阅读说明：本技术 一种气动应变能蓄能器及其控制方法 (Pneumatic strain energy accumulator and control method thereof ) 是由 度红望 杨冬冬 熊伟 王海涛 马文琦 关广丰 孙长乐 王志文 于 2020-06-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种气动应变能蓄能器及其控制方法,包括刚性圆管、固定安装在所述刚性圆管内壁上的固定环以及设置在所述刚性圆管内部的弹性气囊管；所述弹性气囊管包括开口端和封闭端,所述开口端连接有快换接头,所述快换接头与所述固定环滑动连接；所述刚性圆管的内径小于所述弹性气囊管变形的极限直径；本发明利用刚性圆管限定弹性气囊管的径向膨胀,刚性圆管能够限定弹性气囊管的径向变形,从而能够防止其过度变形较早的发生疲劳而缩短寿命,而且,限制弹性气囊管的径向应变能够使其较早的发生轴向应变,从而增大储能密度,另外,快换接头与固定环的滑动连接方式可以保证弹性气囊管开口端的轴线与刚性圆管的轴线重合,进而保证进气/放气通畅。(The invention discloses a pneumatic strain energy accumulator and a control method thereof, wherein the pneumatic strain energy accumulator comprises a rigid circular tube, a fixed ring fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the rigid circular tube and an elastic air bag tube arranged in the rigid circular tube; the elastic air bag tube comprises an open end and a closed end, the open end is connected with a quick-change connector, and the quick-change connector is connected with the fixing ring in a sliding manner; the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube is smaller than the deformation limit diameter of the elastic air bag tube; the rigid circular tube is used for limiting the radial expansion of the elastic air bag tube, the rigid circular tube can limit the radial deformation of the elastic air bag tube, so that the fatigue caused by early excessive deformation of the rigid circular tube can be prevented, the service life of the rigid circular tube can be shortened, the radial strain of the elastic air bag tube can be limited, the axial strain of the elastic air bag tube can be caused early, the energy storage density is increased, in addition, the sliding connection mode of the quick-change connector and the fixing ring can ensure that the axis of the opening end of the elastic air bag tube is overlapped with the axis of the rigid circular tube, and further.)

1. A pneumatic strain energy accumulator, comprising: the air bag type air bag device comprises a rigid circular tube, a fixing ring fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the rigid circular tube and an elastic air bag tube arranged in the rigid circular tube; the elastic air bag tube comprises an open end and a closed end, the open end is connected with a quick-change connector, and the quick-change connector is connected with the fixing ring in a sliding manner; the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube is smaller than the deformation limit diameter of the elastic air bag tube.

2. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 1, wherein: a first end cover is arranged at one end of the rigid circular tube, and a through hole for passing through the air tube is formed in the first end cover; a flange is arranged at one end, facing the first end cover, of the quick-change connector, the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the through hole, and when the flange abuts against the first end cover, the quick-change connector still keeps sliding connection with the fixing ring; the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the fixing ring, and the quick-change connector still keeps the sliding connection with the fixing ring when the flange abuts against the fixing ring.

3. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 2, wherein: the other end of the rigid circular tube is provided with a second end cover, and the second end cover is provided with a plurality of exhaust holes.

4. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 3, wherein: a gap is provided between the closed end and the second end cap.

5. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of any one of claims 1-4, wherein: the elastic air bag pipe is connected with the quick-change connector through a barb connector, the open end is connected with the barb connector through binding, and the barb connector is connected with the quick-change connector through threads.

6. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 5, wherein: the elastic air bag pipe is made of rubber.

7. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 5, wherein: the closed end is closed through a sealing plug, and the sealing plug is bound and connected with the elastic air bag pipe.

8. The pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 5, wherein: and one end of the fixing ring, which faces the second end cover, is provided with a chamfer.

9. A control method using a pneumatic strain energy accumulator according to any one of claims 1-8, comprising the steps of:

(1) opening an air source, and inflating the elastic air bag pipe, wherein the elastic air bag pipe is locally expanded in a radial direction to form a local expansion part, and after the local expansion part is connected with a rigid circular pipe, the elastic air bag pipe is axially expanded from the local expansion part to two sides of the elastic air bag pipe;

(2) after the inflation is finished, cutting off the gas source, closing the inflation pipeline, and storing certain pneumatic energy and strain energy in the energy accumulator;

(3) opening the inflation pipeline, wherein the inflation pipeline is used as an air release pipeline, and the elastic air bag pipe axially contracts to provide constant contraction pressure;

(4) after the axial shrinkage of the elastic air bag pipe is finished, the elastic air bag pipe is shifted to a radial shrinkage process until the elastic air bag pipe is restored to the initial state;

(5) and (4) repeating the processes of the steps (1) to (4) to realize the storage and the application of energy.

10. The method of controlling a pneumatic strain energy accumulator of claim 9, wherein: in the step (2), when the inflation is finished, the elastic air bag tube reaches an axial limit expansion state or a certain amount of gas is supplemented as required.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of energy accumulators, in particular to a pneumatic strain energy accumulator and a control method thereof.

Background

The accumulator is an energy storage device in a pneumatic/hydraulic system, converts energy in the system into compression energy or potential energy at proper time for storage, converts the compression energy or the potential energy into hydraulic or air pressure and the like for release when the system needs, and supplies the energy to the system again, and meanwhile, the accumulator also has the functions of buffering and absorbing shock.

The energy accumulator in the prior pneumatic field is mainly a gas tank with a rigid structure, the volume of gas is reduced through low temperature and high pressure, and the purpose of gas storage is achieved. In the hydraulic field, according to different loading methods, the energy accumulator can be divided into a spring type, a weight type, a piston type and a gas type, the structure of the energy accumulator is similar to that of a gas tank, the structure of the hydraulic energy accumulator is complex, and the energy density is low. One important application of hydraulic accumulators is in regenerative braking systems to recover the braking energy of a vehicle while creating a braking torque to brake the vehicle. When the vehicle is restarted, the regenerative braking system converts the energy stored in the accumulator into kinetic energy (driving force) required when the vehicle is running. However, due to the construction of the energy accumulator, when it is applied in a regenerative braking system, the weight of the vehicle is greatly increased due to the low energy density, which in turn leads to an increase in the fuel consumption of the vehicle.

The accumulator is an important element for storing energy in a hydraulic or pneumatic energy-saving circuit, and gradually develops towards miniaturization, light weight and portability. The existing accumulators do not meet these requirements due to the disadvantages of their structure and principle of operation. Therefore, the strain energy accumulator is designed, and has great significance and practical value for improving the constant-pressure energy storage and release of the accumulator, increasing the energy density and improving the portability.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a pneumatic strain energy accumulator and a control method thereof, which are used for solving the problems in the prior art, and the radial expansion of an elastic air bag pipe is limited by a rigid circular pipe, so that the elastic air bag pipe generates axial strain early and the energy storage density is increased.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:

the invention provides a pneumatic strain energy accumulator which comprises a rigid circular pipe, a fixing ring fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the rigid circular pipe and an elastic air bag pipe arranged in the rigid circular pipe, wherein the fixing ring is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the rigid circular pipe; the elastic air bag tube comprises an open end and a closed end, the open end is connected with a quick-change connector, and the quick-change connector is connected with the fixing ring in a sliding manner; the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube is smaller than the deformation limit diameter of the elastic air bag tube.

Preferably, one end of the rigid circular tube is provided with a first end cover, and the first end cover is provided with a through hole for passing through an air tube; a flange is arranged at one end, facing the first end cover, of the quick-change connector, the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the through hole, and when the flange abuts against the first end cover, the quick-change connector still keeps sliding connection with the fixing ring; the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the fixing ring, and the quick-change connector still keeps the sliding connection with the fixing ring when the flange abuts against the fixing ring.

Preferably, the other end of the rigid circular tube is provided with a second end cover, and the second end cover is provided with a plurality of exhaust holes.

Preferably, a gap is provided between the closed end and the second end cap.

Preferably, the elastic air bag tube is connected with the quick-change connector through a barb connector, the open end is connected with the barb connector through binding, and the barb connector is connected with the quick-change connector through threads.

Preferably, the elastic air bag pipe is made of rubber.

Preferably, the closed end is closed by a sealing plug, and the sealing plug is bound and connected with the elastic air bag tube.

Preferably, one end of the fixing ring facing the second end cover is provided with a chamfer.

The invention also provides a control method of the pneumatic strain energy accumulator, which comprises the following steps:

(1) opening an air source, and inflating the elastic air bag pipe, wherein the elastic air bag pipe is locally expanded in a radial direction to form a local expansion part, and after the local expansion part is connected with a rigid circular pipe, the elastic air bag pipe is axially expanded from the local expansion part to two sides of the elastic air bag pipe;

(2) after the inflation is finished, cutting off the gas source, closing the inflation pipeline, and storing certain pneumatic energy and strain energy in the energy accumulator;

(3) opening the inflation pipeline, wherein the inflation pipeline is used as an air release pipeline, and the elastic air bag pipe axially contracts to provide constant contraction pressure;

(4) after the axial shrinkage of the elastic air bag pipe is finished, the elastic air bag pipe is shifted to a radial shrinkage process until the elastic air bag pipe is restored to the initial state;

(5) and (4) repeating the processes of the steps (1) to (4) to realize the storage and the application of energy.

Preferably, in the step (2), at the end of inflation, the elastic air bag tube is supplemented with a certain amount of gas when reaching an axial limit expansion state.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

(1) in the invention, the rigid circular tube is arranged outside the elastic air bag tube, and the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube is smaller than the deformation limit diameter of the elastic air bag tube, namely, the rigid circular tube can limit the radial deformation of the elastic air bag tube, so that the elastic air bag tube can be prevented from being fatigued and having a shortened service life due to early excessive deformation, and the elastic air bag tube can generate axial strain early due to the limitation of the radial strain of the elastic air bag tube, so that the energy storage density is increased;

(2) according to the invention, the quick-change connector is connected to the fixing ring in a sliding manner, the closed end of the elastic air bag tube is away from the second end cover by a certain distance, and the second end cover is provided with the exhaust hole, so that the elastic air bag tube can freely slide in the axial deformation process to perform sufficient axial deformation, thereby increasing the energy storage capacity of the elastic air bag tube;

(3) the axial displacement of the quick-change connector is limited by the matching of the flange at the end part of the quick-change connector and the first end cover and the fixing ring, the quick-change connector can be operated without disassembling the first end cover when the air pipe is inserted into and pulled out of the quick-change connector, and convenience is provided for the quick replacement of the energy accumulator;

(4) according to the invention, the elastic air bag pipe is arranged between the rigid circular pipe and the first end cover and the second end cover, so that the expanded elastic air bag pipe can be effectively protected from being contacted with the outside, and hard particles are prevented from entering the rigid circular pipe to scratch the elastic air bag pipe.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive exercise.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural section view of a pneumatic strain accumulator;

wherein, 1, a first end cover; 2. a quick-change connector; 3. a fixing ring; 4. a barb fitting; 5. an elastic balloon tube; 6. a rigid circular tube; 7. a sealing plug; 8. a second end cap.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention aims to provide a pneumatic strain energy accumulator and a control method thereof, which are used for solving the problems in the prior art, and the radial expansion of an elastic air bag pipe is limited by a rigid round pipe, so that the elastic air bag pipe generates axial strain earlier, and the energy storage density is increased.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.

As shown in fig. 1, the invention provides a pneumatic strain energy accumulator, which comprises a rigid circular tube 6, a fixing ring 3 fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the rigid circular tube 6, and an elastic air bag tube 5 arranged inside the rigid circular tube 6, wherein the outer diameter of the fixing ring 3 is in interference fit with the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube 6, the fixing ring 3 is fixedly mounted inside the rigid circular tube 6, or other existing fixing manners can be adopted, in addition, the rigid circular tube 6 can be made of steel tube, iron tube or aluminum alloy tube or other metal or alloy tube, the elastic air bag tube 5 has telescopic elasticity, expands after inflation, and contracts and restores to the original shape after deflation; the elastic air bag tube 5 comprises an open end and a closed end, wherein the closed end can be an integral structure formed by closing the elastic air bag tube 5 per se, or can be closed by adopting a sealing plug 7 (details are described later), the open end is connected with the quick-change connector 2, and the quick-change connector 2 is in sliding connection with the fixing ring 3; in the process of elastic deformation of the elastic air bag tube 5, the elastic air bag tube 5 is firstly expanded in the local radial direction and is contacted with the rigid circular tube 6, the elastic air bag tube 5 is expanded axially from the local expansion part to the two sides of the elastic air bag tube, and the quick-change connector 2 is pushed to slide on the fixing ring 3 during axial expansion; it should be noted that the inner diameter of the fixing ring 3 and the outer diameter of the quick-change connector 2 are in transition fit or clearance fit, and the fixing ring and the quick-change connector can freely slide, but the clearance cannot be too large, so as to prevent the quick-change connector 2 from being blocked due to deflection or prevent external foreign matters from entering a cavity where the elastic airbag tube 5 is located along the clearance to damage the elastic airbag tube 5; it should be noted that: the inner diameter of the rigid circular tube 6 is smaller than the limit diameter of deformation of the elastic airbag tube 5, the limit diameter refers to the limit diameter that the elastic airbag tube 5 can reach when not bound, that is, the rigid circular tube 6 can limit the radial deformation of the elastic airbag tube 5, so that the fatigue and the life shortening of the elastic airbag tube 5 can be prevented from occurring earlier due to excessive deformation, and in addition, the limit of the radial strain of the elastic airbag tube 5 can enable the axial strain to occur earlier, so that the energy storage density is increased.

As shown in fig. 1, a first end cap 1 is arranged at one end of a rigid circular tube 6, a through hole for passing through a gas tube is arranged on the first end cap 1, the gas tube (not shown in the figure) passes through the through hole of the first end cap 1 and then is connected with a quick-change connector 2, it should be noted that the gas tube serves as both an inflation line and a deflation line, energy is stored during inflation and released during deflation, and of course, a branch can be arranged on the gas tube to distinguish the inflation line from the deflation line; the quick-change connector 2 is provided with a flange at one end facing the first end cover 1, the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the through hole of the first end cover 1, so that the first end cover 1 can block the axial displacement of the quick-change connector 2, and when the flange of the quick-change connector 2 abuts against the first end cover 1, the quick-change connector 2 still keeps sliding connection with the fixing ring 3; the outer diameter of the flange is larger than the inner diameter of the securing ring 3 so that the securing ring 3 can block axial displacement of the quick-change coupler 2 in the other direction, the quick-change coupler 2 still remaining in sliding connection with the securing ring 3 when the flange abuts against the securing ring 3, so that axial movement of the quick-change coupler 2 caused when the resilient gas bag tube 5 is inflated or deflated does not cause the quick-change coupler 2 to disengage from the securing ring 3 either.

Further, the other end of rigid circular tube 6 still is provided with second end cover 8, and second end cover 8 is provided with a plurality of exhaust holes, and exhaust hole evenly distributed is on second end cover 8, and it is to be noted that: the diameter of the vent hole should not be too large to prevent hard particles from entering the rigid circular tube 6 through the vent hole.

As shown in fig. 1, a gap is provided between the closed end of the elastic airbag tube 5 and the second end cap 8, so as to reserve a certain expansion space when the elastic airbag tube 5 axially expands toward the second end cap 8, so as to increase the energy storage capacity of the elastic airbag tube 5.

The aforementioned connection mode between the quick-change coupler 2 and the elastic air bag tube 5 may preferably be that the elastic air bag tube 5 is connected with the quick-change coupler 2 through the barb connector 4, the open end of the elastic air bag tube 5 is connected with the barb connector 4 through binding, an annular protrusion is arranged on the circumference of the barb connector 4 to improve the binding effect, and the barb connector 4 is connected with the quick-change coupler 2 through threads.

Further, the elastic air bag tube 5 is made of rubber, and may be natural latex such as polyisoprene.

As shown in fig. 1, the closed end of the elastic air bag tube 5 is closed by the sealing plug 7, the sealing plug 7 is plugged into the elastic air bag tube 5, the sealing plug 5 is bound and connected with the elastic air bag tube 7, and it needs to be explained that an annular bulge is arranged on the circumference of the sealing plug 7 to improve the binding effect.

Referring again to fig. 1, the end of the fixing ring 3 facing the second end cap 8 is provided with a chamfer extending all the way to the inner wall of the rigid circular tube 6, forming a concave arc, when the elastic airbag tube 5 expands, if the axial movement reaches the position of the fixing ring 3, the end is not extruded by the right angle of the fixing ring 3, thus avoiding the damage to the elastic airbag tube 5 and further improving the service life thereof.

The invention also provides a control method of the pneumatic strain energy accumulator, and the working process of the pneumatic strain energy accumulator is mainly divided into three stages: an inflation phase, a holding phase and a deflation phase, wherein:

and (3) an inflation stage: the elastic balloon tube 5 is locally expanded radially until the expanded portion comes into contact with the rigid circular tube 6, and then the elastic balloon tube 5 starts to expand axially with a constant pressure.

A maintaining stage: after the air supply is stopped, the air pressure in the elastic air bag pipe 5 does not change any more, and at the moment, the energy recovered by the pneumatic strain energy accumulator is stored in the device in the form of pneumatic energy and strain energy.

And (3) an air release stage: the deflation phase is the reverse action of the inflation phase, the elastic air bag tube 5 can contract at a constant pressure lower than the inflation pressure and supply energy outwards until the air in the elastic air bag tube 5 is exhausted, and the elastic air bag tube 5 returns to the initial state.

The specific control method comprises the following steps:

(1) opening an air source, inflating the elastic air bag pipe 5, wherein the elastic air bag pipe 5 is locally expanded in the radial direction to form a local expansion part, and after the local expansion part is contacted with the rigid circular pipe 6, the elastic air bag pipe 5 begins to axially expand from the local expansion part to two sides of the elastic air bag pipe;

(2) after the inflation is finished, cutting off the gas source, closing the inflation pipeline, and storing certain pneumatic energy and strain energy in the energy accumulator;

(3) opening an inflation pipeline, wherein the inflation pipeline is used as an air release pipeline, certainly, in order to realize the distinction between the inflation pipeline and the air release pipeline, a branch can be arranged on the inflation pipeline, a switch is arranged on the branch to realize different flow paths of inflation and deflation, and the elastic air bag pipe 5 axially contracts to provide constant contraction pressure;

(4) after the axial shrinkage of the elastic air bag tube 5 is finished, the radial shrinkage process is carried out until the elastic air bag tube 5 is restored to the initial state;

(5) and (4) repeating the processes of the steps (1) to (4) to realize the storage and the application of energy.

Further, in the step (2), the end of inflation refers to the time when the elastic air bag tube 5 reaches the axial limit expansion state or when a certain amount of air is supplemented as required.

The principle and the implementation mode of the invention are explained by applying a specific example, and the description of the embodiment is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the invention.