Design of a New Supersonic Shock Wave Generator and Application in Power Generation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Design of a New Supersonic Shock Wave Generator and Application in Power Generation

Published:2024-06-11 Issue:12 Volume:14 Page:5074
ISSN:2076-3417
Container-title:Applied Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Applied Sciences

Author:

Hu Ming-Sen¹,Hsu Uzu-Kuei²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Aviation & Communication Electronics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung 82048, Taiwan

2. Bachelor Program in Artificial Intelligence and Mechatronics, Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912301, Taiwan

Abstract

Wind energy is a kind of renewable energy with great potential for development. This study mainly investigated the application of shock waves generated by high-pressure gases (wind energy) for generating energy. In this study, we designed a new supersonic shock wave generator that can be reused without disassembling and assembling bolts and developed a shock wave monitoring system. It could measure the velocity of the generated shock waves at about Mach 3–5, and the output pressure exceeded 900 kg/cm2 (more than 100 times the input pressure). Then, we developed a power generation system driven by supersonic shock waves based on the characteristics of the new shock wave generator, which could generate high-pressure and high-speed blast waves and could be reused. The shock wave generator can repeatedly generate high-pressure waves to drive the Tesla turbine and then rotate the magnetic energy generator for power generation. This paper used tank pressure, output pressure, gas flow, rotation speed, voltage, and current detected by the system to conduct power generation performance analysis. When the minimum rotation speed was set to 1500 rpm and three bulbs were turned on as loads, the system could generate an average voltage of 36.64 V and an average current of 211.01 mA as output (power about 7731.41 mW).

Funder

R. O. C. Ministry of National Defense’s 2021 military product research and development plan

second phase of the industry–university cooperation research plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology of R. O. C. in 2020

National Science Council of the R. O. C. 2022 Energy Science and Technology Research Plan

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/12/5074/pdf

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