Vertical axis wind turbine
AssigneeGakko Hojin Tokai University
InventorsKazuichi Seki, Yoshio Shimizu, Yoshio Kato
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Abstract
Wind turbines are largely divided into vertical axis wind turbines and propeller (horizontal axis) wind turbines. The present invention discloses a vertical axis high speed wind turbine provided with rotational speed control systems. This vertical axis wind turbine is formed by having blades of a proper airfoil fitted to respective supporting arms provided radially from a vertical rotating shaft by keeping the blade span-wise direction in parallel with the shaft and being provided with aerodynamic control elements operating manually or automatically to control the rotational speed of the turbine.
Claims3
A vertical axis wind turbine comprising:
- a vertical rotary shaft;
- a plurality of pairs of support arms rotatably coupled to said rotary shaft and extending radially therefrom, each arm of each of said pairs of arms being provided parallel to and vertically displaced from another arm of another of said pairs of arms;
- a plurality of wind turbine blades, each blade being provided between a pair of support arms and being fixed to an end of each of said pair of support arms;
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- a plurality of control blades provided each between a pair of said support arms and being rotatably coupled directly to said pair of support arms, said control blades each further being radially located between said rotary shaft and said turbine blades for controlling the rotational speed of said wind turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.