1. A brushless electric motorgenerator comprising:
a) a stator having a central axis, an inner circumferential surface, and an outer circumferential surface,
b) an induction structure of magnetically permeable material, juxtaposed the outer circumferential surface of the stator, the induction structure comprising at least two independent induction modules mounted in a radial array around and perpendicular to the central axis of the stator, each induction module having at least one wire wound coil segment, the at least one wire wound coil segment having two opposed ends and the at least one wire wound coil segment being wound around its respective induction module,
c) a rotor having an inner surface,
d) at least two spaced apart annular rings each having an inner surface and outer surface, the annular rings having a permanent magnet structure comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart magnets, the magnets being disposed between the inner surface and outer surface of the annular rings, the respective North and South poles of the magnets placed adjacent one another and disposed proximate the induction structure in reversing polarities,
e) means for mounting the rotor and stator to one another for relative coaxial rotation about the central axis and in a manner such that there is at least two spaced apart radial gaps, the first gap between the first annular ring and the induction structure and the second gap between the second annular ring and the induction structure, the stator being disposed between the gaps,
f) a heat sink disposed about and encircling one end of induction structure,
g) a polymer over mold of thermally conductive material, and wherein the polymer over mold secures the at least two induction modules, corresponding wire wound segments, and the heat sink in relative position, the polymer defining a thermal link from the wound segments to the heat sink.
2. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart magnets forming the permanent magnet structure are embedded within at least one annular ring.
3. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein at least one of the annular rings have a plurality of slots formed between their respective inner surface and outer surface, one of the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart magnets of the permanent magnet structure being disposed and fittedly secured within an associated one of the plurality of slots.
4. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the at least two induction modules are substantially \u201cI\u201d shaped having a linear vertical portion and two opposed linear horizontal portions.
5. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the at least one wire wound coil segment is generally linear in shape, the at least one wire wound coil segment having its linear length dimension disposed axially, forming overlapping portions which form a succession of angularly separated axial recesses.
6. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the motorgenerator is a motor having a cavity provided in the housing, the motor further comprising an electronic drivecontroller, the drivecontroller being disposed in the cavity.
7. The brushless electric DC motor of claim 6 wherein the cavity is lined with a thermally insulating material to thermally isolate and protect the electronic components.
8. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the opposed ends of the at least one wire wound coil segments project from the same side of the corresponding induction module after winding.
9. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 further comprising: a printed circuit board having tracks and track termination holes, wherein the opposed ends of the at least one wire wound coil segment project from the same side of the corresponding induction module after winding, and further wherein the opposed ends of the at least one wire wound coil segment fittedly attach to the printed circuit board at the track termination holes.
10. The brushless electric DC motor of claim 1 further comprising a modifiable printed circuit board, the board having tracks and track termination holes, the tracks being modifiable to determine the motor phase and type based upon the connection pattern established by the track layout and connection sequence between each of the individual coils within the coil array.
11. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the at least two induction modules are substantially \u201cI\u201d shaped, each having a linear vertical portion and two opposed linear horizontal portions, and wherein the at least one wire wound coil segment is of a grain oriented electrical steel, with the grain of the steel being orientated along the line of the linear vertical portion of each induction module.
12. The brushless electric DC motorgenerator of claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the rotor is a cylindrical inner surface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A heat integrated distillation apparatus comprising:
a rectifying column including a trayed section or a packed bed section, which is used as a rectifying section;
a stripping column located higher than said rectifying column and including a trayed section or a packed bed section, which is used as a stripping section;
a first pipe that connects a top space of said stripping column with a bottom space of said rectifying column;
a compressor installed in said first pipe and configured to compress vapor from the top space of said stripping column and then feeding the compressed vapor to the bottom space of said rectifying column;
a heat exchanger located at the trayed section or the packed bed section of said rectifying column;
a liquid withdrawal unit located at the trayed section or the packed bed section of said stripping column and configured to remove a part of liquid from the trayed section or the packed bed section of said stripping column to an outside of the column;
a second pipe that introduces the liquid from said liquid withdrawal unit to said heat exchanger; and
a third pipe that introduces fluids introduced through said second pipe to said heat exchanger and then discharged from the heat exchanger, to a stage directly below said liquid withdrawal unit of the stripping section,
wherein a bottom space of said stripping column and a top space of said rectifying column are located in positions at a same column elevation.
2. The heat integrated distillation apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said rectifying column and said stripping column are formed by a partition wall that divides an inside of one column into two, and the partition wall partitions the inside of the column so that the bottom space of said stripping column and the top space of said rectifying column are located in the positions at the same column elevation.
3. The heat integrated distillation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a raw material supply pipe that supplies a raw material to at least one of the top space of said stripping column and one of the trayed section of said stripping column and the packed bed section of said stripping column.
4. The heat integrated distillation apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a pump and a pipe that pressure-feeds liquid in the bottom space of said rectifying column to said raw material supply pipe.
5. The heat integrated distillation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reboiler that heats liquid in the bottom space, outside the bottom space of said stripping column.
6. The heat integrated distillation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a condenser that cools vapor in the top space, outside the top space of said rectifying column.