Power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat

Abstract

A power generation mechanism that utilizes solar heat together with geothermal heat is equipped with a boiler and at least one pipeline generator unit. The lower end of the boiler is provided with an input pipe, which can extend deep into the ground to extract dry geothermal heat accumulated in the subterranean layer into the interior of the boiler. The upper end of the boiler is equipped with a solar heat collector, which transfers solar heat to the interior of the boiler to further heat hot water inside; in addition, the upper end of the boiler is connected to at least one output pipe, which can transport the heated water and steam to a pipeline generator unit. By directing hot water and steam through a power generation channel located between the upper water tank and the lower water tank of the pipeline generator unit, the generator unit in the power generation channel generates electricity.

Claims

1. A power generation mechanism applying a solar heat together with a geothermal heat, comprising a boiler and at least one pipeline generator unit; the bottom of the boiler is provided with a conveyor pipe capable of extending into the underground to draw dry the geothermal heat, being collected from the underground into the boiler; the top of the boiler is provided with at least one output pipe, the other end of the at least one pipe connected to the at least one pipeline generator unit, allowing the generated hot water and steam within the boiler to be delivered to the at least one pipeline generator unit.

2. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top of the boiler is additionally equipped with a solar heat collector, which comprises multiple inclined solar heat chip panels arranged at the top of an outer casing, with a central metal conduit positioned upright among the multiple inclined solar heat chip panels, reflecting sunlight onto the surface of the metal conduit, causing heat up.

3. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lower ends of the multiple solar heat chip panels are connected to a helical metal coil to transfer the thermal energy generated by sunlight to the coil; wherein the lower end of the helical metal coil is connected to the lower end of the metal conduit, connected to a metal wire extending into the boiler, thereby utilizing the metal wire, to reheat the fluid inside the boiler.

4. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top of the boiler is further provided with a pressure relief valve to release the internal pressure of the boiler as needed.

5. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 2, wherein a vacuum generator is located below the boiler, and one end of the vacuum generator is connected to a first conduit first end, while the other end of the vacuum generator is connected to a second conduit; the other end of the first conduit is connected to the conveyor pipe, and the other end of the second conduit is connected to the interior of the boiler, with the assistance of the vacuum generator, dry geothermal heat collected underground can be rapidly drawn through the first conduit and delivered into the boiler via the second conduit.

6. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one pipeline generator unit comprises an upper water tank and a lower water tank, with multiple power generation channels arranged in between; wherein the upper water tank is provided with an inlet at the top, connected to the output pipe; wherein a pump is installed in the middle section of the output pipe to direct the hot water and steam inside the boiler into the upper water tank; wherein the hot water and the steam that enters the upper water tank flows downward through the power generation channels into the lower water tank; wherein one side of the lower water tank is equipped with an outlet connected to a discharge pipeline, which communicates with the boiler, thus forming a closed circulating system.

7. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one generator units are arranged at intervals inside the power generation channels of the pipeline generator unit; each at least one generator unit uses a dual-end rotor shaft with the two ends extending through the walls of the power generation channel to be fixed inside the channel, and wherein the at least one generator unit two ends of the dual-end rotor shaft extends through the channel walls connected to a generator.

8. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 7, wherein said dual-end rotor shaft installed inside the power generation channel is equipped with turbine blades, the turbine blades can be driven to rotate by the downward flow of hot water and steam, thereby causing the rotor shaft to rotate and drive the generator to generate electricity.

9. The power generation mechanism applying the solar heat together with the geothermal heat as claimed in claim 8, wherein each generator unit within the power generation channels is provided with a funnel above; wherein the funnel's lower end is a small opening directed toward the turbine blades of the dual-end rotor shaft, while the upper end is a large opening, enabling the hot water and steam to flow from the large opening to the small opening, concentrating pressure on the turbine blades to enhance their rotational speed.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of the power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a partial three-dimensional schematic view of the power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is another partial three-dimensional schematic view of the power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the arrangement of some generator units within the power generation channel of the power generation mechanism of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(5) As shown in FIG. 1, the power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat of the present invention mainly comprises a boiler (1000) and multiple pipeline generator units (2001, 2002, 2003). The bottom of the boiler (1000) is equipped with an conveyor pipe (1001) that extends deep underground to extract dry geothermal heat into the boiler (1000). The upper end of the boiler (1000) is connected to multiple output pipes (1002, 1003, 1004), which are linked to the pipeline generator units (2001, 2002, 2003), facilitating the transfer of hot water and steam from the boiler (1000) to the generator units.

(6) Please refer to FIG. 2, the structure of each pipeline generator units (2001, 2002, 2003) is identical, with pipeline generator unit (2001) described as an example. The unit consists of an upper water tank (100) and a lower water tank (200), connected by multiple power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540), for example, 20 or more. The upper water tank (100) has an inlet (101) connected to output pipe (1002). A pump (300) is positioned along the output pipe (1002) to rapidly conduct hot water and steam from the boiler (1000) into the upper water tank (100). The hot water and steam flows from the upper water tank (100) through the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540) into the lower water tank (200). An outlet (201) is located on one side of the lower water tank (200), connected to a discharge pipeline (202), which loops back to the boiler (1000). This configuration establishes a closed circulation system for hot water and steam flow.

(7) Please refer to FIG. 3, the upper end of the boiler (1000) is further equipped with a solar heat collector (400). The solar heat collector (400) is installed with a plurality of tilted solar heat chip panels (411, 412) on the upper end of a conical enclosure (410). A metallic conduit (413) stands vertically at the center of these panels. The solar heat chip panels (411, 412) reflect sunlight onto the surface of the metallic conduit (413), causing it to heat up. The thermal energy generated by the solar heat chip panels (411, 412) is transferred to a spiral metal coil (414) located below, heating it up as well. The solar heat chip panels have solar cells on metal panels, while metal panels transfer heat, solar cells generate electricity for the pump to stand activate operation of the whole power generation system. The bottom of the spiral metal coil (414) is connected to the lower end of the metallic conduit (413), which in turn connects to a metallic wire (415) that extends into the boiler (1000). This configuration allows the solar heat collector (400) to transfer solar thermal energy through the metallic wire (415) to reheat hot water boiled by the geothermal heat in the boiler (1000) and to generate steam. The reheated hot water and steam flow through the output pipes (1002, 1003, 1004) into the upper water tank (100) of the pipeline generator units (2001, 2002, 2003). Additionally, the boiler (1000) is equipped with a pressure release valve (1005) and water filling port (1006) to promptly release any excessive pressure inside the boiler and add water on time.

(8) As shown in the above figures, a vacuum generator (3000) is installed below the boiler (1000). The vacuum generator (3000) is equipped with a first conduit (3001) at one end and a second conduit (3002) at the other. The first conduit (3001) is connected to the conveyor pipe (1001), and the second conduit (3002) is connected to the inside of the boiler (1000). Thus, through the operation of the vacuum generator (3000), dry geothermal heat collected from the underground, can be quickly drawn into the first conduit (3001) and transported through the second conduit (3002) to the interior of the boiler (1000).

(9) Please refer to FIG. 4, the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540) positioned between the upper water tank (100) and the lower water tank (200) contain multiple sets (for example, sets or more) of generator units (6A, 6B, 6C, etc.) spaced apart inside the pipes. Each generator unit (6A, 6B, 6C, etc.) utilizes a dual-end rotor shaft (610) that passes through the pipe wall of the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540) and is fixed inside the channels. The dual-end rotor shaft (610) extends through the pipe wall of the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540), with each end connected to a generator (710, 720). The dual-end rotor shaft (610) inside the channels is equipped with turbine fan blades (620). As the hot water and steam flow downward, the fan blades (620) are driven to rotate, which in turn drives the dual-end rotor shaft (610) to rotate, driving the generators (710, 720) to generate electricity.

(10) As shown in the above figures, the interior of each power generation channel (510, 520, 530, 540) is equipped with a funnel (800) at the top of each generator unit (6A, 6B, 6C, etc.). The funnel (800) is preferably welded to the inner pipe wall of the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540). The lower end of the funnel has a small opening (810), while the upper end has a large opening (820). The small opening (810) faces the turbine fan blades (620) on the dual-end rotor shaft (610). Therefore, when hot water and steam flow downward through the funnel (800), they flow from the large opening (820) to the small opening (810), creating high pressure that pushes against the turbine fan blades (620), accelerating their rotation and improving the power generation efficiency of the generators (710, 720).

(11) Thus, by the assistance of the vacuum generator (3000), the power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with dry geothermal heat of the invention, enables geothermal heat collected from the underground, to be quickly absorbed into the boiler (1000), together with the dry geothermal heat being absorbed through the conveyor pipe into the boiler (1000), hot water after being reheated by the solar heat collector (400), not only increases in temperature but also generates hot steam. The generated hot water and steam are then activated by pump (300) and transported through output pipes (1002, 1003, 1004) into the upper water tanks (100) of the pipeline generator units (2001, 2002, 2003). The hot water and steam entering the upper water tank (100) flow downward through the power generation channels (510, 520, 530, 540), and pass through the funnel (800). While hot water and steam flows from the large opening (820) to the small opening (810), the geothermal heat and steam expansion force is increased, which accelerates the turbine fan blades (620) on the dual-end rotor shaft (610), thereby generating electricity through the generators (710, 720) installed at both ends of the shaft.

(12) In summary, the Power Generation Mechanism Applying Solar Heat Together with Geothermal Heat of this invention indeed provide features of unprecedented and innovative structure. It has not been disclosed in any publication, nor has any similar power generation system been observed in the market. Therefore, its novelty should be indisputable. Furthermore, the unique characteristics and functionalities of this invention far surpass those of conventional systems, demonstrating its significant advancement and compliance with the requirements for filing an invention patent under the relevant patent law of your esteemed country. This application is therefore submitted in accordance with the law. The configurations described in this specification pertain solely to the layout of the power generation mechanism using solar and geothermal heat. The detailed structural elements necessary for the operation of this system do not affect the patentability of this invention and are duly disclosed.

(13) It is to be noted that the above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and if it is changed according to the concept of the present invention, the function of the present invention which does not exceed the spirit of the specification shall be deemed to be in the scope of present invention.