Apparatus for generating electricity from wind power
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F03D-009/00
H02P-009/04
F03D-003/00
F03D-001/00
F03D-001/04
출원번호
US-0011893
(2013-08-28)
등록번호
US-9169827
(2015-10-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Tsitron, Ilya
출원인 / 주소
Tsitron, Ilya
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
3
초록▼
An apparatus for generating electricity from wind power includes a turbine having an impeller rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and having a plurality of blades, a wind redirecting element which redirects the wind around the blades, a generator connected with the turbine and generating e
An apparatus for generating electricity from wind power includes a turbine having an impeller rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and having a plurality of blades, a wind redirecting element which redirects the wind around the blades, a generator connected with the turbine and generating electricity in response to rotation of the impeller about the substantially vertical axis under an action of wind, a wind directing element which directs the wind into an interior of the apparatus, and a wind guiding device located under the turbine and guiding the wind substantially upwardly toward the turbine.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus for generating electricity from wind power, comprising a turbine having an impeller rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and having a plurality of blades, said turbine being located in an upper part of the apparatus; a wind redirecting element which circumferentially surroun
1. An apparatus for generating electricity from wind power, comprising a turbine having an impeller rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and having a plurality of blades, said turbine being located in an upper part of the apparatus; a wind redirecting element which circumferentially surrounds said blades of said impeller at its height and redirects the wind around said blades and is located in the upper part of the apparatus and substantially around the blades of the impeller; a generator connected with said turbine and generating electricity in response to rotation of said impeller about a substantially vertical axis under an action of wind, said generator having a vertical shaft which is coaxial with the impeller of the turbine; a vertically extending wind directing element which directs the wind into an interior of the apparatus; and an upwardly extending wind guiding device located under said turbine and guiding the wind substantially upwardly toward said turbine, wherein said wind directing element and said wing guiding device extend upwardly substantially over a same height and along each other towards said wind redirecting element and said turbine. 2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a further wind directing element which extends upright and vertically and located under one side of said turbine and extends in its entirety uninterruptedly within a width of the turbine and from a lower end of the whole apparatus up to a bottom of the turbine. 3. An apparatus as defined in claim 2, further comprising an additional further wind directing element which extends upright and vertically and located under an opposite side of said turbine and extends in its entirety uninterruptedly within the width of the turbine and from a lower end of the whole apparatus up to a bottom of the turbine. 4. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said wind guiding device includes a wind guiding element attached to said wind directing element, and selected from the group consisting of at least one wind guiding element extending substantially upwardly, at least one wind guiding element extending substantially sideways, and both. 5. An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said at least one substantially upright wind guiding element is a wind guiding element which is located under said impeller of said turbine, is inclined relative to a vertical plane and directs the wind from below upwardly toward said impeller of said turbine rotatable about the substantially vertical axis, wherein said wind guiding element has a lower end and upper end, and extends in its entirety uninterruptedly from said lower end to said upper end, and also from a lower end of the whole apparatus up to a bottom of the turbine, so that the wind is guided from below upwardly over and along said inclined element from said lower end to said upper end of said element and from said lower end of the whole apparatus towards said bottom of the turbine uninterruptedly, and wherein said wind guiding device is open at one side opposite to said uninterrupted inclined wind guiding element so that wind flows from outside onto said uninterrupted inclined wind guiding element over its whole height and is guided upwardly. 6. An apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein said substantially upwardly extending wind guiding element has a plurality of openings and a plurality of further substantially upwardly guiding elements associated with said openings, so that wind entering said apparatus from below is directed upwardly through said openings toward said impeller of said turbine rotatable about the substantially vertical axis and forming a stackable unit. 7. An apparatus as defined in claim 6, further comprising a plurality of said stackable units arranged over one another in a vertical direction in a position selected from a group consisting of adjacent to a wall and a free-standing and forming a multi-level stackable unit. 8. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of said multi-level stackable units arranged adjacent to one another in a peripheral direction around the vertical axis over a whole circumference, and having an axle extending through all said stackable units and formed as an axle selected from the group consisting of a single axle extending through all said stackable units and an axle composed of interconnected individual axles of said stackable units, and wherein said generator is connected to said axle forming a circular multi-level stackable apparatus. 9. An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said wind guiding element which extends substantially sideways comprising a plurality of wind guiding plates which are spaced from one another in a substantially upright direction and inclined to a horizontal plane for guiding the wind upwardly toward said turbine, and wherein said wind guiding plates are plates selected from the group consisting of flat plates, plates curved in one side direction, and plates curved in another transverse side direction. 10. An apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein said at least one wind guiding element extending upwardly forms a wind channel, such that said wind guiding plates guide the wind from outside into said wind channel upwardly towards said turbine. 11. An apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein said wind guiding plates are elongated, each have an axis extending along a length of each of said wind guiding plates, and are turnable around said axis to adjust an amount and a direction of wind guided by said wind guiding plates and to block the wind flow into said wind channel when wind is excessive. 12. An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said wind guiding element which extends substantially upwardly is an element selected from the group consisting of a vertical element, an element inclined to a vertical plane, a flat element, a vertically curved element, a horizontally curved element, and combinations thereof. 13. An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said wind guiding device forms together with said wind directing element a unit. 14. An apparatus as defined in claim 13, further comprising a plurality of such units arranged adjacent to one another in a peripheral direction around a vertical axis over a whole circumference forming a multi-unit circular apparatus, so as to allow the wind to enter said multi-unit circular apparatus from all sides and to be directed upwardly. 15. An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein said multi-unit circular apparatus has a turbine selected from a group consisting of one impeller for each of said units, and a single impeller for the entire multi-unit circular apparatus with single axle located at a center of said circular apparatus. 16. An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein said wind guiding elements of said units together form a conical structure. 17. An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein said wind directing elements extend from a periphery in a direction toward said vertical axis to a center of said circular apparatus and are connected in said center in a manner selected from the group consisting of connected with each other, connected to a single central element having a cross-section selected from a group consisting of circular cross-section and multisided cross-section, and both. 18. An apparatus as defined in claim 14, further comprising a substantially vertical supporting element, wherein said circular apparatus with said turbine, said generator, said wind guiding device and an axle of said turbine are arranged on top of said supporting element and supported by said supporting element. 19. An apparatus as defined in claim 18, wherein said impeller of said turbine is located on one side of said supporting element, while said generator is located on another opposite side of said supporting element and connected with said impeller by said axle of said turbine rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis, forming a horizontally rotating apparatus. 20. An apparatus as defined in claim 19, wherein said impeller has a central cone which is a wind deviating element connected with a central part of the impeller, while the entire horizontally rotating apparatus is rotatable around a substantially vertical axis of said supporting element in a direction of a wind flow, under an action of wind. 21. An apparatus as defined in claim 20, wherein the location of said generator of horizontally rotating apparatus is selected from the group consisting of generator located on an opposite side from said turbine of said supporting element, said generator is located inside of said central cone of said impeller, while a counterweight is located on another opposite side of said supporting element, generator located inside of said supporting element and connected with said impeller by set of axles and gears, while a counterweight is located on an opposite side from said turbine. 22. An apparatus as defined in claim 20, wherein the central cone of the impeller of said horizontally rotating apparatus is formed as an enclosed hollow element which is inflatable with lighter than air gases to raise the entire apparatus above ground, wherein a location of said generator is selected from the group consisting of inside said central cone, outside said central cone, in an area of a narrow edge of said cone, in an area of a center of said central cone, and in an area of a wide edge of said central cone, while the entire apparatus is connected to an earth surface through a supporting frame and a cable connected to said supporting frame, and is rotatable substantially horizontally around a connection with said cable in a direction of wind flow under an action of wind, so that electricity produced by the apparatus is transferred to the earth surface through said supporting frame and said cable. 23. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said wind redirecting element has a peripheral wall surrounding said impeller and selected from the group consisting of a straight wall, a curved wall, a one-part wall, a multi-part wall, and a wall located at an angle to a vertical plane. 24. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said generator connected with said turbine is located at a location selected from the group consisting of under said turbine, and inside of said impeller. 25. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising wind deviating means to increase efficiency of said impeller, located in the area of said blades of said impeller and constructed such that said wind deviating means prevent wind guided by said wind guiding device from being directed toward a central part of said impeller located close to said axis and deviate the wind guided by said wind guiding device exclusively toward a remaining part of said impeller which is spaced from said axis. 26. An apparatus as defined in claim 25, wherein said wind deviating means has a wind deviating element selected from the group consisting of a wind deviating element connected with said central part of said impeller, a wind deviating element connected with said wind guiding device, and both, each of said wind deviating elements being selected from the group consisting of a vertical element, an element inclined to a vertical plane inwards or outwards, a separate element, an element which is of one piece with said turbine, and an element which is of one piece with said wind guiding device. 27. An apparatus as defined in claim 26, wherein said impeller of said turbine has central cone which is formed as said wind deviating element connected with said central part of the impeller, expanding upwardly and rotatable about said axis of said impeller, which deviates the wind away from said axis of said impeller toward said blades, with said blades attached to a surface of said central cone along a line selected from a group consisting a curved line and a straight line. 28. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said blades of said impeller of said turbine is turnable around its axis, to adjust a speed of wind passing through said turbine, to increase a performance of the apparatus, and to decrease or stop a rotation of said impeller. 29. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the apparatus as a whole is constructed as an apparatus selected from the group consisting of an apparatus arrangeable on a vertical support, an apparatus attachable to a wall, an apparatus forming a part of an occupyable structure, an apparatus arranged on a floatable platform and formed as a power station, a self-powered navigation buoy or a lighthouse, and an apparatus arranged on a ship as a source of its electrical power and thrust. 30. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said wind redirecting element, said wind directing element, and said wind guiding device are components selected from the group consisting of components provided with solar panels on their surface forming parts of solar cells, and without solar panels on their surface. 31. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said apparatus has a bird-protecting element.
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