Self-compensating cylinder system in a process cycle
AssigneeFsnc, LLC
InventorFrank A. Tinker
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Abstract
The efficiency of a multi-cylinder engine is optimized by coupling the volume change in each cylinder to a common coordinate under conditions such that, at each point in the engine's cycle, the energy necessary to produce a differential volume change is reduced substantially to zero. Each cylinder is coupled to the common coordinate through a cam or through a variable-length connecting rod. The same efficiency optimization may be achieved with various combinations of cylinders in a two-cycle engine, a four-cycle engine, or a multi-cylinder compressor.
Claims35
A self-compensating system comprising:
- an enclosure defining a volume, said volume being variable during a repeating cycle of operation of the system as a function of a predetermined change in a coordinate in the system such that, when the system is coupled with another said system of identical design through said coordinate, a total force necessary to vary the coordinate in both systems is substantially zero.
A self-compensating system comprising:
- an enclosure defining a volume, said volume being variable during a repeating cycle of operation of the system as a function of a predetermined change in a coordinate in the system, said volume varying with respect to said coordinate in a manner represented mathematically with the relation
- [
- p
- a
- -
- p
-
- (
- V
-
- (
- α
- )
- )
- ]
-
- ∂
- V
- ∂
- α
- =
- W
- 0
-
- [
- ∑
- m
-
- [
- a
- m
-
- cos
- 2
-
- m
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
-
- sin
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
- +
- b
- m
-
- sin
- 2
-
- m
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
-
- cos
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
- ]
- ]
- wherein pa is ambient pressure;
- p is pressure within said enclosure, V is said volume, α is said coordinate;
- am and bm are coefficients of a numerical series that satisfies the relation;
- m is an index of the series;
- φ is a phase of said cycle of operation with reference to said coordinate;
- and W0 is a constant of integration.
A method of self-compensating a plurality of systems, wherein each system includes an enclosure that defines a volume that varies during a repeating cycle of operation as a function of a change in a coordinate in the system, said method comprising the following steps:
- providing a mechanical coupling of said plurality of enclosures through said coordinate in the system;
- and
- varying said volume defined by each enclosure with respect to said coordinate in a manner represented mathematically with the relation
- [
- p
- a
- -
- p
-
- (
- V
-
- (
- α
- )
- )
- ]
-
- ∂
- V
- ∂
- α
- =
- W
- 0
-
- [
- ∑
- m
-
- [
- a
- m
-
- cos
- 2
-
- m
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
-
- sin
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
- +
- b
- m
-
- sin
- 2
-
- m
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
-
- cos
-
- (
- α
- -
- ϕ
- )
- ]
- ]
- ,
- wherein pa is ambient pressure;
- p is pressure within said enclosure, V is said volume, α is said coordinate;
- am and bm are coefficients of a numerical series that satisfies the relation;
- m is an index of the series;
- φ is a phase of said cycle of operation with reference to said coordinate;
- and W0 is a constant of integration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.