Flexible Wall Pressure Package System for Frictionless Response
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The existing pressure package systems require significant pressure differences to move the pressure control device, resulting in high friction and slow response to pressure changes, making them inefficient in maintaining constant working pressure.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an elastic or flexible wall that moves without friction to separate the working pressure chamber and product chamber, allowing for quick adjustments to pressure differences and a compact design, with the option of using inert gases like nitrogen or carbon dioxide as propellants for safety and environmental friendliness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a rigid pressure control device is used to separate chambers, then structural strength is improved, but friction increases and response speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the rigid pressure control device with a flexible membrane that separates the product chamber and working pressure chamber. This membrane can move freely in response to pressure differences without the high friction associated with rigid mechanical components, thereby improving response speed while maintaining adequate structural integrity through the membrane's material properties and design.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid pressure control device is used to separate chambers, then structural stability is improved, but friction increases leading to slower pressure equalization
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible membrane separator eliminates the sliding friction inherent in rigid pressure control devices. The membrane deforms and moves to equalize pressure between chambers without requiring overcomes of static or kinetic friction, significantly reducing energy loss while maintaining the structural separation needed for independent chamber pressure control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical rigid pressure control system with a more compliant flexible membrane system. This substitution transitions from a high-friction mechanical interface to a low-friction flexible interface that responds elastically to pressure differences, reducing energy dissipation through friction.
3Manufacturing precision
If a rigid pressure control device is used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible membrane provides a simpler structural solution compared to rigid pressure control devices. It requires fewer components, assembly steps, and precision mechanical tolerances, thereby reducing device complexity and weight while still achieving the necessary separation and pressure control functions through the membrane's inherent flexibility and sealability.
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 system achieves rapid and efficient pressure regulation with reduced friction, enabling quick reaction to pressure changes and a safer, more environmentally friendly operation, while also allowing for a lighter and more cost-effective pressure package design.
Implementation Method 1
a wall 7 which is of elastic and/or flexible design, a first side of the wall bounding the working pressure chamber 4 at least partly and a second side of the wall, facing away from the working pressure chamber, bounding the product chamber 3 at least partly
Implementation Method 2
supply the propellant from the high-pressure chamber to the working pressure chamber with the aid of the pressure controller on the basis of a reference pressure, for maintaining the working pressure in the working pressure chamber
Data Source
AI summary
A pressure package system for providing a working pressure on a fluid included in a pressure package, the system being provided with a pressure package in which a product chamber is included for holding the fluid and in which a working pressure chamber is included for keeping a propellant at the working pressure, the system being further provided with a pressure controller and a high-pressure chamber connected with the pressure controller for keeping the propellant in supply at a relatively high pressure, the pressure package system being further provided with a wall which is of elastic and/or flexible design, a first side of the wall bounding the working pressure chamber at least partly and a second side of the wall, facing away from the working pressure chamber, bounding the product chamber at least partly.