阅读说明：本技术 流体驱动装置和流体驱动比例混合器系统及其方法 (Fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof ) 是由 不公告发明人 于 2020-09-18 设计创作，主要内容包括：一流体驱动装置和流体驱动比例混合器系统及其方法。该流体驱动装置包括定子、转子以及二叶片。每该定子依次被划分为进口区域、正排量区域、出口区域以及负排量区域,其中该定子的内腔壁面在该进口区域和该出口区域处的包络线均为偏心圆弧或非圆弧的过渡曲线,并且该定子的内腔壁面在该正排量区域和该负排量区域处分别具有圆弧曲线。每该转子被可旋转地设置于相应的该定子的该内腔。每该叶片被可径向滑动地设置于相应的该转子,并且当该叶片在该流体的作用下带动该转子旋转时,每该叶片的顶部与该定子在该出口区域处的内腔壁面相切地接触。(A fluid driven apparatus and fluid driven proportioner system and method. The fluid driving device comprises a stator, a rotor and two blades. Each stator is sequentially divided into an inlet area, a positive displacement area, an outlet area and a negative displacement area, wherein envelope curves of inner cavity wall surfaces of the stators at the inlet area and the outlet area are transition curves of eccentric arcs or non-arcs, and the inner cavity wall surfaces of the stators respectively have arc curves at the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area. Each rotor is rotatably disposed within the inner cavity of a corresponding stator. Each vane is arranged on the corresponding rotor in a radially sliding manner, and the top of each vane is tangentially contacted with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet area when the vanes drive the rotor to rotate under the action of the fluid.)

1. A fluid driving device for converting pressure energy of a fluid into mechanical energy, wherein the fluid driving device comprises:

a stator, wherein each stator has an inner cavity, and each stator is sequentially divided into an inlet region, a positive displacement region, an outlet region and a negative displacement region along the rotation direction of the rotor, wherein the envelope curves of the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator at the inlet region and the outlet region are both eccentric circular arcs or non-circular arc transition curves, and the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator respectively has circular arc curves at the positive displacement region and the negative displacement region;

a rotor, wherein each said rotor is rotatably disposed within said interior cavity of a respective said stator; and

two or more vanes, wherein each vane is radially slidably disposed on a respective rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts an inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the influence of the fluid.

2. A fluid driving device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said vanes has a swing angle when sliding at said inlet and outlet regions of said stator such that no point on said tip of said vane that contacts said inner cavity wall surface of said stator is on a centerline of said vane.

3. A fluid drive apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein a radius of curvature of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the positive displacement region is larger than a radius of curvature of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the negative displacement region.

4. A fluid drive device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said inner cavity wall of said stator has an archimedean spiral, a pascal's spiral, an archimedean spiral envelope, a pascal's spiral envelope or a double eccentric circular arc at said inlet and outlet regions.

5. A fluid drive device as claimed in claim 4 wherein the centre of said inner chamber wall of said stator at said inlet and outlet regions coincides with the centre of said inner chamber wall of said stator at said positive and negative displacement regions and said rotor is concentrically disposed to said stator.

6. A fluid driving device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said tips of said vanes have a radius of curvature equal to the radius of the envelope of said inner cavity wall of said stator at said inlet and outlet regions.

7. A fluid driving device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein each of said blades is penetratingly provided in the corresponding rotor, and said blades pass through the center of said rotor such that both said tips of each of said blades tangentially contact the inner cavity wall surface of said stator.

8. A fluid driving device as defined in claim 7 wherein each of said tips of said vanes has a leading angle facing in a direction of rotation of said rotor and a trailing angle facing away from said direction of rotation of said rotor, wherein said trailing angle of said vane contacts said inner cavity wall surface of said stator when said tip of said vane is slid into said inlet region of said stator; the rake angle of the vane contacts the inner cavity wall of the stator when the tip of the vane is slid to the exit region of the stator.

9. A fluid actuated device as claimed in claim 8 further comprising at least one resilient member, wherein the resilient member is disposed between the leading and trailing angles of the vane respectively, so that when the tip of the vane is in the positive or negative displacement region of the stator, the resilient member is located between the vane and the stator to act as a seal.

10. The fluid driving device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said blade further has at least one mounting groove, wherein each mounting groove is located between said front and rear corners of said blade to receive said elastic member, and said elastic member protrudes from said top of said blade.

11. A fluid driven device as claimed in claim 10 wherein said resilient member is an O-ring or a resilient strip.

12. A fluid driving device in accordance with claim 7 wherein each of said blades comprises two blade bodies and at least one connecting portion, wherein said connecting portion is connected to inner side edges of said two blade bodies, respectively, and outer side edges of said two blade bodies of said blade are each in contact with said inner cavity wall surface of said stator to provide said tip portion of said blade through said outer side edges of said blade bodies.

13. A fluid driving device as defined in claim 12, wherein the connecting portion of each of the blades is integrally connected with the inner side edges of the two blade bodies, respectively, to form the blade having an integral U-shaped structure such that the two blades can be radially slidably mounted to the rotor in a criss-cross manner.

14. A fluid driving device as claimed in claim 12 wherein each of said blades comprises more than two of said connecting portions having a lifter structure, wherein both ends of said connecting portions are rigidly or flexibly connected to said inner side edges of two of said blade bodies, respectively, to form said blades having a split lifter structure, wherein said connecting portions in the same blade are spaced apart from each other and said connecting portions in different blades are offset from each other.

15. A fluid driving device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a housing, wherein said housing has an inlet pipe for inflow of the fluid and an outlet pipe for outflow of the fluid, wherein said stator is fixedly disposed in said housing, and said inlet pipe of said housing corresponds to an inlet of said stator and said outlet pipe of said housing corresponds to an outlet of said stator.

16. A fluid driven proportioner system for proportioning a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein the fluid driven proportioner system comprises:

a fluid driving device for partially converting pressure energy of the first fluid flowing into the fluid driving device into mechanical energy and outputting the first fluid, wherein the fluid driving device comprises:

each stator is provided with an inner cavity and is sequentially divided into an inlet area, a positive displacement area, an outlet area and a negative displacement area along the rotation direction of the rotor, wherein the envelope curves of the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator at the inlet area and the outlet area are both transition curves of eccentric arcs or non-arcs, and the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator respectively has arc curves at the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area;

at least one rotor, wherein each said rotor is rotatably disposed within said interior cavity of a respective said stator; and

at least two vanes, wherein each vane is radially slidably disposed on a corresponding rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts an inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the action of the first fluid;

a pump device for converting mechanical energy into pressure energy of the second fluid during operation and outputting the second fluid;

a coupling, wherein the coupling couples the fluid driving device to the pump device for transferring the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device to the pump device to drive the pump device to operate, so that the first fluid output by the fluid driving device can be mixed with the second fluid output by the pump device according to a predetermined ratio.

17. A method of manufacturing a fluid drive device, comprising the steps of:

providing a stator, wherein the stator is provided with an inner cavity, each stator is sequentially divided into an inlet area, a positive displacement area, an outlet area and a negative displacement area along the rotation direction of the rotor, envelope curves of inner cavity wall surfaces of the stator at the inlet area and the outlet area are both transition curves of eccentric arcs or non-arcs, and the inner cavity wall surfaces of the stator respectively have arc curves at the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area;

rotatably disposing a rotor within the interior cavity of the stator; and

two or more vanes are radially slidably disposed on the rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts a wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the action of the fluid.

18. A method of proportioning by a fluid driven proportioning mixer system, comprising the steps of:

converting, by a fluid driving device of a fluid driven proportioner system, pressure energy of a first fluid flowing into the fluid driving device into mechanical energy partially, and outputting the first fluid;

transmitting the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device to a pump device of the fluid driven proportioner system by a coupler of the fluid driven proportioner system so as to drive the pump device to operate; and

by means of the driven pump device, a second fluid is sucked and pressurized to output the second fluid, so that the output second fluid and the output first fluid are mixed in proportion.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of fluid drive technology, and more particularly to a fluid drive device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof.

Background

Fluid driving devices such as hydraulic motors have been widely used in various fields such as industry, agriculture, and fire fighting as an energy conversion device for converting pressure energy of a fluid into mechanical energy. For example, in the field of fire fighting, foam proportioners are the core of various foam systems, and there are various types such as pressure type, balance type, ring pump type and metering injection type, but each proportioner can only be applied to a corresponding type of foam fire extinguishing system due to its advantages and limitations, and thus can only be used in specific application places. In order to make it possible to adapt it as much as possible to various types of foam fire extinguishing systems, a hydraulically driven proportioner has appeared on the market today, which mainly comprises a hydraulic motor, a plunger pump (or gear pump, screw pump, roots pump) and a coupling connecting the hydraulic motor with the plunger pump. When fire fighting water from the fire fighting main pump flows through the hydraulic motor, part of pressure energy of the fire fighting water is converted into mechanical energy, so that the hydraulic motor rotates and drives the plunger pump to work through the coupler; at this time, the plunger pump sucks the foam liquid and injects it under pressure into the outlet of the hydraulic motor, thereby achieving mixing of the foam liquid and water. Because the hydraulic motor and the plunger pump are of a positive displacement type, the theoretical discharge capacity of each revolution of the hydraulic motor and the plunger pump is constant in a certain rotating speed range, namely, the discharge capacity ratio of water and foam concentrate does not change along with the change of the rotating speed, so that a relatively accurate mixing ratio can be realized as long as the theoretical discharge capacity of each revolution of the hydraulic motor and the plunger pump is adjusted, the hydraulic drive proportional mixer can almost be suitable for all types of foam fire extinguishing systems, and the flow range suitable for the hydraulic drive proportional mixer depends on the difference between the actual discharge capacity and the theoretical discharge capacity.

However, although the conventional hydraulic motor generally comprises a housing, a stator, a rotor and a vane, wherein the stator is fixedly disposed in the housing, and the vane is radially slidably disposed in the rotor, the rotor is eccentrically disposed in an inner cavity of the stator, and when the vane rotates the rotor under the action of fire-fighting water, the vane slides along the radial direction of the rotor, so that the top of the vane directly contacts with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator (i.e., surface contact). Thus, during the process that the blade rotates around the central axis of the rotor, the contact area of the top of the blade and the inner cavity wall surface of the stator is basically unchanged, so that the same area of the top of the blade continuously slides and rubs with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator, and a gap is rapidly formed between the top of the blade and the inner cavity wall surface of the stator due to the continuous friction loss of the top of the blade, thereby not only causing serious water pressure loss of the existing hydraulic motor, but also greatly shortening the service life of the existing hydraulic motor.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method that can extend the useful life of the fluid driven device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driving device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein, in some embodiments of the present invention, the tips of the vanes of the fluid driving device are tangent to the inner cavity wall of the inlet and outlet area of the stator to reduce the wear of the vanes and to greatly prolong the service life of the fluid driving device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driving device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof, wherein in some embodiments of the present invention, the blades of the fluid driving device have a certain swing angle at the inlet area and the outlet area of the stator, so that the top of the blades contact the inner cavity wall surface of the stator back and forth within a certain arc length range, which is beneficial to prolonging the service life of the fluid driving device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driving apparatus and a fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof, wherein, in some embodiments of the present invention, the tips of the vanes are in direct contact with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet region of the stator, and the elastic members at the tips of the vanes are in contact with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the positive displacement region and the negative displacement region of the stator, which can prevent the elastic members from being caught in the small holes or grooves at the inlet region and the outlet region of the stator, thereby allowing the vanes to slide more smoothly.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driving device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof, wherein in some embodiments of the present invention, the tips of the blades of the fluid driving device slide smoothly on the inner cavity wall surface of the stator, which helps prevent the blades from moving radially during operation, and improves the operational stability of the fluid driving device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein in some embodiments of the present invention the vanes of the fluid driven device are free of wobble angle as they slide at positive and negative displacement regions of the stator and the resilient member is capable of sealing the gap between the vanes and the stator.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven apparatus and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein in some embodiments of the present invention, the vanes of the fluid driven apparatus have a certain swing angle when sliding at the inlet and outlet regions of the stator, which helps to reduce the contact area of the elastic member with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the inlet and outlet regions, in case the elastic member is damaged.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein in some embodiments of the present invention, the resilient member of the fluid driven device is also capable of cushioning the impact of the vanes due to the non-smoothness at the intersection between the inlet or outlet region and the positive or negative displacement region of the stator, which helps prevent damage to the vanes and the stator, while also helping to reduce noise generated by the fluid driven device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein in some embodiments of the present invention the vanes of the fluid driven device have an integral U-shaped configuration such that the vanes can be radially slidably mounted to the rotor directly in a criss-cross fashion, helping to simplify assembly of the fluid driven device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fluid driven apparatus and fluid driven proportioner system and method thereof wherein the use of expensive materials or complex structures is not required in the present invention in order to achieve the above objects. The present invention thus successfully and effectively provides a solution that not only provides a simple fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method, but also increases the utility and reliability of the fluid driven device and fluid driven proportioner system and method.

To achieve at least one of the above objects and other objects and advantages, the present invention provides a fluid driving device for partially converting pressure energy of a fluid into mechanical energy, wherein the fluid driving device includes:

a stator, wherein each stator has an inner cavity, and each stator is sequentially divided into an inlet region, a positive displacement region, an outlet region and a negative displacement region along the rotation direction of the rotor, wherein the envelope curves of the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator at the inlet region and the outlet region are both eccentric circular arcs or non-circular arc transition curves, and the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator respectively has circular arc curves at the positive displacement region and the negative displacement region;

a rotor, wherein each said rotor is rotatably disposed within said interior cavity of a respective said stator; and

two or more vanes, wherein each vane is radially slidably disposed on a respective rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts an inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the influence of the fluid.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of the vanes has a swing angle when sliding at the inlet and outlet regions of the stator such that no position on the tip of the vane that contacts the inner cavity wall surface of the stator is on a center line of the vane.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a radius of curvature of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the positive displacement region is larger than a radius of curvature of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the negative displacement region.

In some embodiments of the invention, the inner cavity wall of the stator has an archimedean spiral, a pascal's spiral, an archimedean spiral envelope, a pascal's spiral envelope, or a double eccentric circular arc at the inlet and outlet regions.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a center of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the inlet region and the outlet region coincides with a center of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the positive displacement region and the negative displacement region, and the rotor is concentrically disposed to the stator.

In some embodiments of the invention, the tip of the vane has a circular arc surface, and a radius of curvature of the tip of the vane is equal to an envelope radius of the envelope of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the inlet area and the outlet area.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of the blades is penetratingly disposed at the corresponding rotor, and the blades pass through a center of the rotor such that both the tips of each of the blades tangentially contact the inner cavity wall surface of the stator.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of said tips of said vanes comprises a rake angle facing in a direction of rotation of said rotor and a relief angle facing away from a direction of rotation of said rotor, wherein said relief angle of said vane contacts said inner cavity wall of said stator when said tip of said vane is slid into said inlet region of said stator; the rake angle of the vane contacts the inner cavity wall of the stator when the tip of the vane is slid to the exit region of the stator.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the fluid driving device further includes at least one elastic member, wherein the elastic member is disposed at a position between the front angle and the rear angle of the vane, respectively, so that when the top of the vane is in the positive displacement region or the negative displacement region of the stator, the elastic member is located between the vane and the stator to perform a sealing function.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the blade further has at least one mounting groove, wherein each mounting groove is located between the front corner and the rear corner of the blade to receive the elastic member, and the elastic member protrudes from the top of the blade.

In some embodiments of the invention, the resilient member is an O-ring or a resilient strip.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of the blades comprises two blade bodies and at least one connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion is connected to inner side edges of the two blade bodies, respectively, and outer side edges of the two blade bodies of the blade are each in contact with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator to provide the tip portion of the blade through the outer side edges of the blade bodies.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting portion of each of the blades is integrally connected with the inner side edges of the two blade bodies, respectively, to form the blade having an integral U-shaped structure such that the two blades can be radially slidably mounted to the rotor in a criss-cross manner.

In some embodiments of the present invention, each of the blades includes more than two connecting portions having a lifter structure, wherein both ends of the connecting portions are rigidly or flexibly connected to the inner sides of two blade bodies, respectively, to form the blade having a split lifter structure, wherein the connecting portions in the same blade are spaced apart from each other, and the connecting portions in different blades are offset from each other.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the fluid driving device further comprises a housing, wherein the housing has an inlet pipe for flowing in the fluid and an outlet pipe for flowing out the fluid, wherein the stator is fixedly disposed on the housing, and the inlet pipe of the housing corresponds to an inlet of the stator and the outlet pipe of the housing corresponds to an outlet of the stator.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a fluid driven proportioner system for proportioning a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein the fluid driven proportioner system comprises:

a fluid driving device for partially converting pressure energy of the first fluid flowing into the fluid driving device into mechanical energy and outputting the first fluid, wherein the fluid driving device comprises:

each stator is provided with an inner cavity and is sequentially divided into an inlet area, a positive displacement area, an outlet area and a negative displacement area along the rotation direction of the rotor, wherein the envelope curves of the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator at the inlet area and the outlet area are both transition curves of eccentric arcs or non-arcs, and the wall surface of the inner cavity of the stator respectively has arc curves at the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area;

at least one rotor, wherein each said rotor is rotatably disposed within said interior cavity of a respective said stator; and

at least two vanes, wherein each vane is radially slidably disposed on a corresponding rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts an inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the action of the first fluid;

a pump device for converting mechanical energy into pressure energy of the second fluid during operation and outputting the second fluid;

a coupling, wherein the coupling couples the fluid driving device to the pump device for transferring the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device to the pump device to drive the pump device to operate, so that the first fluid output by the fluid driving device can be mixed with the second fluid output by the pump device according to a predetermined ratio.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of said vanes has a swing angle when sliding at said inlet and outlet regions of said stator such that no region of said tip of said vane in contact with said inner cavity wall of said stator is on a centerline of said vane.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the pump device is a reciprocating plunger pump, wherein the reciprocating plunger pump reciprocates under the driving of the fluid driving device through the coupling to suck the second fluid and inject the second fluid into the first fluid under pressure.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the reciprocating plunger pump comprises a crankshaft assembly and one or more pump heads, wherein all of the pump heads are coupled to the crankcase and the crankshaft assembly of the reciprocating plunger pump is coupled to the rotor of the fluid driving device via the coupling, wherein the crankshaft assembly selectively drives the pump heads for regulating the flow of the second fluid delivered by the reciprocating plunger pump as the rotor of the fluid driving device moves the crankshaft assembly of the reciprocating plunger pump via the coupling.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the fluid driven proportioner system further comprises a tubing arrangement, wherein the tubing arrangement comprises a mixing line, wherein the mixing line communicates an outlet of the pump arrangement with an outlet of the fluid driven arrangement for delivering the second fluid from the outlet of the pump arrangement to the outlet of the fluid driven arrangement such that the first fluid and the second fluid are proportioned.

In some embodiments of the invention, the tubing set further comprises a purge line, wherein the purge line communicates an inlet of the pump device with an inlet of the fluid-driven device for delivering the first fluid from the inlet of the fluid-driven device to the inlet of the pump device for purging the pump device with the first fluid.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a method of manufacturing a fluid driving device, comprising the steps of:

providing a stator, wherein the stator is provided with an inner cavity, each stator is sequentially divided into an inlet area, a positive displacement area, an outlet area and a negative displacement area along the rotation direction of the rotor, envelope curves of inner cavity wall surfaces of the stator at the inlet area and the outlet area are both transition curves of eccentric arcs or non-arcs, and the inner cavity wall surfaces of the stator respectively have arc curves at the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area;

rotatably disposing a rotor within the interior cavity of the stator; and

two or more vanes are radially slidably disposed on the rotor, and at least a tip of each vane tangentially contacts a wall surface of the stator at the outlet region when the vane rotates the rotor under the action of the fluid.

In some embodiments of the invention, each of the vanes has a swing angle when sliding at the inlet and outlet regions of the stator such that no position on the tip of the vane that contacts the inner cavity wall surface of the stator is on a center line of the vane.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the step of rotatably disposing a rotor to the inner cavity of the stator, a center of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the inlet region and the outlet region coincides with a center of the inner cavity wall surface of the stator at the positive displacement region and the negative displacement region, and the rotor is concentrically disposed to the stator.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the step of radially slidably disposing two vanes on the rotor, each vane is penetratingly disposed on the corresponding rotor, and the vane passes through a center of the rotor such that both tips of each vane tangentially contact the inner cavity wall surface of the stator.

In some embodiments of the invention, when the tip of the vane is in the inlet region of the stator, the trailing angle of the vane contacts tangentially with the inner cavity wall of the stator; when the tips of the vanes are in the exit region of the stator, the rake angles of the vanes tangentially contact the inner cavity wall surface of the stator. In some embodiments of the present invention, the method for manufacturing a fluid driving device further includes:

and correspondingly arranging an elastic member in the mounting groove of the blade, so that when the top of the blade is positioned in the positive displacement area and the negative displacement area of the stator, the elastic member is positioned between the blade and the stator to play a role of sealing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a method of proportioning by a fluid driven proportioner system comprising the steps of:

converting, by a fluid driving device of a fluid driven proportioner system, pressure energy of a first fluid flowing into the fluid driving device into mechanical energy partially, and outputting the first fluid;

transmitting the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device to a pump device of the fluid driven proportioner system by a coupler of the fluid driven proportioner system so as to drive the pump device to operate; and

by means of the driven pump device, a second fluid is sucked and pressurized to output the second fluid, so that the output second fluid and the output first fluid are mixed in proportion.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be fully apparent from the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings and the claims.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fluid driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of the fluid driving device according to the above embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the fluid driving device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing an operation principle of the fluid driving device according to the above embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5A is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a blade assembly of the fluid driving device according to the above embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5B is a schematic structural view showing a single blade of the fluid driving device according to the above embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6A and 6B show a first modified embodiment of the blade of the fluid driving device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 shows a second modified embodiment of the blade of the fluid driving device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a fluid driven proportioner mixer system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing a fluid driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flow diagram of a proportional mixing method through a fluid driven proportional mixer system, according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or components must be constructed and operated in a particular orientation and thus are not to be considered limiting.

In the present invention, the terms "a" and "an" in the claims and the description should be understood as meaning "one or more", that is, one element may be one in number in one embodiment, and the element may be more than one in number in another embodiment. The terms "a" and "an" should not be construed as limiting the number unless the number of such elements is explicitly recited as one in the present disclosure, but rather the terms "a" and "an" should not be construed as being limited to only one of the number.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Currently, the rotor of existing hydraulic motors is rotatably and eccentrically arranged to the stator, and four vanes are radially slidably arranged to the rotor. When water flows into the existing hydraulic motor, the blades drive the rotor to rotate under the action of water pressure, and simultaneously, each blade slides radially relative to the rotor, so that the top of each blade is always in surface contact with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator. However, the blades of the conventional hydraulic motor have almost no swing angle (i.e. the swing angle of the blades is substantially zero), so that the blades are easily damaged due to continuous sliding friction with the stator, which causes the internal leakage of the conventional hydraulic motor to be aggravated and even greatly reduces the service life of the conventional hydraulic motor. Therefore, the present invention provides a fluid driving apparatus capable of reducing the overall hydraulic loss of the apparatus and extending the service life of the apparatus. It will be understood that the angle of oscillation of the blades is embodied as the angle between the centre line of the blade and the normal at the point of contact on the envelope line of the stator.

In addition, since the top of the vane is always in rigid contact with the inner cavity wall surface of the stator during the rotation of the vane around the central axis of the rotor, when the two are in tight contact, the conventional hydraulic motor may cause a water pressure loss due to high friction during operation, and may also generate a large noise.

Referring to FIG. 4 of FIG. 1 of the drawings, a fluid driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the fluid driving device 10 includes a stator 11, a rotor 12, and two or more blades 13, wherein each of the stators 11 has an inner cavity 110, and each of the rotors 12 is rotatably disposed in the inner cavity 110 of the corresponding stator 11; wherein each blade 13 is radially slidably disposed on the rotor 12, and when the blades 13 rotate the rotor 12 under the action of the fluid, each blade 13 radially slides with respect to the rotor 12, so that at least one top 131 of each blade 13 can always contact the inner cavity wall of the stator 11. In other words, when the blades 13 rotate the rotor 12 under the action of the fluid, each blade 13 slides in the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11, which helps to reduce the loss of pressure energy of the fluid while ensuring that the flow rate of the fluid is controllable.

It should be noted that although the fluid driving device 10 of fig. 1 to 4 and the following description illustrate features and advantages of the fluid driving device 10 of the present invention by taking the fluid driving device 10 including only one stator 11 and one rotor 12 and two vanes 13 as an example, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the fluid driving device 10 disclosed in fig. 1 to 4 and the following description is only an example and does not limit the content and scope of the present invention, for example, in other examples of the fluid driving device 10, the number of the stators 11 and the rotors 12 may be more than one, and the number of the vanes 13 may be more than two to meet different requirements.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the stator 11 of the fluid driving device 10 is divided into an inlet region 1101, a positive displacement region 1102, an outlet region 1103, and a negative displacement region 1104 in this order along the rotation direction of the rotor 12 (counterclockwise direction as viewed in fig. 3), wherein the envelope curves of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are each implemented as an eccentric circular arc or a transition curve of a non-circular arc, and the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 has a circular arc curve at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 to form the inner cavity 110 having a non-circular structure inside the stator 11.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 4, when the blades 13 rotate the rotor 12 under the action of the fluid, at least one top 131 of each blade 13 tangentially contacts the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the outlet area 1103, so as to reduce the contact area between the top 131 of the blade 13 and the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the outlet area 1103, which helps to reduce friction therebetween and prolong the service life of the blade 13.

More specifically, the radius of curvature of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 is greater than the radius of curvature of the stator 11 at the negative displacement region 1104, such that the theoretical displacement of the fluid drive device 10 is equal to the difference in volume between the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 (if the volume of the negative displacement region 1104 is noted as negative, the theoretical displacement of the fluid drive device 10 is equal to the sum of the volumes between the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104).

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the center of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet area 1101 and the outlet area 1103 overlaps the center of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the positive displacement area 1102 and the negative displacement area 1104, wherein the rotor 12 is concentrically arranged on the stator 11, that is, the central axis of the rotor 12 passes through the center of the circular arc curve, without the need that the rotor has to be eccentrically arranged on the stator as in the hydraulic motor of the prior art, so that the blades of the hydraulic motor of the prior art cannot have a certain swing angle. In other words, in this embodiment of the invention, the envelopes of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101, the positive displacement region 1102, the outlet region 1103 and the negative displacement region 1104 have the same center to ensure that the rotor 12 is concentrically arranged to the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11.

More preferably, the envelopes of the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 are implemented as archimedes spirals, and the envelopes of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 are mirror-symmetrical, so that any radial length over the center of the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11 is equal. Meanwhile, since the envelopes of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 are both archimedes spiral, when the blades 13 slide at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 of the stator 11, the radial movement speed of the blades 13 relative to the rotor 12 is kept constant, so that the blades 13 are prevented from moving in a crosstalk manner, and the operation noise of the fluid driving device 10 is reduced. It is noted that in other examples of the invention, the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 has other types of planar curves at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102, such as those having archimedes 'spiral, pascal's spiral envelope or double eccentric circular arc, among others.

According to the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11 of the fluid driving device 10 is provided with at least one inlet 111, and correspondingly the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11 is provided with at least one outlet 112. Thus fluid will enter the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11 from the inlet 111 of the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11 to push the blades 13 to rotate counterclockwise, so that the fluid is discharged through the outlet 112 of the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11 after passing through the positive discharge region 1102 of the stator 11. It will be appreciated that, because the envelopes of the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 in the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are both archimedean spirals, the fluid can pass through the inlet 111 and the outlet 112 with minimal resistance, which helps to reduce resistive losses and thereby increase the effective output torque of the fluid drive device 10.

In particular, the envelopes of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are smoothly connected with the circular arc curve of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102, respectively, so that the vanes 13 can smoothly slide from the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11 to the positive displacement region 1102 of the stator 11 and from the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 to the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11, so as to further reduce the amount of leakage of the fluid occurring at the intersection between the inlet region 1101 and the positive displacement region 1102 of the stator 11 and the intersection between the positive displacement region 1102 and the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the vane 13 of the fluid driving device 10 is preferably penetratingly disposed on the rotor 12, and the vane 13 passes through the center of the rotor 12, so that the vane 13 has a penetration vane structure. It should be noted that, just because any radial length of the over center of the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11 is equal, and the blades 13 penetrate the rotor 12 through the center of the stator 11, when the length of the blades 13 is equal to the radial length of the over center of the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11, both tops of the blades 13 can always contact the inner cavity wall of the stator 11, so that both tops of the blades 13 can slide on the inner cavity wall of the stator 11.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the top 131 of the blade 13 is implemented to have a circular arc surface, and the radius of curvature of the top 131 of the blade 13 is equal to the envelope radius of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103, so as to ensure that the top 131 of the blade 13 can contact the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 tangentially at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103, which helps to reduce the frictional resistance of the blade 13 during sliding. In other words, the top of the vane 13 is designed to be a circular arc, so that the top 131 of the vane 13 is circular arc, which is convenient to ensure that the two tops 131 of the vane 13 can be always tangent to the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11, so as to prevent the vane 13 from radially moving during rotation, and to help maintain the operation stability of the fluid driving device 10.

It is understood that, since the envelope curves of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 of the fluid driving device 10 of the present invention at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 are implemented as non-circular arc transition curves such as archimedes' spiral, and the rotor 12 is concentrically disposed at the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11, each of the blades 13 has a certain oscillation angle when the blade 13 slides at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 of the stator 11, that is, the position of the tip 131 of each of the blades 13 contacting the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 is periodically oscillated. In other words, while the vanes 13 slide relative to the stator 11, the vanes 13 roll relative to the stator 11, which helps to reduce the wear between the vanes 13 and the stator 11 and prolong the service life of the fluid driving device 10. In addition, the fluid used in the fluid driving device 10 may be implemented as, but not limited to, liquid water such as fire water, river water, sea water, etc., and may also be implemented as other types of fluid such as solution, air, etc.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 4, each of the tips 131 of the blades 13 has a rake angle 1311 and a relief angle 1312, wherein the rake angle 1311 of the blades 13 faces in the rotational direction of the rotor 12, and the relief angle 1312 of the blades 13 faces away from the rotational direction of the rotor 12. In other words, the rotation direction of the rotor 12 is implemented in a direction from the rear angle 1312 of the blade 13 to the front angle 1311 of the blade 13. Thus, when the tip 131 of the vane 13 is in the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11, the rear corner 1312 of the vane 13 is in contact with the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11; when the top 131 of the vane 13 is located at the outlet area 1103 of the stator 11, the rake angle 1311 of the vane 13 contacts the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11, so that the contact position of the vane 13 with the stator 11 changes at the inlet area 1101 and the outlet area 1103 of the stator 11, which helps to reduce the wear of the vane 13 and prolong the service life of the fluid driving device 10.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 4, since the envelope curves of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are non-circular arc curves, the vane 13 has a certain swing angle when sliding at the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11, so that the contact position of the vane 13 and the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 is not on the center line of the vane 13, that is, the contact position of the rear angle 1312 of the vane 13 and the stator 11 also changes with the rotation of the vane 13, so as to slow down the wear of the vane 13 as much as possible; similarly, the vane 13 has a certain swing angle when sliding at the outlet area 1103 of the stator 11, so that the contact position between the vane 13 and the stator 11 at the outlet area 1103 is not on the center line of the vane 13, that is, the contact position between the vane 13 and the stator 11 on the front angle 1311 of the vane 13 is also changed along with the rotation of the vane 13, so as to slow down the wear of the vane 13 as much as possible.

In addition, since the envelope curves of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 are circular arc curves, the vanes 13 do not have a swing angle when sliding at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 of the stator 11, so that the contact positions of the vanes 13 and the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 are always on the center lines of the vanes 13, and thus the tops 131 of the vanes 13 are seriously worn at the center lines of the vanes 13, which results in serious pressure energy loss of the fluid. In particular, in some examples, the center length of the vane 13 is generally slightly less than the sum of the radii of curvature of the envelopes of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104, such that a gap exists between the tip 131 of the vane 13 and the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104, thereby causing a severe hydraulic loss in the fluid driving device 10.

Therefore, in the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the fluid driving device 10 further includes at least one elastic member 14, wherein the elastic member 14 is correspondingly disposed between the front angle 1311 and the rear angle 1312 of the vane 13, so that when the top of the vane 13 is located in the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 of the stator 11, the elastic member 14 is located between the vane 13 and the stator 11 to perform a sealing function. In other words, the elastic member 14 can seal the gap between the vane 13 and the stator 11, and prevent the fluid from directly leaking from the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11 to the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11, thereby effectively reducing the pressure energy loss of the fluid. It is understood that the elastic member 14 may be made of, but not limited to, a material having a certain elastic deformation, such as rubber, plastic, polymer material, metal material, etc.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the vane 13 of the fluid driving device 10 further has a mounting groove 132, wherein the mounting groove 132 is located between the front angle 1311 and the rear angle 1312 of the vane 13 to accommodate the elastic member 14, and the elastic member 14 protrudes from the top 131 of the vane 13, so that when the top 131 of the vane 13 is located at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 of the stator 11, the elastic member 14 is compressed and deformed between the vane 13 and the stator 11 to achieve a good sealing effect, thereby minimizing the hydraulic pressure loss of the fluid driving device 10. It is understood that in other examples of the present invention, the elastic member 14 may be further disposed between the front corner 1311 and the rear corner 1312 of the blade 13 by gluing, welding, nesting, etc., which is not described in detail herein.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the elastic member 14 is implemented as an elastic strip 141, wherein the elastic strip 141 is mounted to the mounting groove 132 of the vane 13 to provide sufficient deformation space for the elastic strip 141 through the mounting groove 132, which helps to improve the sealing effect of the elastic member 14. Meanwhile, the part of the elastic strip 141 protruding out of the mounting groove 132 can also match the shape of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11, which helps to improve the sealing effect of the elastic member 14 to the maximum extent. It is understood that, in other examples of the present invention, the elastic member 141 may also be implemented as other types of elastic members, such as an O-ring, a circular pad, an arc-shaped strip, a T-shaped strip, etc., as long as the sealing effect can be achieved, and the present invention will not be described in detail herein.

More preferably, when the top 131 of the vane 13 is located at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11, the elastic strip 141 is deformed by substantially 0.5% to 2% of the diameter of the elastic strip 141, so as to prevent the elastic strip 141 from being damaged by being excessively sunk into the inlet 111 and the outlet 112 of the stator 11, and to facilitate to extend the service life of the elastic strip 141.

It is worth mentioning that, because the envelopes of the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 are both non-circular curves, and the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 has circular curves at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103, the inner cavity wall 1100 of the stator 11 is inevitably discontinuous at the junctions between the positive displacement region 1102 or the negative displacement region 1104 and the inlet region 1101 or the outlet region 1102, so that the impact inevitably occurs when the vane 13 slides to the junctions, and the elastic member 14 can play a role of buffering in addition to a sealing effect, so as to prevent the vane 13 and the stator 11 from being damaged due to the impact or collision at the junctions. At the same time, the elastic member 14 can also reduce noise generated by the vane 13 impacting the stator 11.

It is to be noted that, since the radius of curvature of the envelope of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 is larger than the radius of curvature of the envelope of the stator 11 at the negative displacement region 1103, when the two tips 131 of each vane 13 are respectively located in the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 of the stator 11, the length of the portion of the vane 13 located in the positive displacement region 1102 is larger than the length of the portion of the vane 13 located in the negative displacement region 1104. At this time, the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the blades 13 drives the blades 13 to apply pressure to the positive displacement region 1102 of the stator 11, so that the elastic member 14 between the blades 13 and the positive displacement region 1102 of the stator 11 is further compressed to achieve a better sealing effect.

Illustratively, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, 5A and 5B, each of the blades 13 includes two blade bodies 133 and a connecting portion 134, wherein the connecting portion 134 is connected to inner side edges of the two blade bodies 133, respectively, and outer side edges of the blade bodies 133 of the blades 13 contact the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 to provide the tip portions 131 of the blades 13 through the outer side edges of the blade bodies 133.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5A and 5B, the connecting portion 134 of each blade 13 is integrally connected with the inner side edges of the two blade bodies 133, respectively, to form the blade 13 having an integral U-shaped structure, so that the two blades 13 can be radially slidably mounted to the rotor 12 in a crisscross manner, so as to ensure that the two blades 13 do not interfere with each other when radially sliding. It is noted that, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the connection portion 134 of the blade 13 may have a sheet-like structure as the blade body 133. Of course, in other examples of the invention, the blades 13 may have other structures, for example, one blade has an i-shaped structure and the other blade has a square-shaped structure.

According to the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the fluid driving device 10 further comprises a housing 15 and two end plates 16, wherein the housing 15 has an inlet pipe 151 for an inflow fluid and an outlet pipe 152 for an outflow fluid, wherein the stator 11 is fixedly disposed in the housing 15, and the rotor 12 is rotatably mounted in the housing 15 by the end plates 16, wherein the inlet pipe 151 of the housing 15 corresponds to the inlet 111 of the stator 11, and the outlet pipe 152 of the housing 15 corresponds to the outlet 112 of the stator 11, so that the fluid enters the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11 through the inlet pipe 151 of the housing 15 via the inlet 111 of the stator 11; and exits through the outlet tube 152 of the housing 15 via the outlet 112 of the stator 11. At the same time, the fluid drives the blades 13 to rotate, so as to drive the rotor 12 to rotate, so that the pressure energy of the fluid is partially converted into mechanical energy, and a device such as a plunger pump, a fan and the like can be driven to rotate through the rotor 12, so as to achieve corresponding effects.

It is worth mentioning that the conventional blades are usually used in the existing hydraulic motors (such as hydraulic motors), but the conventional blades are generally suitable for higher rotation speed, because the centrifugal force is too small to throw the conventional blades at low rotation speed. In the fluid driving device 10 of the present invention, although the vane 13 is a through vane with an integral U-shaped structure and is suitable for all rotation speeds, when the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are provided, a large differential pressure exists on both sides (i.e. radial direction) of the vane 13, which causes increased wear between the vane 13 and the stator 11 and the rotor 12, respectively, such that a large gap exists between the vane 13 and the rotor 12, which further causes increased leakage, thereby reducing the flow range of the corresponding proportional mixer.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention may also adopt a blade having a split type lifter structure instead of the blade 13 in the above embodiments. Specifically, the blade with the split ejector rod structure is manufactured by combining the traditional blade with the penetrating ejector rod, so that the problem that the traditional blade cannot run at a low speed is solved, and meanwhile, the pressure difference force on two sides of the blade can be reduced, because the force caused by the pressure difference is only applied to the ejector rod part, and the sectional area of the ejector rod is small, the pressure difference force is very small. In addition, the gap leakage between the vane with the split ram structure and the rotor of the present invention will not exist, and the leakage only occurs in the gap between the ram and the rotor bushing, and the gap and the circumference are very small, so that the leakage will be very small under the same pressure difference.

Exemplarily, fig. 6A and 6B show a first variant embodiment of the blade of the fluid driving device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention. The blade according to the first variant embodiment of the invention differs from the above-described embodiment of the invention in that: the blade 13A includes two or more connecting portions 134A having a push rod structure, wherein both ends of the connecting portions 134A are rigidly connected to the inner side edges of the two blade bodies 133, respectively, to form the blade 13A having a split push rod structure, wherein the connecting portions 134A in the same blade 13A are spaced apart from each other, and the connecting portions 134A in different blades 13A are offset from each other.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 6B, the top of the connecting portion 134A is connected to the inner side of the blade body 133 by a rigid connection manner with a tight fit, so as to ensure high strength and durability of the blade 13A. Of course, in other examples of the invention, the top of the connecting portion 134A may also be welded directly to the inner side edge of the blade body 133.

In particular, in this variant embodiment of the invention, since the blade 13A adopts the lifter structure, and the blade 13A cannot have a certain setting angle as the conventional blade does, the invention needs to reduce the swing angle of the blade 13A at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11 as much as possible to reduce the friction force generated between the blade 13A and the stator 11. In order to achieve the above-described effect, in this modified embodiment of the present invention, the envelope of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1102 is preferably implemented as a double eccentric circular arc line. Thus, the design of the double eccentric circular arc line can reduce the swing angle of the blade 13A by 5 to 10 degrees, compared to the design of the archimedean spiral.

It is to be noted that, although the characteristics and advantages of the blade 13A having the split-type lifter structure are described by taking the rigid connection of the connecting portion 134A and the blade body 133 as an example in the above-described first modified embodiment of the present invention, this is by way of example only. In other examples of the present invention, the connecting portion 134A of the blade 13A may be connected to the blade body 133 by other connecting methods, and the blade 13A having the split lift pin structure may be formed as well. For example, fig. 7 shows a second modified embodiment of the blade of the fluid driving device according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, in which both ends of the connecting portion 134A are flexibly connected to the inner side edges of the two blade bodies 133, respectively, to form the blade 13A having a split lift pin structure.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the top of the connecting portion 134A is connected to the inner side of the blade body 133 by a flexible connection manner of screw fitting, so as to ensure that the blade 13A has a detachable structure for subsequent maintenance and repair. Of course, in other examples of the invention, the top of the connecting portion 134A is directly connected to the inner side of the blade body 133 by a screw connection.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a fluid driven proportioner system for mixing a first fluid and a second fluid in a predetermined ratio. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the fluid driven proportioner system 1 comprises the fluid driving device 10, a pump device 20 and a coupling 30, and the coupling 30 couples the fluid driving device 10 to the pump device 20, wherein when the first fluid (such as fire water and the like) flows into the fluid driving device 10, first, the fluid driving device 10 partially converts the pressure energy of the first fluid into mechanical energy and outputs the first fluid; then, the coupling 30 transmits the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device 10 to the pump device 20, and finally, the pump device 20 converts the mechanical energy transmitted by the coupling 30 into pressure energy of a second fluid (such as foam concentrate, etc.) to output the second fluid, so that the first fluid and the second fluid can be mixed according to the predetermined ratio. It is understood that the predetermined ratio mentioned in the present invention may be implemented as various ratio ranges such as, but not limited to, 1%, 3%, or 6%, for example, when the predetermined ratio is implemented as a ratio range of 3%, the predetermined ratio may be between 3% and 3.9%.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 8, the pump device 20 can be, but is not limited to, implemented as a reciprocating plunger pump 21, wherein the reciprocating plunger pump 21 reciprocates under the driving of the fluid driving device 10 through the shaft coupling 30 to suck the second fluid and inject the second fluid into the first fluid under pressure, so as to achieve proportional mixing of the first fluid and the second fluid. It will be appreciated that the pump arrangement 20 may also be implemented as other types of pumps, such as centrifugal, axial, partial or vortex pumps, etc.

It should be noted that the fluid driving device 10 and the reciprocating plunger pump 21 of the present invention are both positive displacement type, that is, the fluid driving device 10 and the reciprocating plunger pump 21 have a certain flow rate per revolution within a certain rotation speed range. In other words, the flow rates of the flow rate driving device 10 and the reciprocating plunger pump 21 are approximately linear with the rotation speed in a certain flow rate range, so that an accurate mixing ratio can be realized only by adjusting the capacity per revolution of the flow rate driving device 10 and the reciprocating plunger pump 21, and the mixing ratio does not change along with the change of the flow rate.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8, the reciprocating plunger pump 21 comprises a crankshaft device 211 and one or more pump heads 212, wherein all of the pump heads 212 are coupled to the crankshaft device 211, and the crankshaft device 211 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 is coupled to the rotor 12 of the fluid driving device 10 through the coupling 30, wherein when the rotor 12 of the fluid driving device 10 drives the crankshaft device 211 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 through the coupling 30, the crankshaft device 211 and the pump heads 212 operate to deliver the second fluid through the pump heads 212. It is understood that the crankshaft assembly 211 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 includes a crankshaft, a connecting rod, and a crosshead, and when the crankshaft of the crankshaft assembly 211 is rotated by the coupling 30, the connecting rod and the crosshead of the crankshaft assembly 211 will reciprocate the plunger of the pump head 212 to deliver the second fluid.

It is noted that the crankshaft assembly 211 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 of the fluid driven proportioning mixer system 1 of the present invention can selectively drive a plurality of the pump heads 212 to operate to achieve different mixing ratios by adjusting the number of the pump heads 212 involved in operation in the reciprocating plunger pump 21. For example, when the crankshaft arrangement 211 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 drives only one of the pump heads 212 to operate, one of the pump heads 212 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 will draw in the second fluid and inject it into the first fluid delivered via the fluid driving device 10 to achieve a first predetermined ratio of mixing; and when said crankshaft means 211 of said reciprocating plunger pump 21 drives only two of said pump heads 212 to operate simultaneously, both of said pump heads 212 of said reciprocating plunger pump 21 will simultaneously draw in said second fluid and force-inject into said first fluid delivered via said fluid driving means 10 to achieve mixing in a second predetermined ratio, wherein said second predetermined ratio is equal to 2 times said first predetermined ratio. It will be appreciated that in other examples of the invention, the number of pump heads 212 of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 may also be implemented as one, so that the fluid driven proportioner system 1 has a fixed mixing ratio.

According to the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the fluid driven proportioner system 1 further comprises a piping arrangement 40, wherein the piping arrangement 40 comprises a mixing pipe 41, wherein the mixing pipe 41 communicates the outlet of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 with the outlet of the fluid driving device 10, and is used for conveying the second fluid conveyed by the reciprocating plunger pump 21 to the outlet of the fluid driving device 10 through the mixing pipe 41, so that the second fluid conveyed by the reciprocating plunger pump 21 is proportionally mixed with the first fluid conveyed by the fluid driving device 10. It is understood that the mixing pipeline 41 may be provided with various pipeline auxiliary devices such as an accumulator, a valve, etc., but not limited thereto, only to meet the mixing requirement, and the present invention is not described in detail herein.

It is worth mentioning that when the fluid driven proportioner system 1 is applied to the fire fighting field, the first fluid is typically fire water and the second fluid is typically foam concentrate, and therefore after the fluid driven proportioner system 1 is used, it is necessary to clean the foam concentrate remaining in the reciprocating plunger pump 21 and the mixing line 41 in order to prevent the foam concentrate from corroding the reciprocating plunger pump 21 and the mixing line 41.

Therefore, in the above embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the piping arrangement 40 of the fluid driven proportioning mixer system 1 further comprises a cleaning pipeline 42, wherein the cleaning pipeline 42 communicates the inlet of the reciprocating plunger pump 21 with the inlet of the fluid driving device 10 for delivering the first fluid from the inlet of the fluid driving device 10 to the inlet of the reciprocating plunger pump 21, so as to clean the reciprocating plunger pump 21 and the mixing pipeline 41 by the first fluid before mixing starts or after mixing is completed. It is understood that the cleaning pipeline 42 may be provided with various pipeline auxiliary devices such as, but not limited to, a manual ball valve, a check valve, an exhaust valve, a pressure gauge, or an instrument valve, etc., as long as the cleaning requirement is satisfied, and the present invention is not described in detail herein.

In summary, the fluid driven proportioner system 1 of the present invention also has the following advantages:

1) hydraulic drive, not sluicing, need not extra power: this system can adopt fire water direct drive, need not extra power such as motor or diesel engine to be different from the pelton turbine, not sluicing, need not special escape canal, as long as the fire control main pump operation is normal, this system can work, promotes the reliability of whole system by a wide margin.

2) Positive pressure injection, no back pressure requirement: the plunger pump can pressurize the foam concentrate, so that the pressure of an injection point is slightly higher than the water pressure, therefore, the plunger pump has no back pressure requirement in a pressure range, is suitable for any type of system, and can realize remote injection.

3) The liquid absorption capacity is strong, and the method is suitable for all fire extinguishing agents: the plunger pump has super-strong self-absorption capacity, is not only suitable for all foam extinguishing agents with high viscosity, anti-solubility and no fluorine, but also suitable for all water-based extinguishing agents such as wetting agents, decontamination agents and other various medicaments, and has the highest viscosity of 10000 cps.

4) The flow range is wide, and the device is not influenced by the water supply pressure and back pressure: the fluid driving device 10 and the reciprocating plunger pump 21 of the system are both of a positive displacement type, so that the system has a quite wide flow range within a certain working pressure range and is not influenced by the water supply pressure and back pressure.

5) Can be installed at any position, has no requirement of a straight pipe section: the system can be directly installed on a main water supply loop, has various installation directions, and is more flexible and convenient to install, and the outlet of the system does not have the requirement of a straight pipe section.

6) The response speed is high: as soon as water flows through the fluid driving device 10, the reciprocating plunger pump 21 can be driven and foam concentrate and water are sucked for proportional mixing, and an accurate mixing ratio is instantly achieved.

According to another aspect of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the present invention further provides a method of manufacturing a fluid driving device 10, including the steps of:

s110: providing a stator 11, wherein the stator 11 has an inner cavity 110, and each stator 11 is sequentially divided into an inlet region 1101, a positive displacement region 1102, an outlet region 1103 and a negative displacement region 1104 along the rotation direction of the rotor 12, wherein the envelope curves of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 are both transition curves of an eccentric arc or a non-arc, and the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 has arc curves at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 respectively;

s120: rotatably disposing a rotor 12 in the inner cavity 110 of the stator 11; and

s130: two blades 13 are radially slidably arranged on the rotor 12, and when the blades 13 rotate the rotor 12 under the action of the fluid, at least one tip 131 of each blade 13 tangentially contacts the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the outlet region 1103.

It should be noted that, in the manufacturing method of the fluid driving device 10 according to the present invention, the sequence among the step S110, the step S120, and the step S130 is not limited, that is, the step S110, the step S120, and the step S130 may be performed sequentially in the sequence, or the step S130 may be placed before the step S120, or other sequences may be performed.

Further, in the step S110 of the present invention, when each of the blades 13 slides at the inlet area 1101 and the outlet area 1103 of the stator 11, the blade 13 has a certain swing angle such that a position on the tip 131 of the blade 13 contacting the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 is not on a center line of the blade 13.

Preferably, in the step S120, the center of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the inlet region 1101 and the outlet region 1103 coincides with the center of the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11 at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104, and the rotor 12 is concentrically disposed to the stator 11.

It is noted that in the S130 of the present invention, each of the blades 13 is penetratingly disposed at the corresponding rotor 12, and the blades 13 pass through the center of the rotor 12 such that both the tips 131 of each of the blades 13 tangentially contact the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11.

More specifically, when the tip 131 of the vane 13 is in the inlet region 1101 of the stator 11, the rear corner 1312 of the vane 13 contacts tangentially with the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11; and when the tip 131 of the vane 13 is in the outlet region 1103 of the stator 11, the rake angle 1311 of the vane 13 tangentially contacts the inner cavity wall surface 1100 of the stator 11.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 9, the method for manufacturing the fluid driving device 10 of the present invention further includes the steps of:

s140: an elastic member 14 is correspondingly disposed in the mounting groove 132 of the vane 13, so that when the top of the vane 13 is located at the positive displacement region 1102 and the negative displacement region 1104 of the stator 11, the elastic member 14 is located between the vane 13 and the stator 11 to perform a sealing function.

According to another aspect of the present invention, as shown in fig. 10, the present invention further provides a proportional mixing method by a fluid-driven proportional mixer system, comprising the steps of:

s210: converting, by the fluid driving device 10 of the fluid driven proportioner system 1, pressure energy of a first fluid flowing into the fluid driving device 10 into mechanical energy in part, and outputting the first fluid;

s220: transmitting the mechanical energy converted by the fluid driving device 10 to the pump device 20 of the fluid driven proportional mixer system 1 by the coupling 30 of the fluid driven proportional mixer system 1 to drive the pump device 20 to operate; and

s230: by the pump device 20 being driven, a second fluid is sucked and pressurized to output the second fluid, so that the output second fluid is proportionally mixed with the output first fluid.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the invention. The objects of the invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the examples, and any variations or modifications of the embodiments of the present invention may be made without departing from the principles.