Heat engine electricity generating system having low-pressure enclosure for flywheel, clutch and electric generator
AssigneeEnergiestro
InventorAndré René Georges Gennesseaux
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Abstract
Autonomous system for generating electricity comprising energy storage through an inertial flywheel. This system includes an engine/generator assembly having a heat engine, a mechanical speed variator, a clutch, a flywheel and a generator. The assembly composed of the clutch, the flywheel and the generator is placed in an evacuated enclosure so as to reduce energy losses. This system is intended to be installed directly in the buildings where the energy is used, such as for example, in detached houses. The system makes it possible to dispense with a link to the electrical economical in use than the systems of the same type which are already known.
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A system for generating electricity comprising a heat engine producing heat and mechanical power from a fuel, a flywheel for storing kinetic energy, the flywheel defining a first bulge at a center thereof, a second bulge at a periphery thereof and an intermediate narrowing between the first and second bulges, a clutch between the heat engine and the flywheel and an electric generator coupled rigidly to the flywheel, wherein the clutch, the flywheel and the electric generator are placed inside an enclosure where the pressure is appreciably lower than atmospheric pressure.
A system for generating electricity in a building, said system comprising a heat engine which produces heat and mechanical power from a fuel, a flywheel for storing kinetic energy and being drivingly connected to said engine by a shaft structure, said flywheel defining a first bulge at a center thereof, a second bulge at a periphery thereof and an intermediate narrowing between the first and second bulges, an electric generator coupled to said flywheel for converting kinetic energy of said flywheel into electrical energy, and a clutch disposed between said flywheel and said engine which couples said flywheel and said engine to one another and decouples said flywheel and said engine from one another, and an enclosure having a pressure therein which is lower than atmospheric pressure, said clutch, said flywheel and said generator being disposed within said enclosure.
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