Airborne wind energy system for electricity generation, energy storage, and other uses
OwnerLeonid Goldsteininventor
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Abstract
Airborne wind energy system converting power of wind into power forms suitable for various industrial processes. That includes converting wind energy into internal energy of hot compressed gas, such as air or steam, and subsequent use of this energy for energy storage, synthetic fuel production, electricity generation, and other purposes. Pumped hydro energy storage, powered by airborne wind energy. A combined power plant, using natural gas combustion and wind power. A wind farm with a firm capacity, using wind driven energy storage together with electricity producing wind turbines or AWECS.
Claims17
A system for converting wind energy into internal energy of gas, comprising:
- an airborne member, adapted to harvest wind energy;
- a tether, attaching the airborne member to the ground;
- a gas compressor at the ground level, coupled to the airborne member;
- the gas compressor utilizing at least one gas tight piston, coupled to the tether, as the surface compressing the gas;
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- the gas compressor being adapted to output compressed hot gas for utilization in an industrial process.
A wind power plant, designed to produce at least a pre-defined minimum power for at least pre-defined percentage of time, the wind power plant comprising:
- a first airborne wind energy conversion system, comprising an electrical generator, adapted to convert power of wind into electrical power;
- an energy storage;
- a second airborne wind energy conversion system, adapted to convert power of wind into internal energy of matter, stored in the energy storage;
- an energy conversion system, comprising an electrical generator, adapted to convert the internal energy of matter, stored in the energy storage, into electrical power;
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- a control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.