Power producing walls
OwnerNicholas Constan CHRIST, Stefan VARGAinventors
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Abstract
A power generating wall design, which may include a plurality of turbines, such as wind turbines, arranged in a wall pattern and arranged to have an entrance flow on one side of the wall and an exit flow on another side of the wall. One exemplary embodiment of a power generating wall may incorporate wind turbines, and may be used in a high-wind environment, such as a highway. In another exemplary embodiment, a power generating wall may incorporate other types of turbines, such as water-driven turbines, and may be constructed in a location that is wholly or partially underwater, such as a river or tidal basin.
Claims20
A power-producing barrier wall, comprising:
- a frame, the frame having a plurality of shelves, each of the plurality of shelves disposed at a uniform height and disposed in a line in a length direction of the frame, each of the plurality of shelves having a front side opening on a front side of the frame and a back side opening on a back side of the frame, each of the plurality of shelves further having an fluid passageway defined therethrough;
- each of the plurality of shelves further having a turbine disposed in the fluid passageway of the shelf, wherein the turbine is free to rotate within the shelf such that movement of fluid through the fluid passageway of the shelf turns the turbine;
- the frame further comprising one or more generators, each of the plurality of turbines coupled to the one or more generators by a turbine shaft, each of the one or more generators configured to convert rotary motion of the turbine shaft into electrical power.
A method of using a power-producing barrier wall, the power-producing barrier wall comprising:
- a frame, the frame having a plurality of shelves, each of the plurality of shelves disposed at a uniform height and disposed in a line in a length direction of the frame, each of the plurality of shelves having a front side opening on a front side of the frame and a back side opening on a back side of the frame, each of the plurality of shelves further having an fluid passageway defined therethrough;
- each of the plurality of shelves further having a turbine disposed in the fluid passageway of the shelf, wherein the turbine is free to rotate within the shelf such that movement of fluid through the fluid passageway of the shelf turns the turbine;
- the frame further comprising one or more generators, each of the plurality of turbines coupled to the one or more generators by a turbine shaft, each of the one or more generators configured to convert rotary motion of the turbine shaft into electrical power;
- the method comprising:
- loading the power-producing wall into a shipping container;
- transporting the shipping container holding the power-producing wall;
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- deploying the power-producing wall, the step of deploying the power-producing wall comprising coupling the frame to the shipping container such that the frame is disposed on top of the shipping container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.