Systems, methods, and devices including modular, fixed and transportable structures incorporating solar and wind generation technologies for production of electricity
AssigneeSpectra Systems & Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRobert Sant'Anselmo, Arnold Stephen Arch
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices related to fixed and transportable structures and vehicles utilizing the integration of solar and wind technologies for generation of electricity. The system generates electricity using solar panels (and/or solar thermal units) and wind turbines, stores and converts electricity, and can be located in various locations either as fixed or portable embodiments including on land, on water, underwater, air and space and may also be housed in a structure to provide electricity for various facilities and uses.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a solar power unit generating electricity from sunlight using panels that adjust relative to sunlight;
- a wind power unit generating electricity from wind currents using a turbine;
- a sensor including hardware and software for monitoring weather conditions including a wind current;
- a Supplemental Fail-Safe system which activates a motor in the turbine to generate electricity;
- a shifting unit shifting the electricity produced by the first solar unit to drive the Supplemental Fail-Safe system to generate continuous electricity, when the wind current is insufficient based on the sensor;
- a combining unit selectively combining electricity from a combination the solar power unit and the wind power unit to output continuous electricity to produce output power from the system;
- a power management system to interface with the sensor to control increase or decrease in response to the wind current based on the sensor, a supply of power to the turbine selectively from any one or combination of the solar power unit and/or a power grid to keep the turbine turning when the wind current is insufficient based on the sensor to generate electricity, to thereby ready the turbine to generate electricity when the wind current becomes sufficient based on the sensor;
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- a robot and/or a converter to microwave transmit, for supporting portability of the electricity in response to the power management system,
- wherein the turbine is kept turning by the electricity selectively from any one or combination of the solar power unit, a storage that stores electricity, and/or a power grid, when wind is insufficient.
A system producing electricity, comprising:
- a solar unit capturing radiated light from a light source, the solar unit including a plurality of solar photovoltaic cells arranged into modules, which are arranged into arrays as solar panels, the photovoltaic cells converting the light into electricity and adjusting position relative to sunlight;
- a wind unit operating independently from the solar unit, the wind unit including a wind guide causing input wind to directly turn a turbine indirectly through a Supplemental Fail-Safe system which activates a motor in the turbine to generate electricity;
- an electricity generation unit accepting the electricity from the solar unit and the wind unit and at least one of outputting electricity either as direct or alternating current, or storing the electricity in batteries and/or other storage device;
- a shifting unit shifting the electricity produced by the solar unit to drive the Supplemental Fail-Safe system to generate continuous electricity during periods without wind;
- a sensor including hardware and software for monitoring weather conditions;
- a processor-based controller, various application-dependent sensors and a software management system stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that allows remote commands to be sent to the system and periodically communicates a system status, an operational performance, and a security status to a remote location,
- wherein the processor-based controller is to interface with the sensor to control increase or decrease in response to the weather conditions direct supplying of power to the turbine selectively from any one or combination of the solar unit and/or a power grid to keep the turbine turning when wind power is insufficient to generate electricity to ready the turbine to generate electricity when the wind power becomes sufficient;
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- a robot and/or a converter to microwave transmit, for supporting portability of the electricity in response to the remote commands
- wherein the turbine is kept turning by electricity selectively from any one or combination of the solar unit, the batteries and/or the other storage device, and/or a power grid when the wind power is insufficient.
A system, comprising:
- a solar converter to convert at least one of solar light, or heat energy into electricity and that adjusts relative to sunlight;
- a wind converter to convert wind energy into electricity and having a venturi to increase wind pressure of the wind energy;
- a Supplemental Fail-Safe system which activates a motor in a turbine to generate electricity;
- a shifting unit shifting the electricity produced by the first solar unit to drive the Supplemental Fail-Safe system to generate continuous electricity during periods without wind;
- a combiner to combine the electricity from the solar converter and the wind converter to constantly provide an electricity output;
- a converter to convert the electricity from at least one of direct current to alternating current, or alternating current to direct current, to store the electricity in a storage;
- a supplemental provider to provide the electricity output when the solar converter and the wind converter are unable to produce electricity;
- a sensor including hardware and software for monitoring weather conditions, monitoring and controlling the system, and communicating conditions of the system to a remote location;
- a power management system to interface with the sensor to control increase or decrease in response to the weather conditions direct supplying of power to the turbine selectively from any one or combination of the solar power unit and/or a power grid to keep the turbine turning when wind power is insufficient to generate electricity to ready the turbine to generate electricity when wind is sufficient;
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- a robot and/or a converter for microwave transmission, for supporting portability of the electricity in response to the monitoring and controlling through the sensor,
- wherein the turbine is kept turning by the electricity selectively from any one or combination of the solar converter, the storage and/or a power grid when wind is insufficient.
A system, comprising:
- a solar power unit generating electricity from sunlight using panels that adjust relative to sunlight;
- a wind power unit generating electricity from wind currents using a turbine;
- a sensor including hardware and software for monitoring weather conditions including a wind current;
- a Supplemental Fail-Safe system which activates a motor in the turbine to generate electricity;
- a shifting unit shifting the electricity produced by the first solar unit to drive the Supplemental Fail-Safe system to generate continuous electricity, when the wind current is insufficient based on the sensor;
- a combining unit selectively combining electricity from any combination of a battery storage system, the solar power unit and the wind power unit to output continuous electricity to produce output power from the system;
- a power management system to interface with the sensor to control increase or decrease in response to the wind current based on the sensor, a supply of power to the turbine selectively from any one or combination of the solar power unit, the battery storage system and/or a power grid to keep the turbine turning when the wind current is insufficient based on the sensor to generate electricity, to thereby ready the turbine to generate electricity when the wind current becomes sufficient based on the sensor;
- a supplemental power unit controlled by a software management system to continue to operate the wind power unit when unable to generate electricity due to the wind current being insufficient based on the sensor;
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- a robot and/or a converter to microwave transmit, for supporting portability of the electricity in response to the power management system,
- wherein the system is at least one of buoyant, or submersible.
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