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Wind power plant with an integrated acceleration system
OwnerVu Xuan Minhinventor
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A wind power plant comprises a wind acceleration system having an accelerating wind means for acceleration of an incoming prevailing wind and a plurality of turbine chambers each of which is a closable outlet passage of the accelerating wind means and closed-off by a controlled closing-off means. The accelerating wind means includes regulating means for modulating accelerated wind speeds in the acceleration system. Each turbine chamber is used for mounting a wind driven turbine which is operatively connected to an electric generator by a mechanical transmission means and an adapted gearing to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. A wind direction sensor, a wind speed sensor and a control unit are provided for controlling the operation of the wind power plant. The control unit processes the data received from the wind sensors to selectively close-off the turbine chambers by controlling the closing-off means for optimizing energy production and to modulate the accelerated wind speeds in the acceleration system by controlling the regulating means for maintaining regular regimes of operation of the wind driven turbines in spite of any high prevailing natural wind speed. In the construction of the wind power plant any controllable (changeable or closable) opening can be divided into smaller controllable openings arranged at different altitudes and closed-off by controlled windows (windows, doors or shutters) which implement functions of the regulating means or closing-off means. Whereby the wind power plant can be constructed in any scale and will harness the wind resources intensively and effectively and operate normally at any high natural prevailing wind speed.
A wind power plant comprising, in combination, a wind acceleration system having an accelerating wind means for acceleration of an incoming prevailing wind and a plurality of turbine chambers each of which being a closable outlet passage of said accelerating wind means and closed-off by a controlled closing-off means, a plurality of wind driven turbines each of which being mounted in one of said turbine chambers, a plurality of electric generators each of which being operatively connected to one of said wind driven turbines by a mechanical transmission means and a gearing to convert mechanical energy of said wind driven turbine into electrical energy, a wind direction sensor, a wind speed sensor, a control unit for controlling the operation of said wind power plant, said accelerating wind means including regulating means for modulating accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system, said control unit processing the data received from said wind direction sensor and said wind speed sensor to selectively close-off said turbine chambers by controlling said closing-off means for satisfying desirable criteria of energy production and to modulate the accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system by controlling said regulating means for maintaining regular regimes of operation of said wind driven turbines positioned in said turbine chambers which being opened.
A wind power plant comprising, in combination, a wind acceleration system having an accelerating wind means for acceleration of an incoming prevailing wind and a plurality of turbine chambers each of which being an outlet passage of said accelerating wind means, a plurality of wind driven turbines each of which being mounted in one of said turbine chambers, a plurality of electric generators each of which being operatively connected to one of said wind driven turbines by a mechanical transmission means and a gearing to convert mechanical energy of said wind driven turbine into electrical energy, a wind direction sensor, a wind speed sensor, a control unit for controlling the operation of said wind power plant, said accelerating wind means including regulating means for modulating accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system, said control unit processing the data received from said wind direction sensor and said wind speed sensor to modulate the accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system by controlling said regulating means for maintaining regular regimes of operation of said wind driven turbines.
A wind power plant comprising, in combination, a wind acceleration system having an accelerating wind means for acceleration of an incoming prevailing wind and a turbine chamber being an outlet passage of said accelerating wind means, a wind driven turbine being mounted in said turbine chamber, an electric generator being operatively connected to said wind driven turbine by a mechanical transmission means and a gearing to convert mechanical energy of said wind driven turbine into electrical energy, a wind direction sensor, a wind speed sensor, a control unit for controlling the operation of said wind power plant, said accelerating wind means including regulating means of modulating accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system, said control unit processing the data received from said wind direction sensor and said wind speed sensor to modulate the accelerated wind speeds in said acceleration system by controlling said regulating means for maintaining a regular regime of operation of said wind driven turbine.
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