Self-charging electrical car with wind energy recovery system
OwnerSara Armani, Antonio Alvi Armani +1inventors
InventorsSara Armani, Antonio Alvi Armani, Fernando Armani
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Abstract
An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprises an electrical generator provided within a housing. The housing is rotatable relative to the vehicle about a housing axis. The energy recovery system further comprises a wind turbine comprising a set of blades rotatable about a blade axis extending transverse to the housing axis. The wind turbine is supported by the housing and is rotatable with the housing. The electrical generator is coupled to the wind turbine and configured to convert the rotational energy of the set of blades into electrical energy.
Claims20
An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprising:
- a) an electrical generator provided within a housing, the housing rotatable relative to the vehicle about a housing axis;
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- b) a wind turbine comprising a set of blades rotatable about a blade axis extending transverse to the housing axis, the wind turbine supported by the housing and rotatable with the housing;
- wherein the electrical generator is coupled to the wind turbine and configured to convert the rotational energy of the set of blades into electrical energy.
An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprising:
- a) an airflow chamber mountable to an exterior of the vehicle, the airflow chamber comprising an air inlet positionable to receive an incoming stream of air, and an air outlet positionable to exhaust the stream of air, the airflow chamber having an inlet cross sectional area at the inlet, and a reduced cross-sectional area at a position downstream of the inlet;
- b) one or more wind turbines provided in the airflow chamber, each wind turbine comprising a set of blades rotatable about a blade axis;
- c) one or more bases, each base supporting one or more of the wind turbines, each base rotatable with respect to the airflow chamber about a base axis extending transverse to the blade axis;
- d) one or more electrical generators, each electrical generator coupled to one or more of the wind turbines and configured to convert the rotational energy of the set of blades of the one or more wind turbines into electrical energy.
An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprising:
- a) a casing mountable to an exterior of the vehicle, the casing defining a storage chamber and an airflow chamber, the airflow chamber comprising an air inlet positionable to receive an incoming stream of air, an air outlet positionable to exhaust the stream of air, and an axis extending therebetween;
- b) one or more wind turbines in the airflow chamber, each wind turbine comprising a set of blades rotatable about a blade axis;
- c) one or more electrical generators in the storage chamber, each electrical generator coupled to one or more of the wind turbines and configured to convert the rotational energy of the set of blades into electrical energy;
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- d) a wall separating the storage chamber from the airflow chamber, at least a portion of the wall extends towards the axis so that a cross-sectional area of the airflow chamber at a position downstream of the inlet is less than an cross-sectional area of the airflow chamber at the inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.