Annular Compressor With Moveable Partition Walls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Compressor systems are often bulky and complex due to the requirement of a physical chamber that diminishes in volume continuously, making them difficult to design compactly and simply, especially when combined with air treatment and filtration components.
Innovation Solution
A compressor device with an annular chamber and moveable partition walls, driven by a gearbox train, which allows for efficient compression by varying the volume of the chamber through the movement of blades and partition walls, enabling compact and simple design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a physical chamber with continuously diminishing volume is used for compression, then compression function is achieved, but device complexity and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the partition wall moveable between closed and open positions, transforming a static chamber into a dynamic compression system. The moveable partition wall allows the chamber volume to vary continuously during operation, enabling compression without requiring a complex continuously variable chamber geometry, thus resolving the contradiction between simplicity and compression functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The annular chamber is segmented into multiple compression zones by the moveable partition wall, allowing different stages of compression to occur in distinct zones. This segmentation enables the compression function to be achieved through a simpler overall structure where the partition wall moves to create and close compression zones, rather than requiring a single complex continuously varying chamber.
2Adaptability or versatility
If compressor system is combined with air treatment and filtration components, then comprehensive air processing is achieved, but system complexity and bulkiness increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the compression chamber with air treatment and filtration components by integrating them into the same annular chamber space. The moveable partition wall system allows the compression zone to be combined with filtration and treatment zones within the same physical structure, achieving comprehensive air processing without proportionally increasing system size or complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The annular chamber serves multiple functions: it acts as the compression chamber, housing for air treatment components, and integration structure for filtration systems. The moveable partition wall enables the same physical space to accommodate different functional zones at different times, achieving multi-functionality without increasing overall system volume.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for efficient air compression in a compact and simple design, facilitating integration with additional air treatment components and reducing complexity, making it suitable for applications where space and maintenance are limited.
Implementation Method 1
at least one blade in communication with the inner wall and moveable around the annular chamber, the at least one blade configured to compress the air received from the at least one inlet port
Implementation Method 2
the at least one blade is configured to create a suction force between the at least one blade and the second side of the at least one corresponding partition wall, drawing the air in from the inlet port into the annular chamber
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AI summary
Various embodiments are provided herein for a system and method for air compression. In at least some embodiments provided herein, there is provided a compressor device having an annular chamber, at least one inlet port, at least one blade, at least one dynamic partition wall and at least one outlet, wherein when the at least one partition wall is in a closed position, the at least one blade approaching the at least one partition wall causes the air to compress and wherein when the at least one partition wall is in the open position, at least one blade moves from a first side to a second side of the at least one partition wall. The compressor device may contain a gearbox train configured to move the at least one partition wall from the closed position to the open position when the at least one blade is within a predetermined distance.