Sine Rotary Engine Torque and Energy Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional steam turbines and internal combustion engines face challenges in maximizing power generation efficiency due to energy loss and torque imbalance, particularly when trying to achieve high torque without excessive RPM.
Innovation Solution
A sine rotary engine is designed with a rotor housing, a power shaft eccentric from the rotor's center, a reciprocating rotor performing linear motion, and an eccentric shaft guiding the rotor for a constant rotational orbit, which reduces energy loss and provides high torque.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If a conventional steam turbine is used to generate power, then electric energy can be generated through steam pressure, but energy loss occurs because not all steam pressure can effectively rotate the turbine blades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a sinusoidal curved surface in the rotor housing that guides fluid pressure to act tangentially on the reciprocating rotor throughout its motion cycle. This curved geometry ensures continuous effective force application, converting fluid pressure into rotational motion with minimal energy loss while maintaining high power generation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses a reciprocating rotor that performs linear reciprocating motion within a sinusoidal curved path, dynamically converting this linear motion into continuous rotational motion of the power shaft. This dynamic mechanism ensures that fluid pressure is continuously and effectively converted into rotational force, maximizing power generation while minimizing energy loss.
2Force
If a reducer is installed on the power shaft to lower RPM and provide high torque, then high torque can be achieved, but weight increases, energy loss increases, and bearing failure risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the reducer component from the system by designing a mechanism that inherently produces high torque at appropriate RPM through the sinusoidal reciprocating motion. This removes the source of energy loss, weight increase, and bearing failure risks associated with traditional reducers while maintaining the desired high torque output.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic reciprocating motion within the sinusoidal curved path naturally generates high torque characteristics without requiring mechanical reduction gears. The varying radius of the sinusoidal path creates varying leverage throughout the rotation cycle, producing high torque directly at the power shaft without energy loss through a reducer.
3Force
If high RPM is provided to the generator, then power generation can occur, but high torque cannot be achieved without excessive RPM
Solution Approach 1:
The sinusoidal curved geometry creates a varying radius of motion that naturally produces high torque at appropriate rotational speeds. The curved path ensures that the fluid pressure acts at optimal leverage points throughout the cycle, generating high torque without requiring excessive RPM.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic reciprocating mechanism converts linear motion into rotational motion with inherent torque multiplication. The varying velocity and position throughout the sinusoidal cycle create natural torque characteristics that provide high torque at moderate RPM, eliminating the need for excessive speed to achieve desired torque levels.
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 sine rotary engine effectively reduces energy loss and achieves high torque without excessive RPM, enhancing power generation efficiency and addressing torque imbalance issues in both steam turbines and internal combustion engines.
Implementation Method 1
a power shaft rotatably installed inside the rotor housing, the power shaft being installed at a position eccentric from a central point of the inner space, a reciprocating rotor formed corresponding to a width of the inner space of the rotor housing and installed through a central portion of the power shaft in a radial direction of the power shaft, wherein the reciprocating rotor is rotated inside the rotor housing while performing linear reciprocating motion in the radial direction of the power shaft according to a rotation angle thereof
Implementation Method 2
an eccentric shaft formed to have a smaller diameter than a diameter of the power shaft and rotatably installed in the rotor housing, wherein the eccentric shaft is connected to a central portion of the reciprocating rotor and guides the reciprocating rotor such that the reciprocating rotor has a constant rotational orbit
Implementation Method 3
the rotor housing having an inner space formed with a curved inner surface of the rotor housing and configured to allow fluid introduced through the inlet pipe to fill the inner space
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a sine rotary engine and, more specifically, to a technology providing high torque, thereby minimizing energy loss, by using a machine device, which can be used for various purposes such as for producing power by converting, into rotational energy, energy generated using fluid having various pressures or through a chemical reaction of fuel, and, conversely, for a pump that receives power from the outside so as to transfer fluid.