THERMAL ENERGY POWER DEVICE AND WORK-DOING METHOD THEREFOR

Abstract

A thermal energy power device is disclosed. A gasification reactor is arranged on a TDC of a cylinder bulk of an internal combustion engine, wherein the gasification reactor includes gasifying plates (19) and gas holes (23). The gasifying plates are arranged with gaps on the TDC of the cylinder. The gas holes (23) are distributed evenly, in an array, or in a staggered manner on the gasifying plate (19). A cylinder head above the gasification reactor is provided with an atomizer (12). Heat absorption plates (26) are arranged inside the exhaust passage in parallel with an air flow direction. The heat absorption plates (26) absorb thermal energy of exhaust gas and transfer the thermal energy to the gasification reactor. The internal combustion engine is wrapped with an insulation layer. An added working stroke enables the temperature of the cylinder bulk to be lowered. The compression ratio is high.

Claims

1. A thermal energy power, device, comprising a gasification reactor, provided on a Top Dead Center (TDC) of a cylinder bulk of an internal combustion engine, the gasification reactor including one or more gasifying plates and a plurality of gas holes, the one or more gasifying plates being positioned on the TDC of the cylinder bulk with one or more gaps, the plurality of gas holes being distributed evenly, in an array, or in a staggered manner on each gasifying plate, wherein an atomizer is provided on a cylinder head above the gasification reactor, heat absorbing plates being provided in parallel in a direction of a gas flow of an exhaust passage, the heat absorbing plates absorbing thermal energy from exhaust gas and passing the thermal energy to the gasification reactor, wherein an internal combustion engine is wrapped with an insulation layer.

2. The thermal energy power device of claim 1, wherein the heat absorbing plates are provided inside the exhaust passage, and the diameter of the exhaust passage is enlarged, such that an increased resistance of the heat absorbing plates is canceled, and an original exhaust ratio of the cylinder bulk and the exhaust passage is maintained.

3. The thermal energy power device of claim 1 wherein at least one layer of the gasifying plate is provided on the TDC of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, a dimension of each gap between gap-distributed gasifying plates being 1.2-6 mm, the plurality of gas holes on one gasifying plate and the gas holes on an other gasifying plate being arranged in the staggered manner.

4. The thermal energy power device of claim 1, wherein the TDC of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine is provided with three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates; the dimension of the gap between the three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates being 1.5-3.5 mm; wherein a size of the gas hole is arranged such that a diameter of the gas hole on an upper layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on an adjacent lower layer of gasifying plate, a diameter of the gas hole on a first layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a second layer of gasifying plate, and the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a third layer of gasifying plate.

5. The thermal energy power device of claim 4, wherein the diameter of the gas hole on the first layer of gasifying plate is 0.2-3.5 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate being 0.4-7 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the third layer of gasifying plate being 0.8-14 mm; a thickness of the gasifying plate being 0.2-6 mm; the internal combustion engine cylinder and the one or more gasifying plates being made of thermally conductive metal material.

6. A working method of a thermal energy power device, comprising: configuring the thermal energy power device to include a gasification reactor, provided on a Top Dead Center (TDC) of a cylinder bulk of an internal combustion engine, the gasification reactor including one or more gasifying plates and a plurality of gas holes, the one or more gasifying plates being positioned on the TDC of the cylinder bulk with one or more gaps, the plurality of gas holes being distributed evenly, in an array, or in a staggered manner on each gasifying plate, providing an atomizer on a cylinder head above the gasification reactor, providing heat absorbing plates in parallel in a direction of a gas flow of an exhaust passage, wherein the heat absorbing plates absorbs thermal energy from exhaust gas and passing the thermal energy to the gasification reactor, wherein an internal combustion engine is wrapped with an insulation layer adding, a gas injection working stroke and an exhaust stroke formed by the atomizer and the one or more gasifying plates, after steps of working or exhausting of the thermal energy power device.

7. The working method of claim 6, wherein the six-stroke working method is that for a six-stroke engine, each working cycle includes an intake stroke, a compression stroke, a working stroke, and an exhaust stroke, a gas injection working stroke, and an exhaust stroke, wherein in order to complete one working cycle of the six-stroke engine, a piston in the cylinder needs to go back and forth for six strokes, and the crankshaft rotates for three times.

8. The working method of claim 7, wherein the internal combustion engine can be a gasoline engine, a diesel engine, or a substitute fuel engine; and wherein the internal combustion engine can be a dual-stroke engine, a four-stroke engine, a six-stroke engine, or other-stroke engines being added with the gas injection working stroke and the exhaust stroke.

9. The working method of claim 8, wherein the gas injection working stroke further comprises atomizing an organic working medium through the atomizer on the cylinder head, and entering the organic working medium into a first layer of gasifying plate, passing thermal energy through the cylinder and the one or more gasifying plates such that the atomized organic working medium is gasified quickly, entering an atomized gas and a gaseous organic working medium into a second layer of gasifying plate, and gasifying the atomized gas and the gaseous organic working medium continuously, after a certain gas pressure is formed, entering the atomized gas and the gaseous organic working medium into a third layer of gasifying plate and gasifying the atomized gas and the gaseous organic working medium continuously such that the gas pressure increases continuously so as to push the piston to work; wherein since a diameter of the gas hole increases layer by layer from the first layer to the third layer, an expanding rate of the gaseous organic working medium speeds up step by step, and the gas pressure increases gradually, pushing the piston to work again, after working, pushing, by the piston, to exhaust.

10. The thermal energy power device of claim 2, wherein the TDC of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine is provided with three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates; the dimension of the gap between the three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates being 1.5-3.5 mm; wherein a size of the gas hole is arranged such that a diameter of the gas hole on an upper layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on an adjacent lower layer of gasifying plate, a diameter of the gas hole on a first layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a second layer of gasifying plate, and the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a third layer of gasifying plate.

11. The thermal energy power device of claim 3, wherein the TDC of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine is provided with three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates; the dimension of the gap between the three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates being 1.5-3.5 mm; wherein a size of the gas hole is arranged such that a diameter of the gas hole on an upper layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on an adjacent lower layer of gasifying plate, a diameter of the gas hole on a first layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a second layer of gasifying plate, and the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate is half of a diameter of the gas hole on a third layer of gasifying plate.

12. The thermal energy power device of claim 10, wherein the diameter of the gas hole on the first layer of gasifying plate is 0.2-3.5 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate being 0.4-7 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the third layer of gasifying plate being 0.8-14 mm; a thickness of the gasifying plate being 0.2-6 mm; the internal combustion engine cylinder and the one or more gasifying plates being made of thermally conductive metal material.

13. The thermal energy power device of claim 11, wherein the diameter of the gas hole on the first layer of gasifying plate is 0.2-3.5 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate being 0.4-7 mm; the diameter of the gas hole on the third layer of gasifying plate being 0.8-14 mm; a thickness of the gasifying plates being 0.2-6 mm; the internal combustion engine cylinder and the one or more gasifying plate being made of thermally conductive metal material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0050] FIG. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the thermal energy power device of the present invention;

[0051] FIG. 2 is the profile view of the gasifying plate of the present invention;

[0052] FIG. 3 is the front view of the gasifying plate of the present invention;

[0053] FIG. 4 is the diagram of the staggered distribution of the gas holes on two adjacent layers of gasifying plates of the present invention;

[0054] In the drawings: 1 is cylinder bulk; 2 is piston; 3 is piston ring; 4 is connecting rod; 5 is air inlet passage; 6 is intake valve: 7 is exhaust passage; 8 is exhaust valve; 9 is valve moving mechanism; 10 is camshaft; 11 is apex; 12 is atomizer; 13 is cooler; 14 is liquid storage tank; 15 is exhaust port; 16 is pressure pump; 17 is working medium; 18 is crankshaft; 19 is gasifying plate; 20 is combustion chamber; 21 is fuel injector; 22 is spark plug; 23 is gas hole; 24 is cylinder head; 25 is pipe; 26 is heat absorbing plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0055] Embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail with reference to FIGS. 1-4.

Embodiment 1

[0056] A thermal energy power device includes cylinder bulk 1, piston 2, piston ring 3, connecting rod 4, air inlet passage 5, intake valve 6, exhaust passage 7, exhaust valve 8, valve moving mechanism 9, camshaft 10, apex 11, crankshaft 18, combustion chamber 20, fuel injector 21, spark plug 22, and cylinder head 24. Cylinder bulk 1 is provided with combustion chamber 20 and piston 2. Piston 2 is provided with piston ring 3. Piston 3 is movably connected to connecting rod 4. Connecting rod 4 is connected to crankshaft 18. An upper portion of cylinder bulk 1 is provided with cylinder head 24. Cylinder head 24 is provided with air inlet passage 5, exhaust passage 7, spark plug 22, and fuel injector 21. Air inlet passage 5 is provided with intake valve 6. Exhaust passage 7 is provided with exhaust valve 8. Intake valve 6 and exhaust valve 8 are connected to valve moving mechanism 9. The projecting position of camshaft 10 is apex 11.

[0057] The thermal energy power device farther includes atomizer 12 provided above cylinder head 24, gasifying plates 19 provided on cylinder hulk 1, gas holes 23 provided on gasifying plate 19, cooler 13 connected to exhaust passage 7 through pipe 25, liquid storage tank 14 connected to cooler 13 through pipe 25, pressure pump 16 connected to liquid storage tank 14 through pipe 25, atomizer 12 connected to pressure pump 16 through pipe 25. Liquid storage tank 14 is provided with exhaust port 15. Working medium 17 is in liquid storage tank 14. Pipe 25 inside liquid storage tank 14 extends to the bottom. After heat absorbing plate 26 is provided in the direction of the parallel gas flow inside exhaust passage 7, the diameter of exhaust passage 7 is enlarged, such that the increased resistance of heat absorbing plates 26 is canceled, and the original exhaust ratio of cylinder bulk 1 and exhaust passage 7 can be maintained. The arrangement of the gaps between heat absorbing plates 26 does not affect the exhausting of original cylinder. The gaps between heat absorbing plates 26 are arranged with a dimension of 1.2 mm. Preferably, the gaps between heat absorbing plates 26 are arranged with a dimension of 1.5 mm. Further preferably, the gaps between heat absorbing plates 26 are arranged with a dimension of 2 mm. Further preferably, the gaps between heat absorbing plates 26 are arranged with a dimension of 2.5 mm. Moreover, under the case of reducing the arranged number of heat absorbing plates 26, the thickness of heat absorbing plate 26 and the dimension of the gap can be increased. One layer of heat absorbing plate 26 is arranged with the thickness of 6 mm, and the gap is 6 mm. Preferably, two layers of heat absorbing plates 26 are provided with the thickness of 4.5 mm, and the gap is 4.5 mm. Further preferably, three layers of heat absorbing plates 26 are provided with the thickness of 2 mm, and the gap is 2 mm.

Embodiment 2

[0058] The thermal energy power device as described in Embodiment 1, the TDC of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine is provided with one to six layers of gasifying plates 19. The gap dimension of gap-distributed gasifying plate 19 is 1.2 mm, 1.5 mm, 1.8 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 2.8 mm, 3 mm, 3.6 mm, 3.8 mm, 4 mm, 4.2 mm, 4.5 mm, 4.8 mm, 5 mm, 5.5 mm, or 6 mm. The gap dimension of gasifying plates 19 is arranged according to the number of layers and the thickness of gasifying plates. The larger the gap dimension between gasifying plates 19 is, the thicker the gasifying plate 19 is. The larger the diameter of gas hole 23 is arranged, the less the number of layers of gasifying plates 19 is. The smaller the gap dimension of gasifying plate 19 is arranged, the thinner the gasifying plate 19 is. The smaller the diameter of gas hole 23 is, the more the number of layers of gasifying plate 19 is. Gap-distributed gasifying plate 19 and gas holes 23 on gasifying plate 19 are arranged in a staggered manner. Preferably, three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates 19 are provided at the TDC of the internal combustion engine cylinder. The gap dimension of the three layers of gap-distributed gasifying plates 19 is 1.5 mm, 1.8 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 2.8 mm, 3 mm, 3.6 mm, or 3.5 mm. The size of the gas hole is arranged as follows. The diameter of the gas hole on the upper layer of gasifying plate is half of the diameter of the gas hole on the adjacent lower layer of gasifying plate. The diameter of the gas hole on the first layer of gasifying plate is half of the diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate. The diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate is half of the diameter of the gas hole on the third layer of gasifying plate. Further preferably, the diameter of the gas hole on the first layer of gasifying plate is 0.2 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.8 mm, 1 mm, 1.2 mm, 1.5 mm, 1.8 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3 mm, or 3.5 mm. The diameter of the gas hole on the second layer of gasifying plate is 0.4 mm, 0.6 mm, 0.8 mm, 1 mm, 1.6 mm, 2 mm, 2.4 mm, 3 mm, 3.6 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, or 7 mm. The diameter of the gas hole on the third layer of gasifying plate is 0.8 mm, 1.2 mm, 1.6 mm, 2 mm, 3.2 mm, 4 mm, 4.8 mm, 6 mm, 7.2 mm, 8 mm, 10 mm, 12 mm, or 14 mm. The thickness of the gasifying plate is 0.4 mm, 0.6 mm, 0.8 mm, 1 mm, 1.6 mm, 2 mm, 2.4 mm, 3 mm, 3.6 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, or 6 mm. The internal combustion engine cylinder and the gasifying plates are made of thermally conductive metal material, which has a thermally conductivity coefficient more than 300W/m.Math.K. Alloys of gold, silver, and copper are preferred.

Embodiment 3

[0059] The thermal energy power device as described in Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 can be manufactured as single-cylinder, dual-cylinder, or multi-cylinder engine. With different working media, the utilization rate of the thermal energy is different. The structure of the present invention can be designed to be used in the gasoline engine, the diesel engine, or the substitute fuel engine if necessary.