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US 2014/0178189 A1Published application
Vertical axis dual vortex downwind inward flow impulse wind turbine
AssigneeZephyr International, Inc.
InventorJoe C. Cassidy
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Abstract
A wind-powered turbine has a housing with an inlet and an outlet. Located in the housing is a cylindrical stator array having a plurality of spaced-apart stators located in it. An annular cylindrical rotor array having a plurality of cups rotates about a central axis, fits inside of the stator array. The stators are positioned to cause air which flows around the outer periphery of the stator array to impinge on the rotors and an air handling system causes air entering the housing to be distributed substantially around the periphery of the stator array.
Claims5
A wind powered turbine comprising:
- (a) a housing having an inlet end with an inlet defined therein and an outlet end with an outlet defined therein;
- (b) a plurality of spaced-apart stators arranged in a fixed annular cylindrical stator array;
- (c) a plurality of cupped rotors arranged in an annular cylindrical rotor array which is rotatable about a central axis and fits within said stator array;
- (d) said stators being positioned to cause air which flows around an outer periphery of said stator array to impinge on said cupped rotors;
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- (e) an air handling system which causes air entering said housing to flow around substantially the entire outer periphery of said stator array.
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