construction such as power plant construction and dam construction, and there are also problems regarding safety and environmental impact. A simple, easily constructed, and efficient power generation device has not yet been developed.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] In view of such a situation, the present invention aims to solve such problems. By focusing on the water that is drained as falling water during the use or non-use of a high-level water storage section that stores water at a high place for use in cleaning in factories or homes and drains the water as falling water during use, this water is utilized to generate electricity when needed. Moreover, the potential energy of this wasted water is further increased by magnetic energy from magnets, and power is generated in the power generation section by this increased rotational energy. Also, for example, it is configured to return all or part of it as electrical energy to drive a pump device that pumps water into the high-level water storage section at all times or when not needed. The purpose is to provide a revolutionary power generation device with excellent practicality that is simple, easy to construct, and can efficiently create clean energy for each factory and home.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] The gist of the present invention will be explained with reference to the attached drawings.

[0006] This invention comprises a water turbine 2 that rotates due to the water discharged from a high-altitude water storage unit 1 installed at the top of a building, which utilizes the drained and falling water as washing water, The rotation of this water turbine section 2 causes the power-amplifying rotating section 3 to rotate, A non-contact rotating part 6 is provided with numerous non-contact magnets 5 arranged in the circumferential direction, which generate repulsive and attractive forces due to numerous magnets 4 provided in the circumferential direction of this power-amplifying rotating part 3, This consists of a power generation unit 7, in which the rotor rotates due to the increased rotational force generated by the magnetic force of the non-contact rotating part 6, The present invention relates to a power generation device characterized by utilizing the potential energy of water drained from the elevated water storage section 1, converting this potential energy of water into rotational energy, increasing this rotational energy by the magnetic energy of the non-contact magnets 4 and 5 of a power-amplifying rotation mechanism consisting of the power-amplifying rotating section 3 and the non-contact rotating section 6, and using this increased rotational energy to rotate the rotor, which is then converted into electrical energy by the power generation section 7.

[0007] Furthermore, the power generation device according to claim 1 is characterized in that the pump device 8 that draws water up to the elevated water storage section 1 is equipped with a return power transmission mechanism 9 that supplies the electrical energy generated by the power generation section 7, and the electrical energy that is generated continuously or as needed is returned to the potential energy of the water.

[0008] The present invention relates to the power generation device according to claim 1, characterized in that a large number of magnets 4 with different polarities are alternately provided in the circumferential direction on the outer or inner circumference of the power-amplifying rotating part 3 of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism, and a large number of non-contact magnets 5 with different polarities that sequentially generate repulsive and attractive forces with the magnets 4 are alternately provided in the circumferential direction on the inner or outer circumference of the non-contact rotating part 6 of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] As described above, this invention focuses on the water that is drained from a high-altitude water storage unit used for cleaning in factories and homes, and is used to generate electricity when not in use. This water is utilized to generate electricity when needed, and the potential energy of this wasted water is further increased by magnetic energy from a magnet. This increased rotational energy is then used to generate electricity in the power generation unit. Furthermore, by configuring the device to return all or part of the water, either constantly or when not needed, as electrical energy to drive a pump that draws water back up to the high-altitude water storage unit, it becomes a simple, easy-to-construct, and highly practical, groundbreaking power generation device that can efficiently create clean energy for factories and homes. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0010] [Figure 1] This is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of this embodiment. [Figure 2] This is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the rotational augmentation mechanism in this embodiment. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0011] A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to the drawings, illustrating the operation of the present invention.

[0012] While factories and homes have elevated water storage units 1 for cleaning purposes, this invention focuses on the water that is wasted during use by being drained away, and provides a power generation system that utilizes this water when needed to generate electricity. A water turbine 2 is provided in the drainage channel 10 into which the water is discharged from the elevated water storage unit 1 and falls, and this water turbine 2 converts the potential energy of the water into rotational energy. A power-amplifying rotation mechanism is provided that further increases the rotational torque of this rotational energy without contact and without loss by using magnetic energy from the repulsive and attractive forces between magnets. This increased rotational energy rotates the rotor of the power generation unit 7, resulting in a power generation system that efficiently generates electricity by utilizing the previously wasted potential energy of the water.

[0013] Specifically, by draining excess water that was previously being wasted from the elevated water storage section 1, and by draining this water when not in use, the turbine section 2 installed in the drainage channel 10 rotates. The rotational force of this turbine section 2 is transmitted to the power-amplifying rotating section 3 of the power-amplifying rotation mechanism, which rotates. Numerous magnets 4 are provided around the circumference of this power-amplifying rotating section 3, and as these numerous magnets 4 rotate, a number of non-contact magnets 5 are sequentially provided around the circumference, generating repulsive and attractive forces with these magnets. This causes the non-contact rotating section 6 to rotate efficiently without contact and without loss due to the torque increase effect of the magnetic energy from these magnets. The increased rotation of this non-contact rotating section 6 then causes the rotor to rotate, generating electricity in the power generation section 7.

[0014] Therefore, the present invention utilizes the potential energy of the excess washing water that was previously wasted during use, which is now drained from the elevated water storage unit 1. This potential energy is converted into rotational energy by the water turbine unit 2. This rotational energy is further amplified by the magnetic energy generated by the repulsive and attractive forces between the non-contact magnets 4 and 5 of the power-amplifying rotation mechanism, which consists of the power-amplifying rotation unit 3 and the non-contact rotation unit 6. This amplified rotational energy rotates the rotor, which is then converted into electrical energy by the power generation unit 7. As such, the present invention is a groundbreaking power generation device that is simple to construct, easy to build, and highly practical, enabling the efficient creation of clean energy for factories and homes.

[0015] Furthermore, if a pump device 8 is provided to draw up water from the water-dropping storage section 11 that has fallen from the elevated water storage section 1, and a return power transmission mechanism 9 is provided to this pump device 8 to supply the electrical energy generated by the power generation section 7, the electrical energy that is constantly or as needed can be converted back into the potential energy of the water, resulting in a highly practical and groundbreaking power generation device that is even simpler to construct, more efficient in generating clean energy for factories and homes. [Examples]

[0016] Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0017] In this embodiment, a water turbine section 2, consisting of an impeller that rotates due to the falling water, is provided in a water channel 10 that is used to discharge excess water such as washing water used to wash machinery and vehicles from a water receiving tank (water drainage storage section 11) that stores excess water such as washing water used to wash machinery and vehicles, from a high-altitude water storage section 1 which is pumped up by a pump device 8 and stored at a high place. The water is then discharged as needed or when necessary and falls back into the water drainage storage section 11.

[0018] In this embodiment, the power-amplifying rotation mechanism is configured to include a power-amplifying rotating section 3 that transmits the rotation of the water turbine section 2 via a transmission mechanism provided between the rotating shafts, and a non-contact rotating section 6 which has numerous non-contact magnets 5 provided in the circumferential direction, generating repulsive and attractive forces due to numerous magnets 4 provided in the circumferential direction of the power-amplifying rotating section 3.

[0019] Specifically, the outer circumference of the power-amplifying rotating part 3 of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism is alternately provided with a large number of magnets 4 of different polarities in the circumferential direction, and the inner circumference of the non-contact rotating part 6 of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism is alternately provided with a large number of non-contact magnets 5 of different polarities that sequentially generate repulsive and attractive forces with the magnets 4 in the circumferential direction.

[0020] In this embodiment, numerous powerful permanent magnets are embedded with their north poles facing the surface and south poles facing the embedded side, so that the surface side slightly protrudes along the circumferential direction. The embedding direction of adjacent permanent magnets is reversed so that the polarity of the surface side is sequentially reversed along the circumferential direction, and the north and south poles are arranged to protrude alternately at intervals along the circumferential direction. By utilizing the repulsive force between north poles and between south poles, and the attractive force between opposite polarities, rotational torque is transmitted without loss despite being non-contact through continuous repulsion and attraction, and the rotational torque is increased by this powerful magnetic force. In other words, by utilizing the magnetic energy of these permanent magnets, the rotational energy of the water turbine section 2 is amplified by the rotational torque provided by this magnetic energy, and this increased rotational energy is used to rotate the rotor of the power generation section 7 to generate electricity, thus efficiently converting it into electrical energy.

[0021] Also, in this embodiment, the increasing rotational energy converts the potential energy of water, which was often wasted, into rotational energy by the waterwheel unit 2 and transmits it, and rotates the rotational force increasing rotary unit 3 with this rotational energy. This is very energy-efficient. Moreover, as described above, when the rotational force increasing rotary unit 3 rotates, the magnets 4 provided in a number in the outer peripheral direction rotate, and a non-contact rotary unit 6 having a number of non-contact magnets 5 provided in the inner peripheral direction which repel and attract each other in sequence in a non-contact manner to generate a rotational torque (for example, a flywheel provided with non-contact magnets 5 generating a rotational torque by the magnets 4 in the inner circumferential direction) is configured to rotate.

[0022] And a power generation unit 7 in which a rotor rotates due to the increased rotation of the non-contact rotary unit 6 is provided on this rotation axis.

[0023] Therefore, in this embodiment, there is an elevated water storage unit 1 for storing water at a high place for use in factories and households for cleaning, but this is a power generation system that generates electricity using the water that is wasted by falling and draining during use. The potential energy of water is converted into rotational energy by a waterwheel unit 2 that rotates due to the falling water discharged from the elevated water storage unit 1 to the falling water storage unit 11. This rotational energy is increased by the magnetic energy of the non-contact magnets 4 and the non-contact magnets 5 of a rotational force increasing mechanism composed of the rotational force increasing rotary unit 3 and the non-contact rotary unit 6, and the increased rotational energy rotates the rotor and is converted into electrical energy by the power generation unit 7.

[0024] In other words, by utilizing the potential energy of water at high altitudes, which is often wasted, and converting it into rotational energy, and by setting the rotational diameter, rotational speed, and arrangement of the magnets, rotational torque is applied through the repeated repulsion and attraction of the magnetic forces of the permanent magnet magnet 4 and the non-contact magnet 6, and due to inertia, the rotation continues without a boundary between repulsion and attraction, and the rotational energy is efficiently increased and transmitted by this magnetic energy without loss. Since electricity can be generated with this increased rotational energy, the water in this high-altitude water storage unit 1, which is often wasted, is readily available, and has little power transmission loss, can be converted into electrical energy, and this electrical energy can also be returned to the water at high altitudes via the pump device 8, making it a groundbreaking power generation device with excellent practicality that is simple to construct and can efficiently generate clean energy for factories and homes.

[0025] Furthermore, in this embodiment, as described above, the pump device 8 that pumps up the water that is drained from the elevated water storage section 1 to the water-dropping water storage section 11 is equipped with a return power transmission mechanism 9 that supplies the electrical energy generated by the power generation section 7, so that the electrical energy that is generated continuously or as needed can be converted back into the potential energy of the water.

[0026] Therefore, the electrical energy generated continuously or as needed can be converted back into the potential energy of the water, resulting in a highly practical and groundbreaking power generation device that is simpler to construct, easier to build, and can efficiently generate clean energy for factories and homes.

[0027] In other words, while the generated electricity may be stored, if there is no or little demand for electricity, a return transmission mechanism 9 is provided to transmit (wire and connect) part or all of the generated electricity from the power generation unit 7 to the pump device 8. This reduces the labor required for the pump device 8 and increases the water storage capacity of the elevated water storage unit 1, effectively allowing electricity to be stored closer to the user and further improving the efficiency of electricity utilization.

[0028] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the elevated water storage unit 1 is an existing water storage unit that is often installed in factories and other places and wastefully drains water even when used for cleaning. The potential energy of the falling water, which was wasted even when used for cleaning, is converted into rotational energy, which is amplified by the magnetic energy of a magnet and converted into electrical energy. When not needed, this electrical energy can be sent to the pump device 8 and converted back into the potential energy of the water. This system is extremely simple, requires little capital investment, and efficiently allows electricity to be directly obtained at the factory or home. The existing elevated water storage unit 1 can also function as an energy storage device.

[0029] In other words, in this embodiment, by utilizing the existing elevated water storage unit 1, electricity can be generated near factories and residences where electricity is needed, transmission costs and transmission losses are low, electricity can be sold, and even if there is no existing elevated water storage unit 1, construction is easy, so electricity can be stored anywhere, and it can be easily constructed as a power source for emergency power in the event of a disaster.

[0030] Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the specific configuration of each constituent element can be designed as appropriate. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0031] 1. High-altitude water storage area 2 Water wheel section 3. Rotating part for increasing power 4. Magnetic part 5. Non-contact magnet section 6 Non-contact rotating part 7. Power Generation Section 8. Pumping equipment 9. Return power transmission mechanism 10. Water drainage channel 11. Water Reservoir

Claims

1. A water turbine that rotates due to the water discharged from a high-altitude water storage unit located at the top of the building, which uses the drained and falling water as washing water, This water turbine section rotates to generate a power-amplifying rotating part, This power-amplifying rotating part has a large number of non-contact magnets arranged in the circumferential direction that generate repulsive and attractive forces, and This consists of a power generation unit in which the rotor rotates due to the increased rotational force generated by the magnetic force of the non-contact rotating part, A power generation device characterized by utilizing the potential energy of water drained from the aforementioned elevated water storage section, converting this potential energy of water into rotational energy, increasing this rotational energy by the magnetic energy of the non-contact magnets and the non-contact magnets of a power-amplifying rotation mechanism consisting of the power-amplifying rotation section and the non-contact rotation section, and rotating the rotor with this increased rotational energy, which is then converted into electrical energy by the power generation section.

2. The power generation device according to claim 1, characterized in that a pumping device for drawing water up to the elevated water storage section is equipped with a return power transmission mechanism that supplies electrical energy generated by the power generation section, and the configuration is such that the electrical energy generated continuously or as needed is returned to the potential energy of the water.

3. The power generation device according to claim 1, characterized in that a large number of magnets of different polarities are alternately provided in the circumferential direction on the outer or inner circumference of the power-amplifying rotating part of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism, and a large number of non-contact magnets of different polarities that sequentially generate repulsive and attractive forces with the magnets are alternately provided in the circumferential direction on the inner or outer circumference of the non-contact rotating part of the power-amplifying rotating mechanism.

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