Electrical power from peripheral devices
AssigneeDraco Enterprises, LLC.
InventorsBruno Jean Michel CHERON, Xuan SONG, Helene Jiaqi AMY CHERON
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Abstract
A fluid flow device has a body with a mechanism for altering state of a fluid flowing through the device, an inlet conduit providing inlet of the flowing fluid to the body of the device, an outlet conduit providing outlet of the flowing fluid from the body of the device, and a micro-generator assembly installed in either the inlet conduit or the outlet conduit, the micro-generator assembly having an impeller driven by the flowing fluid, the impeller turning a shaft driving a generator producing a voltage across two output conductors.
Claims18
A flow regulation system, comprising:
- a flow regulator having a body, within a pipeline, having one or more mechanisms for altering state of a substance including fluid or gas flowing through the system, including at least a coil spring operating against a diaphragm;
- an inlet, providing inlet of the flowing substance to the body of the regulator;
- an outlet, within the pipeline, providing outlet of the flowing substance from the body of the regulator;
- a micro-generator assembly installed in either the inlet or the outlet, the micro-generator assembly having an impeller driven by the flowing substance, the impeller turning a shaft driving a generator producing a voltage across two output conductors;
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- a circuitry comprising a voltage regulator and sensing circuitry powered by the micro-generator assembly enabled to monitor substance pressure and temperature at one or more points within the system.
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A method for generating electrical power with a flow regulation system, comprising:
- installing a flow regulator within a pipeline;
- installing a micro-generator assembly in either an inlet conduit or in an outlet conduit of a body of the flow regulator, the micro-generator assembly having an impeller driven by a flowing substance, the impeller turning a shaft driving a generator producing a voltage across two output conductors;
- passing the output conductors over a pass-through in a wall of the conduit of the inlet or the outlet conduit, thereby providing power to one or more mechanisms of the flow regulator, including at least a coil spring operating against a diaphragm;
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- monitoring one or both of temperature and pressure at one or more points within the body of the regulator, by a sensor circuitry powered by the output conductors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.