US 2021/0301784 A1 · AN INTEGRATED AND SYNERGISTIC MULTI-TURBINE, MULTI-VANE ARRAY FOR A MODULAR, AMPLIFIED WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM

Abstract

A large-scale, modular, wind power generating structure and system involving a toroidal or ovoidal shaped wind amplification structure/module that can be stacked vertically to form a tower that passively accelerates a wind flow that moves around each of the modules due to the Bernoulli Principle. Each amplification level includes a plurality of vertical axis wind turbine and generator assemblies, fairings, and vanes that form a synergistic system wherein the efficiency of the vertical axis turbine and generator assemblies and the amount of energy that can be produced per module are substantially improved compared to the turbine assemblies operating outside the integrated and amplified wind system.

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Dependent claims

A wind power generating system, comprising:

a plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies;
a plurality of vertically stacked wind amplification modules, including at least one toroidal shaped module;
a plurality of adjustable wind vanes;
and
at least one fairing positioned in the middle and front of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies to bisect a wind stream to allow the wind stream to flow across the sides of at least one of the plurality of vertically stacked wind amplification module,
wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies, vanes, and fairing is located in a cavity formed by a curvilinear surface of one or more of the wind amplification modules,
wherein the plurality of adjustable wind vanes are positioned between the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies.

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A wind turbine power generation apparatus, comprising:

a first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly;
a plurality of blades within the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly shaped to substantially conform to a contour of a wind acceleration module;
a generator assembly located beneath, above, or within a spherical trajectory of the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor blades;
and
a set of rollers affixed to a top and a bottom of the first vertical axis wind turbine assembly for moving the assembly off and onto a first yawable frame assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

An integrated and synergistic multi-turbine, multi-vane array for a modular, amplified wind power generation system

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An integrated and synergistic multi-turbine, multi-vane array for a modular, amplified wind power generation system

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Abstract

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