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CA 02689404 2010-01-04
METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY USING FUEL-LESS ENERGY
Field Of Search:
Canadian Patent Application Numbers
CA 2638516 2008-08-04 Moteurs-Leroy-Somer
CA 2600644 2007-12-11 Leininger, Jon J.
CA 2599089 2007-08-27 Morris-David C.
CA 2549194 2006-05-31 Regan, Colin, Hoffman, Johann
CA 2510255 2005-12-22 Oshiro. Kenei
CA 2589097 2005-12-05 Coman, John Herbert
CA 2447269 2003-03-20 Tahara, Masahiko
Canadian Patent Numbers
CA 1191535 1985-08-06 Meszaros, Leslie G.
CA 1098723 1981-04-07 Palazzetti, Mario
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SPECIFICATION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a new method of generating electricity without
burning any type of fuel.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is desirable to generate electricity as cheaply as possible and without
burning any sort of fuel but it
is also desirable to be able to generate electricity when the main circuit is
inoperative or one is
located in a remote area where no electricity is available.
The prior art does not teach a method to generate a continuous source of
electricity by means of a
battery or batteries, electric motor and the rotating an object or objects in
order to produce enough
horsepower to operate a generator at full capacity and charging the battery or
batteries simultaneously
with a small percentage of the electricity developed when the system is
operating.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of this invention to generate electricity cheaply without the
use of any type of fuel.
It is further object of this invention to generate enough electricity needed
to run a typical household.
These and further objects of this invention will become more apparent as the
description of the
invention proceeds.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The foregoing and further objects and advantages are obtained by producing
electricity continuously
and cheaply without the need of liquid or gaseous fuels.
Electricity is produced using a battery or batteries connected in series,
parallel or both and an AC
electric motor connected to a DC to AC inverter or to an electric DC electric
motor that rotates an object
or objects having mass at a high RPM (revolutions per minute) by means of a
pulley and belt system or
system that connect an initial shaft or series of shafts which may have an
object or objects attached to
them whereas the initial shaft and the other connected shaft or shafts is/are
connected to a shaft which
the rotor of a generator is attached to and this shaft is also connected to
the initial shaft or to another
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shaft by means of a pulley and belt system or systems. The shaft that the
rotor of the generator is
attached to may have an object or series of objects attached to it.
The belt or belts that is/are connected to the pulley or pulleys that is/are
attached to the electric motor
and that is/are connected to the pulley or pulleys that is/are attached to the
first or initial shaft in which
an object or objects may be attached to it will have about 40% to 60% of the
tension typically applied to
a belt or belts.
A small percentage of the produced electricity is used in the continuous
charging of the battery or
batteries and the remaining electricity is used in the conventional manner.
A solar panel system may also be used in the battery charging system when the
generator is not
operating.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the accompany drawings
FIG. 1 illustrates the components of the invention if the electric motor is a
direct current motor
FIG. 2 illustrates the components of the invention if the electric motor is an
alternating current motor
FIG. 3 illustrates the belt pulley system of the electric motor connecting the
shaft that the rotating
object or objects is/are connected to
FIG. 4 illustrates the two preferred objects of the invention to be rotated at
a high RPM
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The current invention achieves the desired results without the use of liquid
or gaseous fuels and being
connected to the main power grid.
Two rechargeable batteries Fig. 1 (1) wired in parallel were connected to an
electric AC motor. The
electric motor was an alternating current (AC) type of electric motor Fig. 1
(2), so a DC to AC
inverter was also used Fig. 2 (1A).
The electric motor rotated a shaft that included an object attached to it Fig.
1 (6 & 13). A belt and
pulley system connected the electric motor and the shaft that included a
rotating object Fig.1 (4)
In this example of an preferred embodiment, the electric motor was an AC 120
volt/15 amp type
having a 2 horsepower (HP) rating and having a rotational speed of 3450 RPMS
and a suitable 12
volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter was used.
A 3 inch pulley was attached to the electric motor Fig. 1(3) and a 5 inch
pulley Fig. 1(5) was attached
to the shaft that the rotating object was attached to.
It should be noted that the preferred object to be rotated will be a single
circular disc having a
constant thickness of 2.5 centimeters and in this example the circular disc
was constructed out of
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aluminum. The disc had a diameter of about.47 meters and had a mass of about
12.27 kilograms
Fig. 1 (6). It is very important that the object or objects to be rotated
is/are balanced as
to much vibration will be observed and potentially tear the system apart
during peak rotational
velocity.
The rotational speed of the electric motor was 3450 RPM and had a 3 inch
pulley attached to it and
the shaft with the aluminum disc had a 5 inch pulley attached to it, the
rotational speed of the shaft
and the disc was 2070 RPM, 3450 times 3 divided by 5.
The shaft with the aluminum disc was connected to the shaft of an AC generator
(Fig.I (10) by means
of a belt and pulley system Fig. 1 (8 & 9). This pulley system had a 7 inch
attached to the shaft with
the aluminum disc and the shaft of the generator had a 4 inch pulley attached
to it. It should be noted
that the AC generator required a RPM of about 3600 in order to achieve the
frequency that it operated
at.
The final rotational speed of the AC generator was as follows, 2070 times 7
divided by 4 equals 3622
RPM.
It was found that if the belt that connects the electric motor to the shaft
that the rotating aluminum
disc is attached to is assembled in the conventional manner, without slack,
circuit breakers up 30
amps would be tripped within seconds of operation and the electric motor would
come very hot in a
very shot period of time.
It was found that if the electric motor was brought closer the shaft being
rotated and causing slack in
the belt, the breakers in a 15 amp breaker would not be tripped when the
electric motor was turned
on.
It was found that the shaft with the aluminum disc attached to it would start
to rotate slowly and
gradually pickup rotational speed and eventually achieve a maximum speed of
2070 RPM. This was
confirmed by using a digital laser tachometer.
The electric motor kept relatively cool and no breakers was tripped during a
test run of 6 hours.
It should be noted that if the belt was attached to about 40% to 60% of the
tension applied in a typical
conventional set-up Fig.3 (2), the electric motor would generate enough torque
to start rotating the
shaft with the attached aluminum disc as well as the AC generator shaft and
rotor and the belt would
not have a tendency to slip off the pulleys while rotating and the circuit
breakers would not trip.
It should be noted that the rating of the AC generator was 5000 watts and have
a 6500 watts surge
rating.
A 12 volt DC 30A output with a 7 amp 108 volt input converter/charger Fig.l
(12) was plugged in
one of the generator outlets Fig.1 (11) and that output leads were attached to
the battery system.
This converter/charger system charged the batteries as needed while the
generator was being used. A
solar battery charger Fig.1 (15) was also connected to the battery system. The
solar charger had
maintained the battery system at full charge even if the generator had not
been used for a long period
of time.
The watts required to maintain a suitable charge on the battery system was
about 775 watts (15%)
well short of the 5000 watts the AC generator produced.
Various other items were plugged in the other outlets of the generator while
the DC 30A charger was
working and it was noted no circuit breakers were tripped during this
demonstration. Items such as a
furnace motor, a water pump and 100 watt lights were tested successfully while
the battery charger
was plugged in one of the outlets.
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It was found that the rotating aluminum disc produced enough horsepower to
maintain the proper
operation of the small AC generator. The actual horsepower achieved by the
rotating aluminum disc
was calculated using the following formulae:
Energy of a rotating disc ='/2 I x W squared where I is moment of inertia and
W is angular velocity in
radians per second.
I = V2 mass x the radius of the disc squared (for a disc having a constant
thickness) Fig. 4 (1)
I = mass x the radius of the disc squared (for a disc having most of its mass
concentrated on its other
rim) Fig.4 (2).
In my example, the disc had a constant thickness, therefore the formula I =
'/2 mass X the radius
squared will be used.
Energy of a rotating disc is as follows:
= V2 x '/2 mass (kg) times the radius (meters) of the disc squared x angular
velocity (radians per
second) squared.
= .25 x mass of disc x the radius of the disc squared x the angular velocity
squared
Mass of aluminum disc = 12.27 kg
Radius of aluminum disc =.2349 meters
Angular velocity of rotating aluminum disc in radians per second = 2070
divided by 60 times 360
divided by 59.29 = 209.48 radians per second
Note: there are 59.29 in a complete rotation of a disc (360 divided by 2 Pi)
Energy of the rotating aluminum disc =.25 x 12.27x.2349 x.2349 x 209.48 x
209.48
= 7427.4 joules per second or watts
There are 745.7 watts in one horsepower, so the total horsepower created by
the aluminum disc
rotating at a velocity of 2070 RPM = 7427.4 divided by 745.7 = 9.96 HP
The recommended gas engine needed to properly operate a 5000 watts AC
generator should have 10
HP of power.
Based on this information, if an iron disc had a diameter of 30 inches and a
thickness of 1 inch and
was rotated at an angular velocity of 2070 RPM, a considerable amount of
horsepower would be
developed.
Mass of iron disc = 3.14 x15 x 15 xl x 16.38 x 7.8 divided by 454 divided by
2.2 = 90.37 kg
Radius of iron disc = 15 divided by 39.37 =.381 meters
Angular velocity of rotating iron disc = 209.48 radians per second
Energy of rotating iron disc = .25 x 90.37 x .381x .381 x 209.48 x 209.48
=143,912.8 watts =
143,912.8 divided by 745.7 = 193 HP
It is conceivable that a rechargeable battery or series of batteries that are
used to power an electric
automobile could be charged using the method this invention teaches.
A rotating disc would need to have enough power to charge the batteries using
an AC generator.
Some of the batteries would be used in the rotating of the disc which in turn
would rotate the
generator at the required RPM. Any surplus electricity the generator would
produce could be used
directly by the automobile.
It should be noted that the object or objects to be rotated may be attached to
the same shaft the rotor
of the generator is connected to and therefore eliminating one shaft and
pulley belt system.
Also, it should be noted that the object or objects to be rotated may be
attached to more than one shaft
where each additional shafts are inter connected by means of a pulley and belt
system or systems.
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However, in was found that the initial shaft being rotated by the electric
motor may have an object or
series of objects attached to it and the tension of the belt or belts
connecting the motor and the initial
shaft must only have 40 to 60 percent of the tension typically applied to a
belt or belts.
