Blade capable of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid and application thereof
10808678 ยท 2020-10-20
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Cpc classification
F03D1/0633
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Y02E10/74
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
F05B2240/301
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F03D1/06
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05B2240/221
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F03D1/0641
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Y02P70/50
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
F03D1/0675
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05B2250/712
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F05B2280/6003
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Y02E10/72
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
F05B2250/711
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
Provided is a blade capable of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid. The blade includes a main wing component, the main wing component has a streamlined cross section, an outer profile of which forms a first airfoil, the blade further includes a head wing piece in form of a sheet, the head wing piece has an arc-shaped cross section with a convex surface at one side and a concave surface at the other side, the head wing piece is arranged obliquely above a leading-edge point of the main wing component with the concave surface of the head wing piece facing the main wing component and a first ventilation space is formed between the head wing piece and the main wing component. By improving the configuration of the wing pieces of the blade, Cp of the blade is improved, and the manufacture cost of the blade can be significantly reduced.
Claims
1. A blade capable of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid, comprising a main wing component, the main wing component has a streamlined cross section having a first outer profile which forms a first airfoil, wherein, the blade further comprises a head wing piece in form of a sheet, the head wing piece has an arc-shaped cross section with a convex surface at one side and a concave surface at the other side, the head wing piece is arranged obliquely above a leading-edge point of the main wing component with the concave surface of the head wing piece facing the main wing component, and a first ventilation space is formed between the head wing piece and the main wing component; a second outer profile defined by the convex surface of the head wing piece and part of an upper profile, a trailing-edge point, and a lower profile of the main wing component forms a second airfoil, and a leading-edge point of the second airfoil is located at a convex profile of the head wing piece; the main wing component comprises one tail wing piece and at least one middle wing piece located between the head wing piece and the tail wing piece, at least one second ventilation space is formed between the at least one middle wing piece and the tail wing piece to achieve air communication between the upper profile and the lower profile of the second airfoil, an opening of the second ventilation space close to the lower profile of the second airfoil is an air inlet of the second ventilation space, an opening of the second ventilation space close to the upper profile of the second airfoil is an air outlet of the second ventilation space, and the air inlet has a greater width than the air outlet of the second ventilation space; the at least one middle wing piece comprises a first sheet member at least partially arranged along the upper profile of the second airfoil; the first sheet member has an arc-shaped cross section with a convex surface at one side and a concave surface at the other side, the arc-shaped convex surface of the first sheet member is close to the head wing piece, the first sheet member has one end close to the lower profile of the second airfoil and another end located at the upper profile of the second airfoil; the at least one middle wing piece further comprises a second sheet member, one end of the second sheet member is connected with one end of the first sheet member close to the lower profile of the second airfoil, and the second sheet member comprises a lower section arranged along the lower profile of the second airfoil and extending towards the tail wing piece; the second sheet member further comprises a middle section connected with the lower section, and the middle section is bent towards the first sheet member connected with the second sheet member; a bending angle between the lower section and the middle section of the second sheet member is an obtuse angle, alternatively, the second sheet member further comprises an upper section connected with the middle section at one end, and another end of the upper section is connected to the concave surface of the first sheet member.
2. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 1, wherein, a gap between one end of the head wing piece close to the lower profile of the main wing component and the main wing component is an air inlet of the first ventilation space, a gap between one end of the head wing piece close to the upper profile of the main wing component and the main wing component is an air outlet of the first ventilation space, and the air inlet has a greater width than the air outlet of the first ventilation space.
3. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 2, wherein, an air outflow direction of the air outlet of the first ventilation space is along a tangential direction at a corresponding location of the upper profile of the main wing component.
4. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 1, wherein, a first connection member is provided between the middle section of the second sheet member and the concave surface of the first sheet member.
5. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 1, wherein, the lower section of the second sheet member is connected to the first sheet member through a second connection member, and a connection of the second connection member and the second sheet member and a connection of the second connection member and the first sheet member are smooth and rounded; alternatively, a connection of the first sheet member and the lower section of the second sheet member is smooth and rounded, and is provided with a first reinforcing member at an inner side thereof; further alternatively, the first sheet member and the second sheet member connected thereto are formed integrally.
6. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 1, wherein, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are connected to form a closed cavity, which is provided therein with a filling body; alternatively, the first sheet member, the second sheet member and the filling body are integrated to form a solid middle wing piece.
7. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 1, wherein, the tail wing piece has a streamlined cross section, an outer profile of which forms a third airfoil, a lower profile of the third airfoil is at least partially arranged along the lower profile of the second airfoil, an upper profile of the third airfoil is at least partially arranged along the upper profile of the second airfoil, and trailing-edge points of the third airfoil coincide with those of the second airfoil.
8. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 7, wherein, the tail wing piece comprises a fourth sheet member arranged along the upper profile thereof and a fifth sheet member arranged along the lower profile thereof, and two ends of the fourth sheet member are respectively connected with two ends of the fifth sheet member.
9. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 8, wherein, two ends of the fourth sheet member are respectively connected with two ends of the fifth sheet member through a third connection member and a fourth connection member; alternatively, at least one second reinforcing member is arranged between the fourth sheet member and the fifth sheet member; further alternatively, one end of the fifth sheet member close to the head wing piece is connected with an extending section arranged along the lower profile of the second airfoil.
10. The blade of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of claim 9, wherein, one end of the fourth sheet member close to the head wing piece is connected with an attaching section attached with the extending section; alternatively, one end of the extending section close to the head wing piece is connected with a bending section bent towards the upper profile of the second airfoil.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(20) In order to make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure to be understood more clearly, the present disclosure will be described in further details with the accompanying drawings and the following embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely examples to illustrate the present disclosure, not to limit the present disclosure.
(21) For ease of description of specific embodiments, the codes of the blades of the present disclosure are firstly described, so as to facilitate understanding of the relevant terms and parameters illustrating the blades of the present disclosure in the drawings and the description. The blades of the present disclosure are represented by a general formula of FW(n+m)nm, where n represents the number of wing pieces in form of sheet (including: a head wing piece in form of an arc-shaped sheet, a middle wing piece having an arc-shaped structure, a two-part one-folded structure, an S-like shape or a C-like shape), m represents the number of wing pieces in form of a curved surface body or a solid block (including: a middle wing piece having a a-like shape or an airfoil-like shape, a tail wing piece having an airfoil structure or a duckbill shape or an upturned duckbill shape, a middle/tail wing piece in form of a solid block), and (n+m) is a sum of n and m. In addition, the above general formula may include a letter representing a reference airfoil, indicating that the outer profile of the blade forms a specific standard airfoil if necessary, for example, FW(n+m)nmL indicates that the standard airfoil is a LF-series airfoil, and FW(n+m)nmN indicates that the standard airfoil is NACA-series airfoil.
(22) Some of the blades of the present disclosure have logical recurrence in configurations of wing pieces. These blades can be classified into three classes, and the formula of each class should reflect characteristics of that class correspondingly. With respect to FW(n+m)nm, when m or n for one class of blades is a constant value, and the number of the wing pieces having logical recurrence in configuration can be reflected by (n+m) minus this constant value without the need of using a particular value to represent n or m, then one letter can be used to replace n or m to indicate the logical recurrence of configurations of the corresponding wing pieces.
(23) Specifically, blades represented by FW(1+m)1B consist of one sheet wing piece C1 and m wing pieces B in form of a curved surface body, and wherein the middle wing pieces among the m wing pieces B are -like shaped and have logical recurrence in the configuration. FW31B shown in
(24) Blades represented by FW(n+1)C1 consist of n sheet wing pieces C and one wing piece B in form of a curved surface body, and wherein the middle wing pieces among the n sheet wing pieces C are C-like shaped and have logical recurrence in configuration. FW4C1 shown in
(25) Blades represented by FW(n+1)S1 consist of n sheet wing pieces C and one wing piece B in form of a curved surface body, and wherein the middle wing pieces among the n sheet wing pieces C are S-like shaped and have logical recurrence in configuration. FW4S1 and FW5S1 orderly shown in
(26) If classifying the application capacity of the blades according to the numbers n and m of the pieces, the blade having n and m ranged from 1 to 3 (1n3, 1m3) is applicable to small- and micro-sized wind turbines, the blade having n and m ranged from 1 to 8 (1n8, 1m8) is applicable to small- and medium-sized wind turbines, the blade having n and m ranged from 1 to 18 (1n18, 1m18) is applicable to medium- and large-sized wind turbines, and the blade having n and m ranged from 1 to 30 (1n30, 1m30) is applicable to large-sized wind turbines.
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(29) Embodiments 1
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(31) An outer profile defined by the convex surface of the head wing piece and part of an upper profile, a trailing-edge point and a lower profile of the main wing component forms a second airfoil, and a leading-edge point of the second airfoil is located at the convex profile of the head wing piece. The surface defined by the upper profile of the second airfoil is a suction surface, and the surface defined by the lower profile of the second airfoil is a pressure surface of the blade.
(32) Furthermore, a gap between one end of the head wing piece close to the lower profile of the main wing component and the main wing component is an air inlet of the first ventilation space, a gap between one end of the head wing piece close to the upper profile of the main wing component and the main wing component is an air outlet of the first ventilation space, and the air inlet has a greater width than the air outlet of the first ventilation space.
(33) Embodiments 2
(34) When the blade for the present disclosure is utilized in a large-capacity fluid-dynamic device (a wind turbine), the main wing component formed by a single wing cannot meet the requirement, and the main wing component should further include one tail wing piece and at least one middle wing piece located between the head wing piece and the tail wing piece, wherein second ventilation spaces T2 are formed between adjacent middle wing pieces and between the middle wing piece and the tail wing piece, respectively, to achieve air communication between the upper profile and the lower profile of the second airfoil; an opening of the second ventilation space close to the lower profile of the second airfoil is an air inlet of the second ventilation space, and an opening of the second ventilation space the second ventilation space close to the upper profile of the second airfoil is an air outlet of the second ventilation space.
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(36) Preferably, the at least one middle wing piece has a sheet member at least partially arranged along the upper profile of the second airfoil.
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(38) Embodiments 3
(39) The embodiment 3 is a variation of the embodiment 2. In Embodiments 3, as shown in
(40) Specifically, the lower section of the second sheet member extends towards the head wing piece to form an S-like shaped middle wing piece, the middle wing pieces include at least two first sheet members, the at least two first sheet members are sequentially arranged between the head wing piece and the tail wing piece, and the second sheet member is connected with the first sheet member of the middle wing piece close to the tail wing piece.
(41) Embodiments 4
(42) The embodiment 4 differs from the embodiment 3 in that, as shown in
(43) To facilitate manufacturing, in Embodiments 3 and 4, the first sheet member and the second sheet member connected thereto are formed integrally, and the intersections between the first sheet member and the second sheet member are smooth and rounded.
(44) Embodiments 5
(45) The embodiment 5 is a variation of the embodiment 4. In Embodiments 5, as shown in
(46) Embodiments 6
(47) To improve the strength of the middle wing piece, the embodiment 5 is varied to obtain the embodiment 6. In Embodiments 6, as shown in
(48) To further improve the strength of the middle wing piece, as shown in
(49) Preferably, as shown in
(50) In another preferred solution, as shown in
(51) Embodiments 7
(52) The embodiment 7 is similar to the embodiment 6. In Embodiments 7, as shown in
(53) To facilitate manufacture and to reduce the manufacture cost, the first sheet member and the second sheet member connected thereto may be formed integrally to from a hollow middle wing piece. As shown in
(54) Embodiments 8
(55) The embodiment 8 differs from the embodiment 7 in that, the middle wing piece of the embodiment 8 has a solid structure, in other words, the closed cavity formed by connecting the first sheet member with the second sheet member is provided therein with a filling body A2, A3, or A4.
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(57) Embodiments 9
(58) The embodiment 9 is a variation of the embodiment 2. In Embodiments 9, as shown in
(59) Preferably, the lower section and the upper section of the third sheet member are formed integrally, and an intersection of the lower section and the upper section of the third sheet member is smooth and rounded.
(60) Embodiments 10
(61) The middle wing piece further includes at least one solid wing component in addition to the sheet members described in the above embodiments; as shown in
(62) Preferably, a connection of the lower side and the convex surface of the solid wing component and a connection of the lower side and the concave surface of the solid wing component are smooth and rounded.
(63) Embodiments 11
(64) The tail wing piece of the main wing component may have various forms. The tail wing piece has a streamlined cross section, an outer profile of which forms a third airfoil, a lower profile of the third airfoil is at least partially arranged along the lower profile of the second airfoil, an upper profile of the third airfoil is at least partially arranged along the upper profile of the second airfoil, trailing-edge points of the third airfoil coincide with those of the second airfoil.
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(69) Embodiments 12
(70) The embodiment 12 is a variation of the embodiment 11. As shown in
(71) Preferably, the attaching section and the fourth sheet member are formed integrally.
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(78) Furthermore, the blade of the present disclosure can also be used as a blade of a hydraulic turbine, a steam turbine or a thruster, especially, as a vertical axis hydraulic turbine that generates electric power using tidal flow.
(79) To verify the technical effects of the blade capable of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of the present disclosure, six kinds of blades are respectively mounted on an H-vertical axis wind turbine, the values of power thereof are measured with varying wind speeds so as to fit out power curves.
(80) The results illustrated in
(81) As seen from the comparison results illustrated in
(82) Table 1 lists an average
(83) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Average
(84) The five kinds of blades except the NACA blade have a similar shape or a similar outer profile. Among the five kinds of blades, the blade having a ventilation space have better performance than the LF blade, indicating that the configuration of the ventilation space is a key factor to improve the performance of the blades, the difference of performances of the blades is mainly resulted from the number and shape of the ventilation space. The NACA blade has the poorest performance, indicating that the aviation airfoil designed for aircrafts is not suitable for the vertical axis wind turbines.
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(86) The method for manufacturing the blade capable of efficiently utilizing low-velocity fluid of the present disclosure substantially includes steps of:
(87) Step 1. selecting raw materials for processing; the raw materials include ductile light metal sheets (including, but not limited to, an aluminum plate, an aluminum alloy plate), light alloy non-sheet materials (including, but not limited to, aluminum alloy, aluminum-magnesium alloy), polymer (including, but not limited to, PC, PU and ABS), or fibers-reinforced composite (including, but not limited to, glass fibers composite, carbon fibers composite, Kevlar fibers composite).
(88) Step 2. according to the types of the raw materials, applying curved surface mold or die forming, or curved surface rolling, to manufacture the raw materials into a sheet member having a predetermined shape; the curved surface mold or die forming includes stamping, extrusion, injection molding, die casting, loose tooling die forming or patterned mold forming;
(89) Specifically, when the raw materials are light metal sheets, applying curved surface rolling or stamping; when the raw materials are light alloy non-sheet materials or polymer materials, applying extrusion, injection molding or die casting; when the raw materials are fiber reinforced composite, applying die or patterned mold forming, or die casting.
(90) Step 3. forming the head wing piece, the middle wing piece or the tail wing piece using the manufactured sheet members.
(91) What described above are several embodiments of the present disclosure, they are relatively concrete and detailed, but they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the conception of the present disclosure, and all these modifications and improvements are within the scope of the present invention. The scope of the present invention shall be subject to the claims attached.