Rotary positive displacement device

A device to convert energy by displacing fluid, the device comprising:

• an outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• a plurality of inner rotors each adapted to rotate about a second set of axes of rotation and each inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the axis of rotation of each inner rotor and each inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at the said intersect points, the inner reference circles each having a radius ri, the inner rotors further each comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for each inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising:
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with said first reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor,
• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
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• a casing having an inner chamber region that is adapted to house said outer rotor and allow the outer rotor to rotate therein, the casing comprising;
• a fluid entrance system comprising a duct to communicate with the chamber region of the said outer rotor, and
• an interior cavity adapted to house said inner rotors and allow the inner rotors to rotate therein,
• whereas the said variables Λ, X, ri, ro are constrained by the equation Λ/X=ri/ro, the foot region of said first leg is adapted to engage the chamber region where the first engagement surface of said heel region engages said first surface of a first fin and said second engagement surface of said toe region of said first foot is adapted to engage the second surface of a second fin to form a sealed operating chamber where rotation of said inner rotor and said outer rotor causes displacement of fluid in the sealed operating chamber, and
• whereas the casing comprises a gas entrance channel that is adapted to receive a gas and the sealed operating chamber operates as a gas compression chamber that is adapted to compress gas and be discharged through an exit channel and the exit channel has an adjustment system to adjust the compression ratio of the compressed gas.

A device to convert energy by displacing fluid, the device comprising:

• an inner rotor adapted to rotate about a second axis of rotation where the inner rotor comprises an inner reference circle that is concentric with the second axis of rotation of the inner rotor the inner reference circle having a radius ri, the inner rotor further comprise a plurality of legs where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising;
• a radially outward surface;
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is positioned on a distance defined as Rip_h from the second axis at a rotational position θh and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is an arc distance r_h from said first reference point,
• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned a distance defined as Rip_t from said second axis at a rotational position θt, a second engagement surface that is a radius distance r_t from said second reference point,
• an outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and comprising an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of the said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro and the outer rotor comprising;
• a first and second fin each comprising a first reference radius at a rotational location θo that extends through the first fin, a first surface of said first fin a distance defined by gap_h from said first engagement surface and having orthogonal coordinates Xf_h, Yf_h from an origin point located on said first reference radius where Xf_h and Yf_h are defined by
• Xf—h:=(sin(θh)Rip—h−sin(θo)Ro)cos(θo)+(−cos(θh)Rip—h−ro+ri+cos(θo)Ro)sin(θo)−r—h−gap—h
• Yf—h:=(−cos(θh)Rip—h−ro+ri+cos(θo)Ro)cos(θo)−(sin(θh)Rip—h−sin(θo)Ro)sin(θo)
• a second surface defined by orthogonal coordinates Xf_t and Yf_t from said origin where the distance between the said second surface and the second engagement surface is defined by distance, gap_t where the values Xf_t and Yf_t are defined by
• Xf—t:=(sin(θt)Rip—t−sin(θo)Ro)cos(θo)+(−cos(θt)Rip—t−ro+ri+cos(θo)Ro)sin(θo)+r—t+gap—t
• Yf—t:=(−cos(θt)Rip—t−ro+ri+cos(θo)Ro)cos(θo)−(sin(θt)Rip—t−sin(θo)Ro)sin(θo)
• a casing having an inner chamber region that is adapted to house said outer rotor and allow the outer rotor to rotate therein, the casing comprising;
• a fluid entrance system comprising a duct to communicate with the chamber region of the said outer rotor,
• an interior cavity adapted to house said inner rotor,
• whereas the θo changes at a ratio of ri/ro of the θi value and the foot region of said first leg is adapted to engage the chamber region defined between said first and second fin where the first engagement surface of said heel region is adapted to engage said first surface of the first fin and said second engagement surface of said toe region of the said first foot is adapted to engage the second surface of the second fin to form a sealed operating chamber where rotation of said first rotor and said rotor causes displacement of fluid in the sealed operating chamber a finite range of rotation.

A device to convert energy by displacing fluid, the device comprising:

• an outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• a plurality of inner rotors each adapted to rotate about a second set of axes of rotation and each inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the axis of rotation of each inner rotor and each inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at the said intersect points, the inner reference circles each having a radius ri, the inner rotors further each comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for each inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising:
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with said first reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor,
• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
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• a casing having an inner chamber region that is adapted to house said outer rotor and allow the outer rotor to rotate therein, the casing comprising;
• a fluid entrance system comprising a duct to communicate with the chamber region of the said outer rotor, and
• an interior cavity adapted to house said inner rotors and allow the inner rotors to rotate therein,
• whereas the said variables Λ, X, ri, ro are constrained by the equation Λ/X=ri/ro, the foot region of said first leg is adapted to engage the chamber region where the first engagement surface of said heel region engages said first surface of a first fin and said second engagement surface of said toe region of said first foot is adapted to engage the second surface of a second fin to form a sealed operating chamber where rotation of said inner rotor and said outer rotor causes displacement of fluid in the sealed operating chamber, and
• whereas the casing comprises a gas entrance channel that is adapted to receive a gas and the sealed operating chamber operates as a gas compression chamber that is adapted to compress gas and be discharged through an exit channel,
• the device further comprising:
• a second outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second outer rotor comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• a second set of plurality of inner rotors each adapted to rotate about a second set of axes of rotation and each inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the axis of rotation of each inner rotor and each inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at said intersect points, the inner reference circles each having a radius ri, the inner rotors further each comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for each inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising;
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with said inner reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor;
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• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor,
• where the second expansion device comprises a shaft that is connected to the outer rotor and the second outer rotor where the axis of rotation of the first rotor and second rotor are collinear.

A device to convert energy by displacing fluid, the device comprising:

• an outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• an inner rotor adapted to rotate about a second axis of rotation and the inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the second axis of rotation and the inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at said intersect points, the inner reference circle having a radius ri, the inner rotor further comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for each inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising:
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with the inner reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor,
• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
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• a casing having an inner chamber region that is adapted to house said outer rotor and allow the outer rotor to rotate therein, the casing comprising;
• a fluid entrance system comprising a duct to communicate with the chamber region of said outer rotor;
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• an interior cavity adapted to house said inner rotors and allow the inner rotors to rotate therein,
• whereas the said variables Λ, X, ri, ro are constrained by the equation Λ/X=ri/ro, the foot region of said first leg is adapted to engage the chamber region where the first engagement surface of said heel region engages said first surface of a first fin and said second engagement surface of said toe region of said first foot is adapted to engage the second surface of a second fin to form a sealed operating chamber where rotation of said inner rotor and said outer rotor causes displacement of fluid in the sealed operating chamber;
• wherein the casing comprises a gas entrance channel that is adapted to receive a gas and the sealed operating chamber operates as a gas compression chamber that is adapted to compress gas and be discharged through an exit channel;
• a second expansion device that comprises:
• a second outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second outer rotor comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• an inner rotor adapted to rotate about a second axis of rotation and the inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the axis of rotation of the inner rotor and the inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at said intersect points, the inner reference circles each having a radius ri, the inner rotor comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for the inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising;
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with said inner reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor;
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• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
• a combustion chamber where air is directed from the said exit channel to an inlet region of the said combustion chamber, the combustion chamber further comprising an exit passage that is in communication with an expansion passage;
• where the casing comprises a gas expansion region and a gas inlet port that is in communication with a gas expansion chamber that is defined by first and second surfaces of two adjacent fins and the said first foot where the chamber is adapted to receive expanding gas that applies a torque to the outer rotor;
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• where the torque on the outer rotor is used to compress air to feed the said combustor.

A device to convert energy by displacing fluid, the device comprising:

• an outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• an inner rotor adapted to rotate about a second axis of rotation and the inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the second axis of rotation and the inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at said intersect points, the inner reference circle having a radius ri, the inner rotor further comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for each inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising:
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with the inner reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor,
• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
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• a casing having an inner chamber region that is adapted to house said outer rotor and allow the outer rotor to rotate therein, the casing comprising;
• a fluid entrance system comprising a duct to communicate with the chamber region of said outer rotor;
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• an interior cavity adapted to house said inner rotors and allow the inner rotors to rotate therein,
• whereas the said variables Λ, X, ri, ro are constrained by the equation Λ/X=ri/ro, the foot region of said first leg is adapted to engage the chamber region where the first engagement surface of said heel region engages said first surface of a first fin and said second engagement surface of said toe region of said first foot is adapted to engage the second surface of a second fin to form a sealed operating chamber where rotation of said inner rotor and said outer rotor causes displacement of fluid in the sealed operating chamber;
• wherein the casing comprises a gas entrance channel that is adapted to receive a gas and the sealed operating chamber operates as a gas compression chamber that is adapted to compress gas and be discharged through an exit channel;
• a second expansion device that comprises:
• a second outer rotor adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second outer rotor comprising:
• a plurality of fins each comprising a first surface and a second surface that partially define a chamber region interposed thereinbetween where a first fin and a second fin are members of said plurality of fins and are adjacent to each other,
• a first reference radius extends through the first fin and a second reference radius extends through the second fin, a first surface of said first fin is a first defined distance from said first reference radius with respects to the radial location along said first reference radius, and a second surface of said second fin is a second defined distance from said second reference radius with respects to the radial location along said second reference radius,
• the number of the chambers indicated by variable X, and
• an outer reference dimension circle that is concentric with said first axis of rotation of said outer rotor and the outer reference dimension circle having a radius ro;
• a second inner rotor adapted to rotate about a second axis of rotation and the second inner rotor comprising an inner reference circle that is concentric with the axis of rotation of the inner rotor and the inner reference circle intersecting the outer reference circle of said outer rotor at an intersect point where the velocity of the inner rotor and outer rotor are the same at said intersect points, the inner reference circles each having a radius ri, the inner rotor further each comprising a plurality of legs the number of said legs for the inner rotor is indicated by variable Λ where a first leg that is a member of said legs comprises a foot region the foot region comprising;
• a heel region comprising a first reference point that is adapted to rotate with said inner reference circle where said first reference point is non constant perpendicular distance from said first reference radius of the outer reference circle with respects to rotation of the inner and the outer rotor, and the heel region further comprising a first engagement surface that is a first defined distance from said first point where said first defined distance of the heel region and the first defined distance of the first surface of said first fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and the outer rotor;
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• a toe region comprising a second reference point that is positioned on said inner reference dimension circle, a second engagement surface that is a second defined distance from the reference point where the second defined distance of the toe region and the second defined distance of the second surface of the second fin are collinear and their sum is non constant with respects to rotation of the inner rotor and outer rotor;
• a combustion chamber where air is directed from the said exit channel to an inlet region of the said combustion chamber, the combustion chamber further comprising an exit passage that is in communication with an expansion passage;
• where the casing comprises a gas expansion region and a gas inlet port that is in communication with a gas expansion chamber that is defined by first and second surfaces of two adjacent fins and the said first foot where the chamber is adapted to receive expanding gas that applies a torque to the outer rotor;
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• where a portion of the output gas from the combustion chamber is directed to drive an expansion chamber of said second compression device.