Wind powered fluid compressor
OwnerKarl J. Beainventor
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Abstract
A wind machine comprising a fixed or controlled pitch blade assembly to drive a variable displacement or variable clearance fluid compressor. Means which may be mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic or electrical interconnect the blade assembly and the compressor to vary the fluid displacement or clearance volume of the compressor as a function of the drag or lift forces of the wind on the blade assembly.
Claims11
In a wind powered machine, a fixed pitch wind blade assembly rotatively mounted in said machine for rotation in response to the force of the wind against said blade assembly, a variable displacement fluid compressor mounted in said machine, rotatable drive means connected between said blade assembly and said compressor for rotatably operating said compressor responsive to the rotation of said blade assembly by the wind, and compressor displacement control means operatively connected between said blade assembly and said compressor for varying the fluid displacement of said compressor directly with the drag force of the wind on said blade assembly.
In a wind powered machine, a fixed pitch blade assembly, means mounting said blade assembly for rotation in response to the force of the wind against said blade assembly and for movement in an axial direction in response to the drag force of the wind on said blade assembly, a variable displacement fluid compressor assembly mounted in said machine, rotatable drive means connected between said means mounting said blade assembly for rotation in response to the force of the wind against said blade assembly and said compressor assembly for rotatably operating said compressor assembly responsive to rotation of said blade assembly, and compressor displacement control means connected between said means mounting said blade assembly for movement in an axial direction in response to the drag force of the wind on said blade assembly and said compressor assembly for varying the fluid displacement of said compressor assembly responsive to the movement of said blade assembly in said axial direction.
In a wind powered machine, a fixed pitch wind blade assembly rotatively mounted in said machine for rotation in response to the force of the wind against said blade assembly, a rotary operable fluid compressor mounted in said machine, said fluid compressor comprising a fluid compressing assembly and first drive means rotatably operable to operate said fluid compressing assembly and further having adjustable means adjustable to vary the torque reaction of said fluid compressing assembly on said first drive means, second drive means connected between said blade assembly and said first drive means for operating said first drive means responsive to the rotation of said blade assembly by the wind, and control means connected to said adjustable means for adjusting said adjustable means to increase and decrease the torque reaction of said fluid compressing assembly directly respectively with increases and decreases of the square of the wind velocity of the wind on said blade assembly at wind speeds from substantially zero to substantially gale velocities.
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