Counter-rotating alternator arrangement

A method of assembling a counter-rotating alternator arrangement, comprising:

• coupling a first rotor with wire windings;
• coupling a second rotor with one or more magnetic field producing components,
• wherein the one or more magnetic field producing components comprise at least one of:
• a magnet;
• or an electromagnet;
• and
• forming a rotatable coupling arrangement, wherein the forming comprises:
• coupling a first coupling component with a second coupling component,
• wherein:
• the first coupling component is attached to an end portion of a first shaft of an alternator system, and the first coupling component couples the first rotor with the first shaft such that the first rotor rotates together with the first shaft in response to first rotational force applied to the first shaft;
• the second coupling component is attached to an end portion of a second shaft of the alternator system, and the second coupling component couples the second rotor with the second shaft such that the second rotor rotates together with the second shaft in response to a second rotational force applied to the second shaft;
• wherein a first sprocket is coupled with the second shaft, a second sprocket is coupled with a third shaft, and the second shaft is coupled with the third shaft,
• wherein the first sprocket is coupled with the second sprocket using a chain and a removable lubricant container that encases at least a portion of the first sprocket, the second sprocket, and the chain, wherein the lubricant container contains a lubricant that interfaces with the first sprocket, the second sprocket, and the chain,
• wherein the lubricant container comprises:
• an upper portion and a lower portion removably attached to each other using one or more removable fasteners;
• a first opening sized to encircle an outer surface of the first shaft;
• and
• a second opening sized to encircle an outer portion of the second shaft, and
• wherein the lubricant container further comprises an upper drain hole defined by the upper portion of the lubricant container, a corresponding upper drain plug configured to plug seal the upper drain hole, a lower drain hole defined by the lower portion of the lubricant container, and a corresponding lower drain plug configured to plug seal the lower drain hole;
• wherein a first coupling component is rotatably mated with a second coupling component such that the first shaft and the second shaft are aligned along an axis and extend in opposite directions from the rotatable coupling arrangement;
• wherein the counter-rotating alternator arrangement is configured such that, based at least in part on one or more rotational forces driven by one or more rotational force drivers:
• the first rotational force causes the first shaft and the first rotor to rotate in a first rotational direction;
• and
• the second rotational force causes the second shaft and the second rotor to rotate in a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction.

A method of generating electrical energy, the method comprising:

• applying, using one or more rotational force drivers, one or more rotational forces to:
• drive a first shaft and a first rotor of a counter-rotating alternator arrangement in a first rotational direction;
• and
• drive a second shaft and a second rotor of the counter-rotating alternator arrangement in a second rotational direction that is opposite the first rotational direction;
• wherein:
• the counter-rotating alternator arrangement comprises:
• an alternator assembly, comprising:
• wire windings coupled with the first rotor;
• and
• one or more magnetic field producing components coupled with the second rotor;
• and
• a rotatable coupling arrangement, comprising:
• a first coupling component and a second coupling component that are rotatably mated with one another such that the first shaft and the second shaft are rotatable and aligned along an axis, wherein the second shaft is coupled to a first sprocket, wherein a third shaft parallel to the first shaft and the second shaft is coupled to a second sprocket,
• wherein at least a portion of the first sprocket and the second sprocket is encased in a lubricant container,
• wherein the lubricant container comprises:
• an upper portion and a lower portion removably attached to each other using one or more removable fasteners;
• a first opening sized to encircle an outer surface of the first shaft;
• and
• a second opening sized to encircle an outer portion of the second shaft, and
• wherein the lubricant container further comprises an upper drain hole defined by the upper portion of the lubricant container, a corresponding upper drain plug configured to plug seal the upper drain hole, a lower drain hole defined by the lower portion of the lubricant container, and a corresponding lower drain plug configured to plug seal the lower drain hole.