# US 2014/0196456 A1 · Storage energy generation method utilizing natural energy and generation system thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196456 A1 - Document ID: US20140196456A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/811,457 - Filed: 2012-03-26 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-14 - Assignees: Beijing Xiangtian Huachang Aerodynamic Force Technology Research Institute Company Limited - Inventors: Dengrong Zhou; Jian Zhou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196456A1 ## CPC - F02C 1/02: the working fluid being an unheated pressurised gas - F03D 1/04: having stationary wind-guiding means, e.g. with shrouds or channels (F03D9/35 takes precedence) - F01K 3/00: Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein (regenerating exhaust steam F01K19/00) - F01K 13/00: General layout or general methods of operation of complete plants - F03D 9/007: {the wind motor being combined with means for converting solar radiation into useful energy} - F03D 9/17: storing energy in pressurised fluids - F03D 9/28: the apparatus being a pump or a compressor - F03G 6/045: {by producing an updraft of heated gas or a downdraft of cooled gas, e.g. air driving an engine} - F03G 6/074: {of the non-thermal type, e.g. springs or batteries} - F03D 9/35: within towers, e.g. using chimney effects - F03D 80/70: Bearing or lubricating arrangements - F05B 2240/131: by means of vertical structures, i.e. chimneys - Y02E 10/20: Hydro energy - Y02E 10/30: Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient - Y02E 10/46: Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - Y02E 60/16: Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids - Y02E 70/30: Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin - Y02P 90/50: Energy storage in industry with an added climate change mitigation effect - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F01K: STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES (gas-turbine or jet-propulsion plants F02; nuclear power plants, engine arrangements therein G21D) - F03G: SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L8/00) - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A storage energy generation method utilizing natural energy and a generation system thereof generates electricity through natural energy such as wind power or solar energy and then compresses air, or directly compresses air, then generates electricity to an electric grid through the compressed air which is deemed as a power resource. An electric station utilizing integrated energy generates electricity to drive an air compression device, further then produces compressed air as an energy storage medium and stores compressed air in an air storage device, and then regards the compressed air as a main or auxiliary driving energy to other electric stations, such that a function of stabilizing and adjusting peak load can be realized. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage energy generation method utilizing natural energy, which includes steps of utilizing natural energy to generate electricity, characterized in that utilizes a natural energy electric station to generate electricity and drive an air compressed device, and further utilizes the air compressed device to produce a compressed air as an energy storage medium, then store the compressed air in an air storage device, and then the compressed air is deemed as a main driving energy or an auxiliary driving energy of other electric stations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A storage energy generation method according to claim 1, wherein said natural energy electric station is a wind power electric station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A storage energy generation method according to claim 2, wherein said natural energy electric station is an air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A storage energy generation method according to claim 3, characterized in that said air duct well electric station utilizing natural energy generates electricity through its wind power generator to drive an air compressor; the compressed air is stored in an air storage tank, and said air storage tank is connected to others over one electric station, and supplies compressed air to the electric station as a main driving power or power for adjusting peak load compensation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A storage energy generation method according to claim 1, characterized in that said natural energy electric station is a hydraulic electric station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A storage energy generation method according to claim 1, characterized in that said natural energy electric station is a wave energy electric station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A storage energy generation method according to claim 1, characterized in that said natural energy electric station is a tidal energy electric station. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A storage energy generation method according to claim 1, characterized in that said compressed air has a pressure of 120-180 atmosphere pressure. ### Claim 9 A storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy, which includes a storage energy electric station utilizing natural energy, characterized in that said storage energy electric station utilizing natural energy is provided with an air compressed device to produce compressed air as an energy storage medium, the air compressed device is connected to an air storage device which is used to store compressed air, and said air storage device is further connected to other electric stations to supply energy for stably generating electricity or adjusting peak load compensation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy is an air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 10, characterized in that said air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy includes a wind power generator set within it, the wind power generator being connected to an air compressed device, and the air compressed device is connected to an air storage device used to store compressed air, and the air storage device is further connected to other electric stations. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 11, characterized in that said other electric stations are an air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 12, characterized in that said air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy is provided with an air motor which is set in an air duct well, an output end of said air storage device is connected to an input end of the air motor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 13, characterized in that said air motor is connected to an air motor of said air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy through a mechanical or electric transmission device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said others electric stations is an electric station utilizing a pressure turbo-generator, an input end of the pressure turbo-generator is connected to the output end of said air storage device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said others electric stations is an electric station utilizing a paddle typed wind power generator. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 16, characterized in that said paddle typed wind power generator is provided with an air turbine driving device linked with a driving shaft, an input end of the air turbine driving device is connected to an output end of said air storage device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said storage energy electric station utilizing natural energy is a hydraulic electric station. ### Claim 19 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said storage energy electric station utilizing natural energy is a wave energy electric station. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said storage energy electric station utilizing natural energy is a tidal energy electric station. ### Claim 21 (depends on 9) The storage energy generation system utilizing natural energy according to claim 9, characterized in that said air storage device is over one N groups of a steel ferroconcrete air storage tank which can resist a pressure of 120-180 atmosphere pressure and a current civil pressure standard air bottle which is a carbon fiber wrapped bottle with an aluminum alloy liner, epoxy resin adhesive and resists a pressure of 42 Mpa. ### Claim 22 An air duct well electric station utilizing integrated energy, including an air duct well which is perpendicular to the ground and on a base of which some intake channels are set, a solar pre-heat room with a bottom surface of which is flush with the bottom surface of the air duct well and a top surface of which is higher than said intake channels surrounds said base, one or more wind power generators with an airflow driving device are set in said air duct well, characterized in that said solar pre-heat room is provided with a heat collector and an optical collector which gathers sunlight to the heat collector; an adjusting peak load device, which includes an electric air compressor, a charging and discharging device and a power distribution control device which are connected to said wind power generator, the air compressor are connected to a group of air storage tanks through a pipeline; a plurality of air inlets corresponding to said intake channels are set around said solar pre-heat room, the air inlets communicates with said intake channels through a main wind channel.