System economically using compressed air as an automobile power source and method thereof

A system comprising:

• a compressed air power device;
• a mechanism configured to produce, store and provide compressed air;
• a brake energy recovery and regeneration device;
• an inner gear ring assembly;
• one or more clutch transmission devices;
• and
• a controller,
• wherein:
• the compressed air power device includes one or more air storage tubes on an automobile and one or more cylinder-combined engines to produce driving power using the compressed air;
• the mechanism to produce, store and provide the compressed air includes a boiler-type high-pressure compressed air production and storage (HCAPS) device and an air compressor,
• wherein working pressure of the air compressor is approximately 100 MPa, and
• wherein the boiler-type HCAPS device comprises:
• a water tank connected to a central heating system;
• and
• a bent tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage, wherein the bent tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage is arranged inside the water tank, and one end of the bent tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage is connected with the air compressor and another end of the bent tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage is connected with air inflation equipment to connect with the air storage tube,
• the mechanism to produce, store and provide the compressed air uses electricity during a period of low energy demand to produce and store the compressed air pressurizing and inflating the air storage tubes, wherein the period of low energy demand includes off-peak electricity at night or when electric energy is not easily stored while recovering by-produced heat for central heating;
• the brake energy recovery and regeneration device includes:
• a spring reserving-releasing device;
• a compressed air reserving-releasing device;
• a braking energy storage transmission mechanism;
• and
• an energy release drive transmission mechanism,
• wherein the brake energy recovery and regeneration device is configured to reduce consumption of the compressed air in the air storage tubes used as the driving power for an automobile by recovering kinetic energy lost during a deceleration and braking of the automobile which is driven by compressed air as power source, and by utilizing recycled energy in starting and accelerating the automobile;
• the inner gear ring assembly comprises:
• an inner gear ring;
• a first accelerating gear;
• a second accelerating gear;
• a flywheel front inner meshing gear;
• a plurality of acting gears;
• and
• a plurality of reset gears,
• wherein the first accelerating gear, the second accelerating gear, the flywheel front inner meshing gear, the plurality of acting gears, and the plurality of reset gears are arranged at respective fixed axes innerly meshing with the inner gear,
• the plurality of acting gears is respectively in transmission connection with the one or more cylinder-combined engines via clutch transmission devices,
• the first accelerating gear is in transmission connection with the spring reserving-releasing device via the clutch transmission device,
• the second acceleration gear is in transmission connection with the compressed air reserving-releasing device via a clutch transmission device,
• the flywheel front inner meshing gear is driven by rotation of the inner gear ring to rotate and is in transmission connection with a flywheel to output rotating torque of the inner gear ring to the flywheel, and
• the plurality of reset gears are driven by the rotation of the inner gear ring to rotate and can return the torque back to the cylinder-combined engines via the clutch transmission devices respectively;
• the clutch transmission devices are connected with the controller,
• wherein the air storage tube is a long tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage device, an air storage tube wall of the air storage tube is made of a high-pressure resistant material,
• one end of the air storage tube is sealed, while another end of the air storage tube is equipped with an air storage tube inlet/exhaust valve controlled by the controller,
• the air storage tube inlet/exhaust valve is connected with the bent tube-type high-pressure compressed air storage via an air storage tube inflation valve to inflate the air storage tube with the compressed air, the air storage tube inlet/exhaust valve is connected with an air storage tube exhaust duct via which
• the air storage tube inlet/exhaust valve communicates with the cylinder-combined engines to exhaust compressed air to the cylinder-combined engines,
• the air storage tube is coiled together or extended along an orientation of a car frame and chassis, a protective shell is arranged outside the air storage tube,
• the air storage tube provides the one or more cylinder-combined engines with the compressed air, while one cylinder-combined engine is filled from another air storage tube,
• each cylinder-combined engine includes a first cylinder and a second cylinder, wherein
• each of the first cylinder and the second cylinder comprises a cylinder cavity, a piston, a piston rod and a long tube-type sliding barrel, wherein
• one end of the cylinder cavity is an open end and another end is a closed end, a closed end space is arranged in each cylinder cavity near the closed end,
• the closed end space of the first cylinder is a first cylinder closed end space,
• the closed end space of the second cylinder is a second cylinder closed end space,
• the piston is arranged in a sliding mode between the open end and a blocking member outside the respective closed end spaces,
• one end of the sliding barrel is fixed to the open end while another end of the sliding barrel is provided with a buffering shock-absorbing device with a vent in communication with an atmosphere,
• one end of the piston rod connects to a surface of the piston facing the buffering shock-absorbing device, while another end of the piston rod outstretches from the open end of the cylinder cavity and connects to a stopping terminal,
• the piston rod is accommodated in the sliding barrel and moves translationally within the sliding barrel,
• each of two opposing sides of the piston rod is provided with a rack, respectively meshing with a piston rod upper gear and a piston rod lower gear,
• the piston rod upper gear of the first cylinder is a first cylinder piston rod upper gear,
• the piston rod upper gear of the second cylinder is a second cylinder piston rod upper gear,
• the piston rod lower gear of the first cylinder is a first cylinder piston rod lower gear,
• the piston rod lower gear of the second cylinder is a second cylinder piston rod lower gear,
• the piston rod upper gear is in transmission connection with acting gears via the clutch transmission device,
• the piston rod lower gear is in transmission connection with the reset gears via the clutch transmission device,
• lengths of the cylinder cavities of the first cylinder and the second cylinder are identical,
• lengths of the first cylinder closed end space and the second cylinder closed end space are identical,
• the first cylinder closed end space is equipped with a first cylinder inlet valve and a first cylinder exhaust valve controlled by the controller,
• the second cylinder closed end space is equipped with a second cylinder inlet valve and a second cylinder exhaust valve controlled by the controller,
• the first cylinder inlet valve is communicated with the air storage tube inlet/exhaust valve via the air storage tube exhaust duct,
• an electric heater and a heat preservation thermal insulation layer are arranged around the air storage tube exhaust duct and the first cylinder closed end space,
• the second cylinder inlet valve is in communication with the first cylinder exhaust valve,
• the second cylinder exhaust valve is in communication with the atmosphere, and
• an inner diameter of the cylinder cavity of the first cylinder is less than that of the cylinder cavity of the second cylinder, and the both satisfy the following relation:
• r1+√((mn−1)/u)×r2
• wherein r1 is a radius of the cylinder cavity of the first cylinder, r2 is a radius of the cylinder cavity of the second cylinder, n is a pressure (bar) of compressed air inflated from the air storage tubes to the first cylinder closed end space, m is an air expansion ratio of absolute temperature of compressed air entering the first cylinder closed end space after being heated by the electric heater, and u is length of the cylinder cavity to respective closed end spaces.