Abstract:
A heat machine (121) for realizing a heat cycle, the heat machine operating with a thermal fluid and comprising a drive unit (1) provided with a first rotor (4) and a second rotor (5), each having three pistons (7a, 7b,7c; 9a,9b,9c) that are slidable in an annular chamber (12), wherein the pistons delimit six variable-volume chambers (13', 13", 13"'; 14', 14", 14"'). The drive unit comprises a transmission configured to convert the rotary motion with respective first and second periodically variable angular velocities (ω1, ω2) of said first and second rotor (4, 5), offset from each other, into a rotary motion at a constant angular velocity. The heat machine further comprises a compensation tank (44), configured to accumulate the compressed thermal fluid from the drive unit, a regenerator (42) configured to preheat the thermal fluid, a heater (41) configured to superheat the thermal fluid circulating in the serpentine coil, a burner (40), configured to supply the necessary thermal energy to the heater (41); wherein the regenerator (42), in fluid communication with the drive unit (1), is further configured to acquire energy-heat from the exhausted thermal fluid and use it to preheat the thermal fluid to be sent to the heater (41). The invention further relates to a method for realizing a heat cycle by means of said heat machine.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the cogeneration plant (50) of electrical and heat energy comprising a rotary expander (1), a steam generator (10), optionally an exchanger- overheater (10c), an electrical alternator/generator (2), an exchanger/condenser (3) and a high-pressure pump for the condensed water (5), configured so as to realize a Rankine or Rankine-Hirn thermodynamic cycle able to produce electrical and heat energy preferably for one or more dwelling units or for other users of any type. The positive-displacement rotary expander (1) comprises a housing (11, 12) provided with an internal cavity defining a toroidal cylinder (or an annular cylinder), two pairs of pistons (24-25; 34-35) rotatingly housed internally of the toroidal (or annular) cylinder, a casing (13) and a three-shaft kinetic connection housed in the casing and configured so as to operate a drive transmission from and/or towards the two pairs of pistons; the kinetic joint comprises a primary shaft (41), a first secondary shaft (21) and a second secondary shaft (31), and each secondary shaft is connected to a respective pair of pistons (24-25; 34-35); the rotation of the primary shaft at a constant velocity determines a periodical cyclic variation of the rotation velocity of the two secondary shafts.
Abstract:
The absolute novelty of the new combined SEOL cycle is represented by the recovery vapor Generator (GVR) which completely substitutes the Regenerator, of the prior art, being capable of recovering the energy differential (QR) between the temperature at the end of expansion and the temperature at nearly complete condensation of the thermal fluid and then, by using this great energy differential, it is capable of producing water vapor, entirely reusable in the preheating of the mixture, considerably contributing to the increase of the overall energy yield of the cycle and to the increase of the unit power of the heat engine. With the use of the new combined SEOL cycle, it is possible to obtain the following main advantages: A_ increase of the unit power of the heat engine, due to the increase of enthalpy of the mixture which is introduced in the Expander (ES); B_ considerable increase of the overall thermal yield, following the energy recovery (QR) that takes place in the recovery vapor Generator (GVR); C_ possibility of lubricating the cylinders and/or the sliding chambers of the pistons of the heat engine, with decrease of the mechanical friction and of the wear and consequent increase of the overall yield of the engine itself; D_ possibility of using multiple heat sources (QH), capable of heating to a sufficient temperature the mixture circulating in the Superheater (SR); E_ possibility of designing and industrializing new "heat engines" characterized by high overall yields and reduced production costs.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a drive unit (1), usable, in particular, for the construction of heat engines designed to use thermodynamic cycles of the Rankine, Rankine-Hirn, Brayton and Stirling type, comprising a casing (2) delimiting therein an annular chamber (12), two triads of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c) rotatably housed in the casing of the annular cylinder (or toroidal cylinder), a three-shaft movement system (18) configured to transmit motion from and/or to the two triads of pistons; wherein said system comprises a primary shaft (17), a first secondary shaft (19) and a second secondary shaft (20), and each secondary shaft is connected to a respective triad of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c); the rotation of the primary shaft having a constant angular velocity determines a periodic cyclic variation in the angular velocity of rotation of the two secondary shafts. The invention further relates to a heat engine (29), comprising the aforesaid drive unit (1), configured so as to carry out a Rankine or Rankine-Hirn thermodynamic cycle, capable of producing electrical energy and heat usable for any purpose; the same invention further relates to a heat engine (51), comprising the aforesaid drive unit (1), configured so as to carry out a new "pulsating heat cycle" derived from the Stirling Stirling cycle and capable of producing electrical energy and heat usable for any purpose; the same invention further relates to a pneumatic motor (61) comprising the aforesaid drive unit (1), configured so as to transform the compressed air at high pressure, contained in a tank, into mechanical energy usable for any purpose.
Abstract:
A method for regulating a temperature in a plurality of rooms (3) of a building, comprising steps of detecting a first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) in a first room (3a) with use of a thermostat (5) destined to command functioning of a first heat-regulating device (8a) mounted on a first radiator (4a) arranged in the first room (3 a), in a correlated way with the first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) and with a first set value (Tsetl) of a desired temperature in the first room (3 a), detecting a first proximal temperature (Tprl) by means of a first sensor (9a) arranged in proximity of the first radiator (4a), detecting a second ambient proximal temperature measurement (Tpr2) in a second room (3b) by means of a second sensor (9b) arranged in proximity of a second radiator (4b), correlating the measurement of the second proximal temperature (Tpr2) with a second set value (Ofs2) for a second heat-regulating device (8b) and also at least with the first proximal temperature measurement (Tprl) in order to obtain a second command value for the second radiator (4b), and commanding functioning of the second heat-regulating device (8b) mounted on the second radiator (4b) in a correlated way with the second command value.