Integrated Hydraulic Power Supply With Shared Cooling Ducts
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the automotive and machinery fields, the lack of integration among components in power supply units leads to issues such as cooling defects, increased risk of breakage, noise generation, and exposure to the ambient environment, particularly due to bulky and non-integrated logic and power links.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a primary machine, a hydraulic machine, and a frequency converter housed in an assembly casing with a shared cooling circuit that uses the same coolant to cool all components, featuring inner ducts for coolant circulation between the casings of the primary machine, hydraulic machine, and frequency converter, which are secured together to enhance integration and reduce noise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If components are integrated into a single assembly casing with shared cooling circuit, then reliability and protection from environment improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the primary machine, hydraulic machine, and frequency converter into a single integrated assembly casing with a shared cooling circuit. Multiple components that would traditionally be separate are combined into one unit, eliminating the need for multiple individual casings and cooling systems. This merging provides unified protection from the environment while managing thermal loads across all components through a common coolant system.
2Device complexity
If non-integrated components with separate cooling circuits are used, then device complexity is reduced, but cooling effectiveness and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling circuit is designed as a universal system that serves multiple functions: it cools the primary machine, the hydraulic machine, and the frequency converter simultaneously. The same coolant traverses through ducts in all three components, providing efficient thermal management across the entire assembly. This multi-functional approach ensures consistent cooling effectiveness without requiring separate cooling systems for each component.
3Ease of manufacture
If components are housed separately, then ease of manufacture is improved, but noise generation and exposure to ambient environment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where the hydraulic machine and frequency converter are housed within or alongside the primary machine's casing. The assembly casing acts as an outer container that encloses all components, creating a nested arrangement. This nesting provides acoustic insulation that reduces noise generation and transmission, while also protecting all components from the ambient environment through a single unified enclosure.
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 shared cooling circuit improves component integration, reduces noise and bulk, and minimizes the risk of breakage by protecting components from the environment, while using a single fluid for both hydraulic operations and cooling, thus lowering costs and enhancing reliability.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling circuit, suitable for a same coolant to traverse a plurality of ducts suitable for cooling the primary machine, the frequency converter and the hydraulic machine
Data Source
AI summary
A system having a primary machine, a hydraulic machine, and a frequency converter disposed in an assembly casing. The system further includes a cooling circuit, suitable for a same coolant to traverse a plurality of ducts suitable for cooling the primary machine, the frequency converter, and the hydraulic machine.