Back to results
US 2014/0234097 A1Published application
Horizontal-type wind turbine with an upstream deflector
AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology
InventorsDaegyoum Kim, Morteza Gharib
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) systems are described that include a turbine with deflector in front of the turbine in order to change flow encountered by the turbine's blades. Such an arrangement improves turbine efficiency and may be embodied in a range of size scales for numerous wind (or water) power generation applications.
Claims26
A horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) system comprising:
- a turbine including a plurality of blades having a sweep diameter;
- and
- a deflector positioned in front of the blades by a distance and having a body diameter less than the sweep diameter.
A method of horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) system production, the method comprising:
- providing a HAWT construction;
- and
- setting a deflector upstream of the HAWT construction to define at least one HAWT system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.