Marine Ozone Generator Frame with Cross-Brace Beams and Dampers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ozone generating machines are not designed to withstand severe operating conditions found in ships, such as vibrations, limited space, temperature, and humidity, which can lead to structural stress and reduced longevity.
Innovation Solution
An ozone generating machine with a frame that includes cross-brace beams and dampers to enhance resistance to vibrations, a liquid cooling circuit for temperature control, and reinforcing plates to increase rigidity, specifically designed to support the ozone generator and electric devices, minimizing stress and displacement during ship movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the ozone generator is supported by a simple frame structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the frame cannot resist vibrations and structural stress in severe marine operating conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into multiple structural components including vertical pillars, horizontal beams, and diagonal cross-brace beams. This segmentation allows each component to perform a specific function in resisting vibrations and distributing loads, thereby achieving high strength without excessive overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame employs a composite structural design combining rigid beams and pillars with vibration-damping materials. The dampers attached to the base and the rigid frame structure work together as a composite system to simultaneously provide structural strength and vibration resistance.
2Ease of operation
If the ozone generator is positioned at chest height for maintenance reasons, then the ease of operation is improved, but the frame experiences increased stress and displacement under vibrations
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure uses a rigid triangular configuration with cross-brace beams that create structural counterbalancing. This design counteracts the stress and displacement caused by positioning the heavy ozone generator at chest height, distributing the load throughout the frame rather than concentrating it at the base.
3Reliability
If the frame is designed with increased rigidity to resist vibrations, then the reliability is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is constructed from standardized modular components (pillars, beams, connectors) that can be manufactured separately and assembled. This segmentation maintains manufacturing simplicity while achieving the required rigidity through the collective strength of the segmented structure and its vibration-resistant configuration.
4Reliability
If dampers are added to the base to reduce vibrations, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration damping function is extracted as a separate, dedicated component (damper) attached to the base, rather than attempting to provide damping through the frame structure itself. This allows the frame to focus on providing structural strength while the dampers handle vibration reduction, simplifying the overall design.
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 machine effectively resists vibrations and maintains structural integrity, ensuring long-term safe operation and efficient ozone production in harsh marine environments, with improved temperature control and simplified maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of dampers attached to a bottom of the base, for contacting the ground
Implementation Method 2
a liquid cooling circuit portion, with at least a cooling path in the ozone generator, to be connected with a cooling circuit of the ship
Implementation Method 3
coupled to an electric power unit to generate electric discharges in a gas containing dioxygen and flowing in the ozonizing gap
Implementation Method 4
an ozone generator with at least two electrodes separated by an ozonizing gap... to generate electric discharges in a gas containing dioxygen
Data Source
AI summary
Ozone generating machine for generating ozone in a ship, including: an ozone generator (OG), a liquid cooling circuit portion, a frame, comprising a base (B) for laying on the ground, a top subframe (TSF) supporting the ozone generator (OG), and at least one pair of pillars (P) arranged between the base (B) and the top subframe (TSF), characterized in that the frame comprises: at least one pair of cross-brace beams (CB), for linking the pillars (P) and a plurality of dampers (D) attached to a bottom of the base (8).