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US 2014/0175800 A1Published application
Non-Rotating Wind Energy Generator
AssigneeNortheastern University
InventorsDylan THORP, Liam BYERS, Mitchell NOAH, Thomas OLSEN, Evan WEINER, Mohammad TASLIM
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the invention, a non-rotating wind energy generator uses the fluid flow principles of vortex shedding and transverse galloping to generate oscillatory, linear motion of a beam, and linear alternators, optionally located near both ends of the beam, generate electrical power when the beam is in motion.
Claims20
A non-rotating wind energy generating apparatus, comprising:
- a suspended bluff body operable to initiate and sustain oscillatory motion in response to wind energy;
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- a linear alternator system operable to generate electrical energy via the motion of the suspended bluff body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.