US 2011/0079106 A1 · POWER GENERATING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS

Abstract

A power generating system utilizes rotational inertia forces of a pair of fly wheels fitted with friction-type driving devices to keep the fly wheels accelerating and rotating and to output power to do work. Totally through a first transmission device and a driving device linked with the first transmission device, an output of a first fly wheel drives a second fly wheel to rotate and amplifies a torque of the second fly wheel to do work. The second fly wheel also feeds back part of an output moment to the first fly wheel through a second transmission device and a first driving device linked with the second transmission device to keep the first fly wheel rotating by an inertia force. A diameter and weight of the second fly wheel are much greater than those of the first fly wheel. To increase output torques of the fly wheels, the fly wheels are preferably added with centrifugal weighting units, such that when reaching to designated rotation speeds or above, the fly wheels can move outward by centrifugal forces to increase the inertia forces and the torques.

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Dependent claims

A power generating system comprising:

a driving source;
a first transmission device which is driven to rotate by the driving source and is released through a clutch;
a first fly wheel which is driven to rotate by the first transmission device;
a second driving device which rotates through transmission of the first transmission device from the first fly wheel;
and
a second fly wheel, which is driven to rotate by the second driving device, an output of which provides primarily to a loading member to do work, with that part of the output is fed back to the first driving device through the second transmission device to take over the driving source for driving and maintaining inertia rotation of the first fly wheel;
when the entire system is full of inertia energy and is able to maintain a required operation state, the driving source being ceased to supply driving power and instead a force which is fed back from the second fly wheel being used to keep the first fly wheel rotating and to do work;
when output energy of the second fly wheel decreases to a designated value or below, the driving source being started again to restore the system to the original operation state and then being escaped from the system, forming a repeated cycle of operation.

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