Magnetic inductor, electromagnetic pump comprising such a magnetic inductor and method for manufacturing a magnetic inductor
11443884 · 2022-09-13
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Abstract
A magnetic inductor for an electromagnetic pump, the magnetic inductor being intended for being supplied with a polyphase current containing at least two phases, the magnetic inductor comprising a magnetic inductor body and for each of the phases of the polyphase current, N pairs of elementary coils with the same winding direction following one another. The connection between the elementary coils associated with the phase is as follows: for each from the first to the N-th pair, each of the first and second elementary coils has one of the ends thereof connected to the end of the same type as the elementary coil of the same type that directly follows same.
Claims
1. A magnetic inductor for an electromagnetic pump, the magnetic inductor being intended to be power supplied by means of a polyphase current comprising at least two phases, the magnetic inductor comprising: a magnetic inductor body extending longitudinally, for each of the phases of the polyphase current, N pairs of elementary coils of the same winding direction following each other from the first pair to N.sup.th pair along the magnetic body (101), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, each of the pairs comprising a first and a second elementary coil which follow one another along the magnetic inductor body, each elementary coil including two ends, one of which is an input type end and the other of which is an output type end, wherein the pairs of elementary coils are distributed along the magnetic inductor body so as to provide a phase alternation and to provide a magnetic field sliding along the magnetic inductor body, wherein for each of the phases a connection between the elementary coils associated with said phase is as follows: the first and the second elementary coil of the first pair are intended to be respectively connected to one of a current input and a current output of said phase and to the other of the current input and the current output of said phase; for each of the first to the N−1.sup.st pair, the first elementary coil has one of the ends (I, O) thereof connected to the end of the same type of the first elementary coil which directly follows it along the magnetic inductor body; for each of the second to N.sup.th pair, the second elementary coil has one of the ends (I, O) thereof connected to the end of the same type of the second elementary coil which directly precedes it along the magnetic inductor body; and for the N.sup.th pair, the first and second elementary coils are connected in series.
2. The magnetic inductor according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic inductor body includes a delimiting surface intended to be facing a channel of the electromagnetic pump, and wherein the magnetic inductor body includes on its delimiting surface a plurality of transverse grooves which follow one another along the magnetic inductor body and wherein the elementary coils are housed.
3. The magnetic inductor according to claim 2 wherein each of the elementary coils connected to another elementary coil is connected by means of a respective electrical conductor which extends along the delimiting surface.
4. The magnetic inductor according to claim 3, wherein the magnetic inductor body further includes on its surface longitudinal grooves wherein are housed electrical conductors by which at least part of the coils are connected together.
5. The magnetic inductor according to claim 1 wherein the magnetic inductor body includes a plurality of magnetic plates extending along a main axis and having a cross section in the shape of an involute of a circle, the magnetic plates being interlocked with their circle of the involute of a circle merged together in the shape of a tube extending longitudinally along the main axis, said tube forming the magnetic inductor body.
6. The magnetic inductor according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic inductor is an internal magnetic inductor intended to delimit with a protection tube an internal wall of a channel of the electromagnetic pump (1).
7. The magnetic inductor according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic inductor is an external magnetic inductor intended to delimit with a protection tube an external wall of a channel of the electromagnetic pump.
8. An electromagnetic pump including a first magnetic inductor according to claim 6.
9. The electromagnetic pump including a first magnetic inductor according to claim 7.
10. The electromagnetic pump according to claim 8 further comprising a second magnetic inductor.
11. A method for manufacturing a magnetic inductor for an electromagnetic pump, the magnetic inductor being intended to be power supplied by means of a polyphase current comprising several phases, the method being characterised in that it comprises: providing a magnetic inductor body, providing and connecting, for each of the phases of the polyphase current, N pairs of elementary coils of the same winding direction following one another of the first pair to the N.sup.th pair along the magnetic inductor body (101), N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, each of the pairs comprising a first and a second elementary coil which follow one another along the magnetic inductor body each elementary coil including two ends one of which is an input type end and the other of which is an output type end, with, for each of the phases: the first and the second elementary coil of the first pair are intended to be respectively connected to one of a current input and a current output of said phase and to the other of the current input and the current output of said phase; for each of the first to the N−1.sup.st pair the first elementary coil has one of the ends (I, O) thereof connected to the end of the same type of the first elementary coil which directly follows it along the magnetic inductor body; for each of the second to N.sup.th pair, the second elementary coil has one of the ends (I, O) thereof connected to the end of the same type of the second elementary coil which directly precedes it along the magnetic inductor body (101); and for the N.sup.th pair, the first and second elementary coils are connected in series.
12. The method for manufacturing an inductor according to claim 11, wherein the magnetic inductor body includes a plurality of magnetic plates extending along a main axis and having a cross section in the shape of an involute of a circle, providing the magnetic inductor body includes: providing the plurality of identical magnetic plates, each of the magnetic plates extending along a main axis and having a cross section in the shape of an involute of a circle, assembling the plurality of magnetic plates by interlocking in order to form the magnetic inductor body, the circle of the involutes of a circle of the magnetic plates being merged together.
13. The method for manufacturing an inductor according to claim 12, wherein the step of providing the magnetic inductor body further includes: cutting the transverse grooves in a longitudinal surface of the tubular body of an internal longitudinal surface and an external longitudinal surface in order to form a housing for the elementary coils, and wherein the provision and connection provision and connection step includes the following sub-steps: providing elementary coils, placing the elementary coils in the transverse grooves formed during the cutting step.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The present invention will be better understood upon reading the description of exemplary embodiments, given in a purely indicative and non-limiting manner, with reference to the appended drawings wherein:
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(8) Identical, similar or equivalent parts of the different figures have the same reference numerals so as to facilitate the passage from one figure to another.
(9) The different parts shown in the figures are not necessarily shown on a uniform scale, to make the figures more readable.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PARTICULAR EMBODIMENTS
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(11) Thus, such an electromagnetic pump 1 includes, starting from a central axis 301 of the electromagnetic pump 1: the internal magnetic inductor 100 including a first plurality of elementary coils 111, the internal protection tube 310, the channel 320, the external protection tube 330, the external magnetic inductor 200 including a second plurality of elementary coils 211.
(12) Each magnetic inductor 100, 200 includes: a magnetic inductor body 101, 201, the plurality of elementary coils 111, 211, conductors, not shown in
(13) For each of the magnetic inductors 100, 200, the magnetic inductor body 101, 201 has a tubular shape centred around a central axis 301 of said magnetic inductor 100, 200. The magnetic inductor body 101 includes a plurality of transverse grooves 102, 202 which follow one another along the inductor body, each of the transverse grooves 102, 202 housing a corresponding elementary coil 111, 211. The magnetic inductor body 101, 202 includes a plurality of non-illustrated radial magnetic plates assembled together.
(14) In the context of the invention, the electromagnetic pump 1 includes at least one magnetic inductor 100, 200 from the internal magnetic inductor 100 and the external magnetic inductor 200, preferably both, having a coupling of elementary coils 111, 211 according to the invention. Such a coupling according to the invention is particularly advantageous for an internal magnetic inductor 100 according to the invention, this is in particular because of the possibility that it provides of making the connection between the elementary coils 111 on the external surface of the magnetic inductor body 101 and not inside the magnetic inductor body 101 as is the case for the prior art. Thus, only the coupling of an internal magnetic inductor 100 is described in detail. Of course, on the basis of this document, a person skilled in the art is perfectly capable of applying this teaching described for an internal magnetic inductor 100 to an external magnetic inductor 200 without having to demonstrate any inventive step.
(15) Such a coupling is illustrated in
(16) Thus, it can be seen in these
(17) Of course, in accordance with the operating principle of a coil, the differentiation between the input end I and the output end O is purely artificial. Indeed, the substitution of one by the other is equivalent to a simple reversal of the winding direction of said coil. Thus, the connections which are described above are valid regardless of the choice between the input I and the output O, to the extent that said convention is identical to all the elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N of the magnetic inductor 100.
(18) The pairs 110.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 120.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 130.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N of elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N are distributed along the magnetic inductor body 101 so as to provide a phase alternation P1, P2, P3 and provide a magnetic field sliding along the magnetic inductor body 101.
(19) The connection between the elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N associated with the same phase of the first, the second and the third phase P1, P2, P3 is described below.
(20) Thus, for a given phase P1, P2, P3, the first and the second elementary coil 111.sub.1, 112.sub.1, 121.sub.1, 122.sub.1, 131.sub.1, 132.sub.1 of the first pair 110.sub.1, 120.sub.1, 130.sub.1 are respectively connected to one of the current input and the current output of said phase P1, P2, P3 and to the other of the current input and the current output of said phase P1, P2, P3. Thus, as can be seen in
(21) For this same given phase P1, P2, P3, and for each of the first to the N−1.sup.st pair 110.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 120.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 130.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1 associated with said phase P1, P2, P3, the first elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1 has one of the ends I, O thereof connected to the end of the same type of the first elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1 which directly follows it along the magnetic inductor body 101. Similarly, for each of the second to N.sup.th pair 110.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 120.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 130.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N associated with said phase P1, P2, P3, the second elementary coil 112.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N has one of the ends I, O thereof connected to the end of the same type of the second elementary coil 112.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N which directly precedes it along the magnetic inductor body 101.
(22) Thus, as can be seen in
(23) For each of the first to the third phase P1, P2, P3, the first and second elementary coils 111.sub.N, 112.sub.N, 121.sub.N, 122.sub.N, 131.sub.N, 132.sub.N of the N.sup.th pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N are connected in series. Thus the first elementary coil 111.sub.N, 121.sub.N, 131.sub.N of the last pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N has its input I connected to the output O of the second elementary coil 112.sub.N, 122.sub.N, 132.sub.N of this same last pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N.
(24) With such a coupling, as illustrated in
(25) The first type of conductor 118 allows connecting the elementary coils of two successive pairs, for example the outputs of the first elementary coils 111.sub.1, 111.sub.2, 121.sub.1, 121.sub.2, 131.sub.1, 131.sub.2 of the first and the second pair 110.sub.1, 110.sub.2, 120.sub.1, 120.sub.2, 130.sub.A, 130.sub.2. This first type of conductor 118 can be, as illustrated in
(26) The second type of conductor 119 allows connecting the first and the second elementary coil 111.sub.N, 112.sub.N, 121.sub.N, 122.sub.N, 131.sub.N, 132.sub.N of the last pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N in series. In order to provide a good tolerance to the thermal expansion of the elementary coils, the second type of conductor 119 has, as illustrated in
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(28) Particularly,
(29) It can be seen in
(30) As illustrated in
(31) With such a conformation, the conductors 118 of the first type allowing to connect two elementary coils 111 of two pairs of the same phase which follow one another without risk of interference with another conductor 118 whether it is that of the corresponding phase or that of another phase.
(32) Regarding the elementary coils of the N.sup.th pair, the respective angles between the first and second elementary coils of each of the pairs are as follows: for the first phase P1, the angle between the first and the second elementary coil 111.sub.N, 112.sub.N of the N.sup.th pair 110.sub.N is 130°, for the second phase P2, the angle between the first and the second elementary coil 121.sub.N, 122.sub.N of the N.sup.th pair 120.sub.N is 80°, for the third phase P2, the angle between the first and the second elementary coil 131.sub.N, 132.sub.N of the N.sup.th pair 130.sub.N is 150°.
(33) Of course, all these angles are given as an example and correspond to the shapes of the conductors 119 of the second type as illustrated on
(34) A magnetic inductor 100 according to the invention can be formed during a manufacturing method including the following steps: providing a magnetic inductor body 101, providing and connecting, for each of the phases P1, P2, P3 of the polyphase current, N pairs 110.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 120.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 130.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N of elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N with the same winding direction following one another from the first pair 110.sub.1, 120.sub.1, 130.sub.1 to N.sup.th pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N along the magnetic inductor body 101, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2, each of the pairs 110.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 120.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 130.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N comprising a first and a second elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N which follow one another along the magnetic inductor body 101, each elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N including two ends I, O one of which is an input type end I and the other of which is an output type end O, with, for each of the phases P1, P2, P3: the first and the second elementary coil 111.sub.1, 121.sub.1, 131.sub.1, 112.sub.1, 122.sub.1, 132.sub.1 of the first pair 110.sub.1, 120.sub.1, 130.sub.1 are intended to be respectively connected to one of the current input and the current output of said phase P1, P2, P3 and to the other of the current input and the current output of said phase P1, P2, P3; for each of the first to the N−1.sup.st pair 110.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 120.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 130.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, the first elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1 has one of the ends I, O thereof connected to the end of the same type of the first elementary coil 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1 which directly follows it along the magnetic inductor body 101; for each of the second to N.sup.th pair 110.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 120.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 130.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, the second elementary coil 112.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N has one of the ends I, O thereof connected to the end of the same type of the second elementary coil 112.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.2, . . . ,N-1,N which directly precedes it along the magnetic inductor body 101; and for the N.sup.th pair 110.sub.N, 120.sub.N, 130.sub.N, the first and second elementary coils 111.sub.N, 121.sub.N, 131.sub.N, 112.sub.N, 122.sub.N, 132.sub.N are connected in series.
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(36) A magnetic inductor body 101 including such magnetic plates 103 “in the shape of an involute of a circle” can be formed by a manufacturing method including the following steps: providing the plurality of identical magnetic plates 103, each of the magnetic plates 130 extending along a main axis 301 and having a cross section in the shape of an involute of a circle, adding on a plurality of magnetic plates 103 non-stick and dielectric coatings this is in order to facilitate the interlocking and allow, assembling the plurality of magnetic plates 103 by interlocking in order to form an axial tubular body, the circle of the involute of a circle of the magnetic plate 103 being merged together, cutting the transverse grooves 102 in a longitudinal surface of the tubular body of an internal longitudinal surface and an external longitudinal surface in order to form a housing for the elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, providing the elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, placing the elementary coils 111.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.1,2, . . . ,N-1,N in the transverse grooves 102 formed during the cutting step, and thus forming the magnetic inductor 101.
(37) It can be noted that in a usual implementation of the invention, the steps of providing and placing the elementary coils are concomitant since the provision step consists in assembling the elementary coils directly into the corresponding transverse grooves.
(38) Of course, if in the two embodiments described above the conductors 108, 119 used to connect the elementary coils 111.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 112.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 121.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 122.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 131.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N, 132.sub.,2, . . . ,N-1,N are distributed along the magnetic inductor body bearing on the external surface other configurations are also possible without departing from the scope of the invention.
(39) Thus, for example, it is perfectly possible that the magnetic inductor body is provided with longitudinal grooves to house the conductors or else that the conductors are housed inside the magnetic inductor body.