Planetary Speed Reducer for Turbine-Driven Fracturing Power Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fracturing apparatuses, driven by diesel engines, face limitations in power capacity and contribute to environmental pollution, making them incapable of performing high-power operations and meeting emission requirements.
Innovation Solution
A speed reducer system connected to a turbine engine, comprising a housing, planet carrier, connecting flange, planet shaft, planet gear, sun gear, and ring gear, which enables the transmission of high power from the turbine engine to a fracturing device, utilizing natural gas as a clean energy source.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a diesel engine is used to drive the fracturing device, then the apparatus can operate with limited power, but it cannot perform high-power operations and causes severe environmental pollution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the energy source parameter from diesel engine to turbine engine, which fundamentally alters the power generation mechanism. The turbine engine uses natural gas or other clean fuels to drive the turbine, converting thermal energy directly to mechanical rotation, thereby achieving high power output while eliminating diesel pollution emissions.
2Ease of operation
If a diesel engine is used to drive the fracturing device, then the apparatus can operate, but it fails to meet emission requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the diesel engine's internal combustion mechanical system with a turbine-driven system. The turbine converts thermal energy from clean fuels into rotational mechanical energy directly, bypassing the complex combustion and emission processes of diesel engines, thus maintaining operational capability while eliminating emission problems.
3Power
If the speed reducer is connected to the turbine engine, then high power can be transmitted to the fracturing device, but the system requires complex gear transmission components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a speed reducer as an intermediary device between the turbine engine and the fracturing device. This speed reducer uses planetary gear mechanisms to efficiently transmit and transform the high-speed, low-torque output of the turbine into low-speed, high-torque output suitable for the fracturing device, solving the mismatch in operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The speed reducer employs a planetary gear system where planet gears are nested around a sun gear, all contained within a ring gear structure. This nested configuration allows multiple gear stages to be compactly arranged, achieving high reduction ratios while maintaining a compact structure and efficient power transmission.
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 enables the fracturing apparatus to perform high-power operations reliably while reducing environmental pollution by leveraging the higher power output of the turbine engine and using clean energy, thus addressing the limitations of diesel engine-powered systems.
Implementation Method 1
the planet gear is engaged with the sun gear, the ring gear is engaged with the planet gear
Implementation Method 2
the power source of the turbine engine is natural gas which is clean energy
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AI summary
The application discloses a speed reducer and a fracturing apparatus, the speed reducer may be used to connect to a turbine engine and comprises a housing, a planet carrier, a connecting flange, a planet shaft, a planet gear, a sun gear, a ring gear, an input shaft and an output shaft; the housing may be connected to the planet carrier, the connecting flange may be connected to the planet carrier and may be used to connect to the turbine engine; the planet shaft may be connected to the planet carrier, the planet gear may be sleeved on the planet shaft, one end of the input shaft may be used to connect to an output end of the turbine engine and the other end of the input shaft may be sleeved with the sun gear which is engaged with the planet gear, the ring gear may be engaged with the planet gear and connected to the output shaft.