291 results about "Energy converter" patented technology

A centrifugal separator arrangement includes: an energy converter positioned in proximity to a rotor of the centrifugal separator and configured to collect and convert the non-electrical energy generated by the rotor of the centrifugal separator into electrical energy; and a sensor configured to obtain a parameter associated with the operation of the centrifugal separator, wherein the sensor includes a processor configured to produce corresponding data, and wherein the sensor is in electrical connection with the energy converter to be powered by the electrical energy collected and converted by the energy converter. A method and a system for energy harvesting in the centrifugal separator arrangement is also provided.

The invention discloses plastic product ultrasonic welding equipment, and relates to the technical field of plastic ultrasonic welding, the plastic product ultrasonic welding equipment comprises a workbench, the top of the workbench is connected with a welding machine assembly through a lifting module, the welding machine assembly comprises an amplitude-change pole, the upper end of the amplitude-change pole is provided with an energy converter, the top of the workbench is provided with a mold assembly, and the mold assembly is connected with the workbench. The die assembly comprises a hollow lower die and a hollow upper die, and the upper die is fixedly connected to the lower end of the amplitude-change pole. According to the ultrasonic welding equipment for the plastic products, during ultrasonic welding, the lower die and the upper die can be adaptively adjusted according to the surface shape of a workpiece, the workpiece is limited, meanwhile, the workpiece can be subjected to negative pressure adsorption, the ultrasonic welding equipment is more stable and reliable, the dies do not need to be replaced, and the workpiece does not need to be centered; the ultrasonic welding efficiency can be improved; and after ultrasonic welding is completed, the ultrasonic welding strength of the plastic product can be conveniently detected, and the ultrasonic welding quality is guaranteed.

The utility model discloses an ultrasonic flowmeter module which comprises a module body and a cover plate, the module body is in a cuboid shape, the left end and the right end of the module body are respectively provided with two transducer installation areas, the middle of the module body is provided with a control module circuit board installation area, and the cover plate is arranged on the upper surface of the module body. Each transducer mounting area comprises a cylindrical barrel, a closed blind hole is formed in the bottom of the barrel, the upper part of the barrel is closed through a cover plate, a through hole I is formed in the position, corresponding to the transducer, of the cover plate, a plurality of screw holes I are formed in the periphery of the barrel, and the control module circuit board mounting area comprises a cuboid frame body; a cavity is arranged between the frame body and the cover plate, the cavity is communicated with the barrel bodies on the two sides respectively to form an inverted-concave-shaped communicated cavity, the two ends of the control module circuit board extend into the barrel bodies respectively, a second through hole is formed in the upper surface of the cover plate at the corresponding position of the frame body, and a cylindrical terminal groove is formed in an opening of the second through hole. The terminal grooves protrude out of the surface of the cover plate. According to the utility model, the energy converter is prevented from being directly contacted with gas or liquid in the pipe section through the design of the blind hole, and the waterproof performance of the module is improved.

The invention relates to a transducer matching optimization program algorithm for an NB remote transmission ultrasonic gas meter, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the continuous sampling of measurement data in the gas meter in a sampling time period, and obtaining a sampling data set; obtaining a first sound velocity estimation value according to the downstream propagation time and the countercurrent propagation time; obtaining a primary sieve database based on all the first sound velocity estimated values; determining a matched fluid corresponding to the target fluid in a primary screen database according to the first sound velocity estimation value; determining an initial working parameter group in the transducer in a fluid acoustic parameter database according to the matched fluid; performing adaptive correction on the initial working parameter group according to the first sound velocity estimation value to obtain a recommended working parameter group; and generating a control instruction based on the recommended working parameter group, and sending the control instruction to the transducer. Compared with a fixed gain mode, the method can be matched with various gas media in a self-adaptive mode, and the application range of the ultrasonic gas meter is remarkably expanded.

Mobile container (1) for charging at least one battery (2), comprising an enclosure (3) that defines a cargo space (4) and has a closable charging opening (5), a battery charging station (10) arranged in the cargo space (4) which has a receptacle (11) for an energy converter (12) and a battery receptacle (13) into which a battery (2) can be inserted via the charging opening (5), wherein a power supply system (30) is arranged within the cargo space (4) which can be electrically connected to the energy converter (12), wherein a ventilation system (20) is provided to extract gases generated during the charging process of the battery (2) from the cargo space (4), wherein the ventilation system (20) has a monitoring unit (24) to check an airflow in the ventilation system (20), wherein the power supply system (30) is de-energized if the airflow falls below a limit value, wherein the Battery charging station (10) has a base element (16),on which the energy converter (12) can be positioned, wherein the base element (16) is arranged above the battery receptacle (13), wherein a collection device (6) is arranged below the battery receptacle (13) to collect any medium that may escape from the battery (2) and / or the energy converter (12), wherein the battery receptacle (13) has through-openings so that any medium that may escape from the battery (2) can enter the collection device (6), wherein the battery receptacle (13) has a support surface (14) for the battery (2) which makes it possible to move the battery (2) translationally in the battery receptacle (13), wherein the support surface (14) has movably mounted transport elements (15), wherein a plurality of battery charging positions (10) are provided within the charging space (4), wherein the transport elements (15) are rollers for moving the individual batteries (2) within the respective battery charging position (10).

The present invention relates to a system (1) comprising at least one energy converter module (2) for absorbing energy from the environment and / or releasing energy to the environment, and at least one energy storage module (3) by means of which the energy from the environment can be stored as thermal energy. The at least one energy storage module (3) and the at least one energy converter module (2) are configured to be arranged together as a combined unit (4) and / or to be operated independently as a single unit (5). Furthermore, the present invention relates to an energy storage module (3).

Energy conversion systems and uses thereof, and, more particularly, energy conversion systems including a ballistic rectifier energy converter and uses thereof. A device (200) that includes one or more of the energy conversion systems having a ballistic rectifier energy converter utilizes graphene (such as suspended graphene made with a low-oxygen chemical vapor deposition, CVD, process) as the resistor to produce an alternating-current, AC, thermal voltage. This AC thermal voltage is then converted into a DC voltage by an array of graphene ballistic rectifiers to power various devices. Energy conversion systems and uses thereof, and, more particularly, energy conversion systems including a ballistic rectifier utilizing suspended graphene and uses thereof.

The invention discloses a self-powered ferroelectric energy converter based on a triboelectric-photoelectric coupling effect, and belongs to the technical field of energy conversion and photoelectric detection. According to the converter, an Ag2O-BNT (Bi3. 15Nd0. 85Ti3O12) composite ferroelectric material prepared by a sol-gel method is adopted to form a ferroelectric film structure, and electrodes are connected to the top and the bottom of the converter. According to the structure, the transfer amount of friction induced charges can be modulated through photon-generated carriers, and self-powered ultraviolet-visible light detection and mixed energy collection are achieved. Under the illumination condition, the voltage signal of the photoelectric detector is obviously reduced, and the current signal of the hybrid energy collection device is improved. The invention has the advantages of low cost, high response speed, wide spectrum absorption and the like, and can be widely applied to flexible electronic and wearable equipment.

The disclosure relates to a self-contained mobile power generator entity (100) comprising: a biomass fuel inlet (103) configured to allow passage of biomass fuel feedstock (105) into the power generator unit; a chopper unit (107) connected to the biomass fuel inlet and configured to receive the biomass fuel feedstock and produce ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; a fuel dryer unit (109) arranged to receive the produced ignitable pieces (105a) of the biomass fuel and configured to remove excess moisture from the ignitable biomass fuel pieces in order to produce dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; at least one energy converter unit (113,113a,113b) configured to convert an input thermal energy, provided by a heat source and a heat sink, to an output kinetic energy; a combustion unit (111), arranged in thermal communication with the at least one energy converter unit, to provide the heat source to the at least one energy converter unit; the combustion unit being configured to receive the dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel and configured to generate heat energy by combusting the dried ignitable pieces of biomass fuel; a heat sink unit (115), arranged in thermal communication with the at least one energy converter, to provide the heat sink to the at least one energy converter unit and dissipate heat from the at least one energy converter unit; a power generator unit (117,117a,117b) in operational communication with the at least one energy converter unit, and configured to convert the output kinetic energy received from the at least one energy converter unit to an output electrical power. The disclosure further relates to a method, a computer-implemented method for commencing and controlling an operation of a self-contained mobile power generator entity, a control system (200), a computer program product and a computer program carrier.

The invention relates to a power supply device (40) for supplying power to an industrial automation system, comprising: - an energy converter (50) for generating electrical energy, comprising an arrangement of one or more fuel cells (51) to convert chemical reaction energy into electrical energy,

An electrochemical cell (100) for an electrochemical energy converter (300) wherein the cell (100) comprises:-a first gas diffusion layer (101),-a first electrode (103),-a second electrode (105),-a membrane (107) arranged between the first electrode (103) and the second electrode (105),-a second gas diffusion layer (109),-a first seal (111), and-a second seal (113), the first sealing part (111) is at least partially arranged between the first gas diffusion layer (101) and the first electrode (103), the second sealing part (113) is at least partially arranged between the second gas diffusion layer (109) and the second electrode (105), and the first sealing part (111) has an end region (115) which extends in an obliquely narrowing manner in the direction of the first electrode (103), the second seal section (113) has an end region (117) extending so as to be inclined and narrowed in the direction of the second electrode (105).

There is provided a photonics energy converter module (1010) for generating output power (Pout) by converting photons into electrical energy (Qout) from which the output power (Pout) is generated. The photonics energy converter module (1010) includes a laser (1015) and a waveguide photonics device (1020), wherein the laser (1015) is configured to provide photons to the waveguide photonics device (1020) in which the photons propagate in a coherent manner, wherein the waveguide photonics device (1020) includes a configuration of waveguides and electrodes that are configured to receive the photons, at least partially bifurcate the photons into their respective electrons and positrons, configure the at least partially bifurcated electrons and positrons so that they mutually accelerate to provided accelerated electrons and positrons, and harvest the accelerated electrons and positrons to generate the electrical energy (Qout) from which the output power (Pout) is generated.

The utility model discloses a novel stainless steel ultrasonic water meter shell which comprises a meter shell body, the top of the meter shell body is provided with two installation openings arranged at intervals, the tops of the two installation openings are located on the same horizontal plane, and transducers are further installed in the two installation openings in a positioning mode. The fixing frame is installed on the top of the meter shell body in a contact mode, a through opening corresponding to the installation hole is formed in the fixing frame, and a sealing ring is arranged between the through opening and / or the installation opening and the energy converter; and a pressing cap for pressing and fixing the transducer is also arranged at the top of the fixing frame. The transducer is directly positioned and installed through the installation opening, then the through opening and / or the installation opening serve as a sealing ring and transducer pressing supporting face, and finally the transducer is pressed and fixed through the pressing cap. Therefore, a transducer cap is not needed, the structure is more simplified, the assembly process is simpler, and the cost is reduced.

A hydrogen gas supply system for a hydrogen consuming energy converter arranged onto a vehicle comprising a plurality of tanks for storage of pressurized hydrogen gas, wherein each tank is provided with a valve configured to control the flow of hydrogen from the corresponding tank into a flow line connected to the hydrogen consuming energy converter, wherein the plurality of tanks comprises one or more primary tanks, each of which being provided with a corresponding primary hydrogen flow control valve, the plurality of tanks further comprising a secondary tank provided with a corresponding secondary hydrogen flow control valve, wherein the hydrogen gas supply system is arranged so that the secondary tank contains a smaller maximum working amount of pressurized hydrogen, and / or so that the flow of hydrogen from the secondary tank is restricted.

Thermoelectric energy converter (1) with a thermoelectric generator (9) which has a hot side (2) and a cold side (3), and with a multi-part housing (4) which has a first housing part (5) which is thermally connected on the one hand to the hot side (2) and on the other hand to a heat source (23) and has a second housing part (6) which is thermally connected on the one hand to the cold side (3) and on the other hand to a heat sink (24), wherein the first housing part (5) and the second housing part (6) each have at least one means (8;17) for the thermal connection of the thermoelectric energy converter (1) to the heat source (23) or the heat sink (24) and that the first housing part (5) and the second housing part (6) are thermally insulated from one another by a third housing part (7), wherein the third housing part (7) has a flange (20) on each of the end faces (22) for screwing to the heat source (23) and the heat sink (24);

The invention relates to a liquid-cooled rotor for an electromechanical energy converter, the liquid-cooled rotor (1) being supported in a manner rotatable about a rotor axis (9) and having a rotor shaft (2) which is at least partially embodied as a hollow shaft and has an open first axial end (2a), and the liquid-cooled rotor (1) further having a liquid guide device (3) which extends into the rotor shaft (2) through the open first axial end (2a), a liquid annular space (5) being produced between the liquid guide device (3) and the rotor shaft (2) in a radial direction (4), and the liquid guide device (3) further having an inner space (3a) for guiding liquid and a liquid inlet opening (3b) into the inner space (3a), the liquid inlet opening (3b) being provided on a first axial end (3c) of the liquid guide device (3), characterized in that the liquid guide device (3) is received indirectly or directly in the rotor shaft (2) on a second axial end (3d) opposite the first axial end (3c) of the liquid guide device (3) and is thus guided relative to the rotor shaft (2), and the liquid guide device (3) has at least one liquid outlet opening (3e) through which the inner space (3a) of the liquid guide device (3) is fluidically connected to the liquid annular space (5), and the liquid outlet opening (3e) is provided between the first and second ends (3c, 3d) of the liquid guide device (3) in an axial direction.

The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the usage of a power converter (102) supplying a traction battery (101) of an electric vehicle (10). Specifically, the method is implemented by at least one processor (105) and comprises receiving initial data representing a usage history of the power converter from a meter onboard the electric vehicle configured to measure a set of power converter parameters; determining at least one power converter usage index based on the initial data and weighting coefficients; and controlling the display of graphic content representing at least one power converter usage index on a screen (106) onboard the electric vehicle. Figure 1

1. Name of the designed product: multifunctional energy converter. 2. Use of the designed product: the designed product is used for electric energy converter. 3. Design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. Picture or photo best indicating the design points: perspective view.

The utility model relates to the field of transducers, in particular to a built-in direct blowing type air-cooled ultrasonic transducer. The energy converter comprises a machine shell, blowpipes, a connecting disc and an energy converter body, the energy converter body is installed at an opening in the front end of the machine shell, the connecting disc is installed at an opening in the rear end of the machine shell, the connecting disc is connected with more than two blowpipes, elbows are arranged at the front ends of the blowpipes, and air outlets of the elbows face the energy converter body. The two blowpipes are symmetrically distributed on the two sides of the transducer body and connected with the fan. According to the utility model, by using the blowpipe with the elbow, wind power is concentrated to directly blow the energy converter, so that the cooling efficiency of the energy converter is improved. And the blowpipe is quickly disassembled and assembled through the connecting disc.

The invention discloses a novel ultrasonic torsion welding device and method. The novel ultrasonic torsion welding device comprises an energy converter, an amplitude modulator, a welding head, a main body frame, a supporting structure, a plurality of energy converter mounting positions and a strengthening structure. The plurality of transducer mounting positions are symmetrically distributed in the side direction of the main body frame, and are specifically positioned on the front side surface and the rear side surface which are vertical to the vibration axis of the welding head; the reinforcing structure is fixedly connected to the main body frame, the reinforcing structure comprises a box-type supporting wall and an internal reinforcing rib plate, the box-type supporting wall and the internal reinforcing rib plate are arranged on the two sides of the main body frame and filled with high-damping materials, the energy converter is selectively installed on the energy converter installation position on the front side or the rear side, and vibration generated by the energy converter is collected to the amplitude modulator through a transmission part.

An energy converter for converting photons into electrical energy is implemented as an integrated circuit in which the photons propagate in a coherent manner, and includes a configuration of waveguide

An electronic control device controls an energy converter delivering a total output voltage and / or an output current from a plurality of elementary DC input voltages, each coming from a respective source of energy. The converter has a number of conversion modules, each receiving an elementary DC input voltage from a respective source and delivering an elementary output voltage. The conversion modules are connected in series by the outputs thereof and the total output voltage is equal to the sum of the elementary output voltages. Each conversion module includes a number of switches for converting the elementary DC input voltage into the respective elementary output voltage. The control device has a number of elementary controllers and a main controller connected to the elementary controllers. Each elementary controller is associated with a respective conversion module and controls the switches of the module.

The utility model discloses an ultrasonic dispersion injector, which relates to the field of liquid dispersion conveying devices and comprises an injection tube, the bottom of the injection tube is connected with an injection nozzle, a first piston is arranged in the injection tube, the top of the first piston is connected with a pull rod, the bottom of the pull rod is provided with a groove, and a transducer is connected in the groove. And an opening corresponding to the transducer is formed in the top of the first piston. According to the utility model, the solution tube which is originally positioned in the injection tube mounting port is taken down by pulling the solution tube, then the solution tube filled with other solutions is arranged in the mounting port on the injection tube, the intubation tube is inserted into the injection nozzle, and the energy converter extends into the insertion port by pushing the pull rod and pushing the energy converter by the pull rod; according to the device, the energy converters are arranged in the solution pipes, the energy converters extend into the solution pipes, the solution needing to be injected can be conveniently and rapidly filled, different solutions can be stored by selecting the multiple solution pipes, and the problem that the solutions are mixed easily is solved.

The invention relates to a diagnostic method (100) for diagnosing a state of a cell stack (300) of an electrochemical energy converter. The diagnostic method (100) comprises: connecting (101) a plurality of cells (303) of the cell stack (300) to a cell voltage measurement system (311); ascertaining (103) a measured value for each cell (303) of the plurality of cells (303) by means of the cell voltage measuring system (311); dependent on a measured value determined by means of the cell voltage measuring system (311); determining (105) a characteristic value for each cell (303) of the plurality of cells (303), comparing (107) the characteristic value with a predetermined quality criterion; if the characteristic value does not meet the quality criterion, a fault message is output (109), the determination of the measured value being carried out in the dry state of the cell stack (300).

A direct converter for an axisymmetric mirror confinement system provides a set of radially symmetric vanes charged to capture ions escaping along the axis of the confinement system and to convert their energy to electrical power. An electron trap positioned before the charged vanes uses a magnetic field to divert and collect electrons, separating them from the ions, and may support a radial electric field providing plasma control. The charged vanes may be constructed of or have a coating of a getter material absorbing neutrals derived from those ions after capture.

A marine energy system comprising: a torpedo housing; a wing housing coupled to and separated from the torpedo housing by a shaft; and an energy converter located within the torpedo housing, wherein the wing housing is configured to move through a fluid current to drive the energy converter. The energy converter may comprise a generator configured to produce electrical energy or a pump adapted to move fluid from a depth location to a shallow location. The wing housing may be configured to move in a figure-8 pattern through the fluid current at 4-8 times the speed of the fluid current. A propeller may be coupled to the wing housing and configured to drive the energy converter.

The present invention relates to a protective padding for a storage box, in particular made of metal, such as aluminium, for hazardous materials, such as energy storage devices or energy converters, in particular a battery, an accumulator or a fuel cell, which has a body with four circumferential walls as well as a bottom wall and a lid wall, comprising a cuboid network of six interconnected padding sections, each facing a wall of the storage box, in each of which an electrically insulating and / or thermally insulating and / or moisture-absorbing and / or acid-resistant and / or intumescent insulating material is housed.

The disclosure relates to a system for providing an optical signal including an energy converter and a light source. The energy converter includes at least two materials and is designed as a magnetoelectric converter for the purpose of generating electrical energy on the basis of a magnetic alternating field. The light source is arranged on the energy converter and electrically conductively contacts a first surface of the energy converter functioning as an electrode. The light source is not electrically contacted with the energy converter via a cable connection.

An ambient energy converter derives energy from variations in ambient temperature and humidity. The ambient energy converter includes a controller, a first chamber containing a first hygroscopic ionic solution and a second chamber containing a second ionic solution. Each chamber includes an electrochemically reactive electrode in contact with the solution therein. The chambers are separated by an ion conductive membrane that conducts an ion species of the solutions. The first solution is coupled to ambience and maintains water vapor pressure equilibrium with changes in ambient humidity. The process results in water condensing and evaporating into and out of the solution with increases and decreases in ambient humidity respectively. The second solution is sealed within a chamber and coupled to the hygroscopic solution by an ion conductive barrier. Water vapor condensing into or evaporating from the hygroscopic solution creates a concentration differential across the ion conductive barrier that generates electricity.

A rigid axle having an axle carrier, at each of the axial longitudinal end regions of which one wheel hub assembly is disposed, wherein: each wheel hub assembly has a rotatable wheel flange; the axle carrier is dropped in a drop region located between its longitudinal end regions; an electromechanical functional module having an electric energy converter machine is disposed in the drop region, which electric energy converter machine is connected to at least one wheel flange for transmitting a rotation, so that the energy converter machine can be used as at least one of the functional units stated hereinafter: i) as an electric drive unit for transmitting torque onto the at least one wheel flange, and ii) as an induction unit which can be operated as a generator for generating electric energy by transmitting torque from the at least one wheel flange to the energy converter machine; the axle carrier having a dropped tubular component which is continuous between its longitudinal end regions.