Energy transfer from a drum to a displacement element
View Patent ↗An energy transfer apparatus can include an electromechanical gauge having a motor and a displacer connected to the electromechanical gauge by a wire, wherein energy is transferred from the motor of the electromechanical gauge to the displacer using the motor and the wire combined with mechanical drag. A spring may be located between the wire and a mass inside the displacer, wherein a lifting and a lowering of the displacer generates an oscillation of the displacer body, wherein the oscillation is usable to generate the energy. The displacer may include a moving element that can introduce the mechanical drag when the displacer is moved through liquid by the motor. The movement of the moving element can be transferred into mechanical movement or into electricity.
1 . An energy transfer apparatus, comprising:
an electromechanical servo gauge having a motor, the electromechanical servo gauge including a drum compartment, a drive compartment, and a power supply; and
a displacer connected to the electromechanical servo gauge by a wire, wherein energy is transferred from the motor of the electromechanical servo gauge to the displacer using the motor and the wire combined with mechanical drag, wherein the drum compartment includes a drum on which the wire is wound, the drum rotatable in one direction by the drive compartment to lower the displacer, wherein the drum is rotatable in another direction by the drive compartment to raise the displacer; and a spring located between the wire and a mass inside the displacer, the displacer comprising a displacer body, wherein a lifting and lowering of the displacer generates an oscillation of the displacer body, wherein the oscillation is usable to generate the energy.
2 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 1 wherein the spring located above the mass disturbs a liquid level measuring function.
3 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 1 wherein the energy that is generated is used to drive mechanics.
4 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 1 wherein the energy that is generated is used to generate electricity.
5 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 1 wherein the displacer includes a moving element that introduces the mechanical drag when the displacer is moved through a liquid by the motor.
6 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 5 wherein a movement of the moving element is transferred into mechanical movement or into electricity.
7 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electromechanical servo gauge comprises a force transducer on a common printed circuit board (PCB) with a processor, wherein the force transducer converts a torque into a physical quantity including at least one of a frequency, a voltage, or a current, wherein the force transducer is coupled to an input of a controller comprising a servo processor unit (SPU) that renders a measurement of torque.
8 . An energy transfer apparatus, comprising:
an electromechanical servo gauge having a motor;
a displacer connected to the electromechanical servo gauge by a wire, the displacer having a displacer body and the displacer including a displacer element connected to a moveable element, the wire attached to the displacer, wherein the displacer hangs from the wire, the wire comprising a measuring wire, wherein energy is transferred from the motor of the electromechanical servo gauge to the displacer using the motor and the wire combined with mechanical drag; and
a spring located between the wire and a mass inside the displacer, wherein a lifting and a lowering of the displacer body generates an oscillation usable to generate the energy.
9 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 8 wherein the spring located above the mass disturbs a liquid level measuring function.
10 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 8 wherein the energy that is generated is used to drive mechanics.
11 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 8 wherein the energy that is generated is used to generate electricity.
12 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 8 wherein the wire is attached to a rotatable drum.
13 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 12 wherein the motor drives the rotatable drum.
14 . An energy transfer apparatus, comprising:
an electromechanical gauge having a motor;
a displacer connected to the electromechanical gauge by a wire, the displacer including a moving element that introduces mechanical drag when the displacer is moved through a liquid by the motor, wherein energy is transferred from the motor of the electromechanical gauge to the displacer using the motor and the wire combined with the mechanical drag; and
wherein the motor comprises a servo motor coupled to a drum by a drive shaft supported by ball bearings positioned between the drive shaft and a housing, and wherein the drum is supported at a drum shaft by bearings configured to carry the drum, and wherein the drum includes outer magnets magnetically coupled to inner magnets carried by the drive shaft to transfer torque to a processor side of the electromechanical gauge; and a spring located between the wire and a mass inside the displacer, the displacer comprising a displacer body, wherein a lifting and lowering of the displacer generates an oscillation of the displacer body, wherein the oscillation is usable to generate the energy.
15 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 14 wherein a movement of the moving element is transferred into mechanical movement.
16 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 14 wherein a movement of the moving element is transferred into electricity.
17 . The energy transfer apparatus of claim 14 wherein the wire is attached to a rotatable drum and the motor drives the rotatable drum.