Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for wind power generation. In one aspect, a wind power generator includes a support base; inductors positioned over the support base in a circular array; an annulus ring track fixed to the base support and providing a circular track around which the induct
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for wind power generation. In one aspect, a wind power generator includes a support base; inductors positioned over the support base in a circular array; an annulus ring track fixed to the base support and providing a circular track around which the inductors are located; an annulus ring rotor placed on the annulus ring track and engaged to rollers in the circular track so that the annulus ring rotor can rotate relative to the an annulus ring track, in which the annulus ring rotor include separate magnets to move through the circular array of inductors to cause generation of electric currents; and a wind rotor assembly coupled to the annulus ring rotor and including wind-deflecting blades that rotate with the rotor and a hollow central interior for containing a wind vortex formed from deflecting wind by the blades to convert into the electric energy.
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1. A wind power generator for converting wind power into electricity, comprising: a support base;inductor coils fixed in position over the support base in a circular array;an annulus ring track fixed to the base support and configured to provide a circular track around which the circular array of in
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A wind power generator for converting wind power into electricity, comprising: a support base;inductor coils fixed in position over the support base in a circular array;an annulus ring track fixed to the base support and configured to provide a circular track around which the circular array of inductor coils is located;rollers placed in the circular track of the annulus ring track to roll in the circular track to move around the annulus ring track;an annulus ring rotor placed on the annulus ring track and engaged to the rollers in the circular track of the annulus ring track so that the annulus ring rotor can rotate relative to the annulus ring track by operation of rolling motion of the rollers in the circular track without having a rotary shaft in the center of the annulus ring rotor for rotating the annulus ring rotor, the annulus ring rotor structured to include separate magnets evenly spaced from one another on an outer peripheral of the annulus ring rotor to move through the circular array of inductor coils as the annulus ring rotor rotates with respect to the annulus ring track so that the relative motion between the magnets and the inductor coils causes generation of electric currents in the inductor coils; anda cylindrical wind rotor assembly located above and fixed to the annulus ring rotor to form a unified assembly to rotate with the annulus ring rotor relative to the annulus ring track, the cylindrical wind rotor assembly structured to include wind-deflecting blades that are spaced from one another and arranged in a circle around the cylindrical wind rotor assembly to form a hollow central cylindrical interior space for containing a wind vortex formed from deflecting of the received wind by the wind-deflecting blades, to convert received wind from any direction into a rotation of the unified assembly relative to the annulus ring track, thus causing conversion of the wind energy into the electric currents in the inductor coils. 2. The wind power generator as in claim 1, wherein: each wind-deflecting blade includes a curved blade portion to deflect the received wind into a wind vortex inside a hollow central region of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly. 3. The wind power generator as in claim 1, wherein: the inductor coils in the circular array of inductor coils are independent from one another to independently produce respective currents caused by a relative motion of the magnets on the outer peripheral of the annulus ring rotor relative to the inductor coils of the circular array of inductor coils so that a failure in one inductor coil is not disruptive to current generation in another inductor coil. 4. The wind power generator as in claim 1, wherein: the inductor coils in the circular array of inductor coils are configured as independent inductor modules that operate independently from one module to another,each inductor module includes (1) three adjacent inductor coils that are connected to one another to form a 3-phase inductor module to so that the phases of the three adjacent inductor coils are separated by one third of a cycle to collectively produce an AC output current from three currents respectively generated by the three adjacent inductor coils, and (2) a rectifier circuit coupled to receive the AC output current and to produce a DC output voltage, andthe inductor modules are configured as independent inductor module groups where each inductor module group includes 3 or more inductor modules, the inductor modules within each inductor module group are coupled to produce an inductor module group output, and different inductor module groups are separated and operate independently from one to another. 5. The wind power generator as in claim 4, wherein: each inductor module group includes: a mode-switching circuit in a selected inductor module in the inductor module group and coupled to a rectifier circuit of the selected inductor module to inactivate the rectifier circuit to allow the selected inductor module to operate in an AC mode for producing an AC output or to activate the rectifier circuit to allow the select inductor module to operate in a DC mode for producing a DC output, anda control circuit coupled to the mode-switching circuit to control the operation the mode-switching circuit in switching the selected inductor module between the AC mode and the DC mode. 6. The wind power generator as in claim 5, wherein: each inductor module group further includes a sensing circuit coupled in the selected inductor module in the inductor module group that senses a rotation condition of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly based on timing and magnitudes of currents in the inductor coils within the selected inductor module and, based on the sensed rotation condition, the control circuit is configured to control the AC mode operation of the selected inductor module in response to the received wind condition to accelerate or decelerate the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly so that the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly varies dynamically with received wind condition to maximize an efficiency in converting the received wind power into electricity. 7. The wind power generator as in claim 6, wherein: the control circuit includes a digital signal processor that is programmed with software to control, based on the sensed rotation condition from the sensing circuit, the AC and DC modes of operation of the selected inductor module in the inductor module group. 8. The wind power generator as in claim 6, wherein: the control circuit is configured to control the inductor coils within the selected inductor module to cause the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly to be in a coasting mode which maintains a constant speed of the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly at a given received wind condition and produces a DC output of the wind power generator, a motoring mode which speeds up the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly while reducing a DC output of the wind power generator, or a generating mode which slows down the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly while increasing the a DC output of the wind power generator. 9. The wind power generator as in claim 6, wherein: the control circuit is configured to control, based on the sensed rotation condition from the sensing circuit, the selected inductor module to operate in or switch to one of the coasting mode, the motoring mode, or the generating mode to dynamically synchronize operation of the wind power generator to the received wind condition and a load condition that draws power from the wind power generator. 10. The wind power generator as in claim 6, wherein: each inductor coil includes a first half inductor coil part that includes a first magnetic core and a first conductor wire coil that winds around the first magnetic core and a second half inductor coil part that includes a second magnetic core and a second conductor wire coil that winds around the second magnetic core, andthe first and second half inductor coil parts are positioned at opposite sides of a plane in which the magnets in the outer peripheral of the annulus ring rotor rotate to position the magnets between the first and second half inductor coil parts. 11. A wind power generator for converting wind power into electricity, comprising: a support base;an inductor stator assembly that is fixed to the support base and includes inductor coils fixed in position to form a circular array, each inductor coil including a first half inductor coil part that includes a first magnetic core and a first conductor wire coil that winds around the first magnetic core and a second half inductor coil part that includes a second magnetic core and a second conductor wire coil that winds around the second magnetic core, wherein the first and second half inductor coil parts are positioned adjacent to each other to form a gap there between;an inductor rotor assembly that includes an annulus ring and separate magnets evenly spaced from one another to form a magnet ring on an outer peripheral of the annulus ring and is configured to position the magnets between the gaps of the circular array of inductor coils, the inductor rotor assembly being structured to rotate relative to the inductor stator assembly so that the relative motion between the magnets and the inductor coils causes generation of electric currents in the inductor coils;a cylindrical wind stator assembly fixed in position relative to the inductor stator assembly and including stator wind-receiving fins arranged in a circle to form a hollow cylindrical interior in which the inductor stator assembly and the inductor rotor assembly are located, the stator wind-receiving fins being structured to direct receive and direct wind from any direction into the hollow cylindrical interior at a slanted direction from a radial direction of the cylindrical wind stator assembly; anda cylindrical wind rotor assembly enclosed inside the hollow cylindrical interior of the cylindrical wind stator assembly and fixed in position to the inductor rotor assembly as a unified assembly to rotate together with the magnet ring on the annulus ring relative to the cylindrical wind stator assembly, the cylindrical wind rotor assembly structured to include wind-deflecting blades that are spaced from one another and arranged in a circle to form a hollow central cylindrical interior space for containing a wind vortex formed from deflecting of the received wind by the wind-deflecting blades,wherein the stator wind-receiving fins and the wind-deflecting blades are structured to collectively and efficiently direct the received wind to cause rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly for conversion of the wind energy into the electric currents in the inductor coils. 12. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: each stator wind-receiving fin includes a pipe or rod having a curved outer edge as a first interface of the wind power generator with the received wind. 13. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: each stator wind-receiving fin includes a fin portion that is slanted in orientation with respect to a radial direction of the cylindrical wind stator assembly and is configured to receive and direct wind into the wind-deflecting blades of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly. 14. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: the stator wind-receiving fins of the cylindrical wind stator assembly and the wind-deflecting blades of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly are configured so that a radial dimension of the cylindrical wind stator assembly, a radial dimension of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly, and a radius of the hollow central cylindrical interior space in the center of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly are substantially the same. 15. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: the cylindrical wind stator assembly has an outer diameter greater than a length of the cylindrical wind stator assembly along a cylindrical axis of the cylindrical wind stator assembly. 16. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: each wind-deflecting blade of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly includes a curved blade portion; andthe stator wind-receiving fins of the cylindrical wind stator assembly are slanted in orientation with respect to respective radial directions of the cylindrical wind stator assembly to direct received wind towards a concave side of the curved blade portion of each wind-deflecting blade. 17. The wind power generator as in claim 11, wherein: each wind-deflecting blade includes a curved blade portion to deflect the received wind into a wind vortex inside a hollow central region of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly. 18. A method for generating electricity from wind, comprising: placing a wind power generator as in claim 11 on a roof top of a building to receive wind to cause the cylindrical wind rotor assembly to rotate so that the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly causes the inductor rotor assembly to rotate to generate electric currents in the inductor coils. 19. The method as in claim 18, further comprising: placing multiple wind power generators as in claim 11 closely relative to one another in a spatial pattern to use interaction of air flows from the wind power generators and a local wind on the roof top to operate the multiple wind power generators as a wind power generator network for producing electricity. 20. The method as in claim 19, further comprising: operating the multiple wind power generators to further utilize air flows on the roof top caused by heat convection on the roof top to generate electricity. 21. The method as in claim 19, further comprising: providing one or more solar panels on the roof top to convert light into electricity;coupling the one or more solar panels to the multiple wind power generators to allow for the electricity from the one or more solar panels to be used by the multiple wind power generators when the local wind on the roof top is clam to maintain a low-speed rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assemblies of the multiple wind power generators and to store solar-generated electricity in form of a rotation of the wind rotor assembly without using one or more batteries for energy storage; andoperating the multiple wind power generators and the one or more solar panels to convert local light and wind on the roof top into electricity. 22. The method as in claim 21, further comprising: monitoring a local wind condition at each wind power generator; andbased on the monitored local wind condition, controlling each wind power generator to operate the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly to be in a coasting mode which maintains a constant speed of the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly at a given received wind condition and produces a DC output of the wind power generator, a motoring mode which speeds up the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly while reducing a DC output of the wind power generator, or a generating mode which slows down the rotation of the cylindrical wind rotor assembly while increasing a DC output of the wind power generator. 23. The method as in claim 18, comprising: placing a circuit element that generates heat in each wind power generator in a path of an air flow directed by the wind stator assembly and the wind rotor assembly to cool off the circuit element. 24. The method as in claim 18, comprising: linking the multiple wind power generators to one another to enable electricity generated from one wind power generator to be transferred to another wind power generator for storage in form of a rotation of the receiving wind power generator to enable energy storage.
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