Suction Compression Assembly Manifold Injection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current suction/compression assemblies for waste material collection are encumbered by complex and non-versatile gas injection systems, which affect cooling efficiency and are limited to a single installation configuration, making them inefficient and inflexible.
Innovation Solution
A compact suction/compression assembly with an integrated injection device featuring a manifold and multiple injection pipes connected to the machine body, allowing for stable connection and versatile installation configurations, reducing encumbrance and enhancing cooling efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If mutually independent pipes are used for gas injection, then gas injection function is achieved, but device complexity and encumbrance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent injection pipes into a single integrated manifold structure. The manifold distributes second gas through multiple passages to different locations in the chamber, achieving the same cooling function as multiple independent pipes but with reduced complexity and encumbrance.
2Quantity of substance
If complex shaped injection pipes are used, then gas injection is achieved, but encumbrance and space requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The manifold is designed with a compact three-dimensional structure that distributes gas passages in multiple directions from a central body. This allows the injection system to reach multiple locations in the chamber without requiring long, complex pipes, thereby reducing overall volume and encumbrance.
3Temperature
If injection device is added to operating machine, then cooling efficiency is improved, but machine structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The injection device is integrated directly into the operating machine body, with the manifold formed as part of the machine structure. This merging approach allows cooling gas injection functionality to be added without requiring separate external components, thus improving cooling efficiency while minimizing structural complexity.
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 provides a reliable, cost-effective, and compact suction/compression assembly with improved cooling efficiency and versatile installation options, overcoming the limitations of existing systems.
Implementation Method 1
the operating machine compresses the air from the intake section, at substantially atmospheric pressure, to the exhaust section with a variation normally of the order of 1 bar
Implementation Method 2
gas is introduced inside the chamber to prevent the compression from being carried out by the exhaust gas at the exhaust temperatures, but by the injection gas substantially at ambient pressure and temperature (lower than that of exhaust)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a suction/compression assembly for aspirating/compressing gases from/in a system to/from an external environment. The assembly includes an operating machine comprising a body, which defines a chamber, within which one or more rotors are housed, rotating about a corresponding rotation axis. Such a chamber has a symmetrical transverse section evaluated on a plane with respect to at least one first reference plane on which said rotation axis lies. The assembly comprises a device for injecting gas into said chamber which comprises a manifold, connectable to an external source, and a plurality of injection pipes connected to the manifold and to the body of the machine. The body defines a plurality of injection passages, each of which is configured to make one of said injection pipes communicating with the chamber of the machine.