Wind Turbine to produce ellectricity
AssigneeNew World Generation Inc.
InventorsPaul Merswolke, Na'al Nayef
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Abstract
A wind turbine has a hub mounted on a rotatable shaft with a ring concentrically mounted on the shaft. The ring is connected to drive wheels, which in turn drive generators to produce electricity. A controller is connected to control the speed of the turbine by controlling the number and force of contact between the wheels and the ring and also controlling other components such as the pitch, yaw and brakes for the turbine while monitoring the wind conditions.
Claims15
A turbine powered by wind comprising a rotor on a shaft, said rotor having blades extending outward therefrom, said blades being shaped to rotate said shaft when said wind is sufficiently strong, said shaft being rotatably supported on a support that can move said blades in a yaw movement into and out of said wind as said wind changes direction, said turbine having a pitch adjustment mechanism to change a pitch of said blades, said shaft having a ring concentrically mounted thereon, a plurality of rotators mounted to removably contact said ring, said rotators being connected to drive energy producing equipment, said rotators being constructed to rotate with said ring when said rotators are in contact therewith, thereby driving said energy producing equipment when said wind rotates said blades, a controller connected to control a speed of said turbine when said wind is sufficiently strong and to independently control each contact between said rotators and said ring.
A method of operating a turbine powered by wind, said turbine having a rotor on a shaft, said rotor having blades extending outwards therefrom, said blades being shaped to rotate said shaft when said wind is sufficiently strong, said shaft being rotatably supported on a support that can move said blades in a yaw movement into and out of said wind as said wind changes direction, said turbine having a pitch adjustment mechanism, said shaft having a ring concentrically mounted thereon, a plurality of rotators mounted to removably contact said ring, said rotators being connected to drive energy producing equipment, said rotators being constructed to rotate with said ring when said rotators are in contact therewith, thereby driving said energy producing equipment when said wind rotates said blades, a controller connected to control a speed of rotation of said turbine when said wind is sufficiently strong and to independently control each contact between said rotators and said ring, said method comprising controlling said speed with varying wind conditions by adjusting one or more of a pitch of said turbine, a yaw position of said turbine, a number and force of rotators that are in contact with said ring, a number of generators that are driven by said rotators and brakes on said turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.