Laminar air turbine

A windmill, comprising:

• a turbine wheel having a perimeter army of turbine blades;
• a nose assembly configured to accelerate an inlet air steam so as to create laminar flow around the nose assembly and to direct the accelerated air stream into the perimeter array of turbine blades;
• a tail assembly configured to accept an exit air stream from the turbine blades and to direct the exit air stream away from the windmill;
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• a tubular backbone positioned proximate a longitudinal centerline of the windmill, wherein the nose assembly and the tail assembly are each fixed on the backbone, and wherein the turbine wheel is rotatably positioned on the backbone and between the nose assembly and the tail assembly,
• wherein the nose assembly includes a first trailing edge having a first array of wind directing vanes enclosed by a first cowling having a first leading edge configured to capture an accelerated air stream from the nose assembly, wherein the tail assembly includes a second leading edge having a second array of wind directing vanes enclosed by a second cowling having a second trailing edge being curved in toward the nose assembly so as to send the exit air stream along a tapered portion of the tail assembly, and wherein the turbine wheel includes an array of curved, power absorbing blades enclosed by a third cowling, such that the first, second and third cowlings are aligned to provide a flow path for the accelerated air stream.

A power generator, comprising:

• a tubular backbone positioned proximate a longitudinal centerline of the power generator;
• a first turbine wheel including an array of curved, power absorbing blades enclosed by a first cowling such that the turbine wheel blades are curved more than ninety degrees so as to reverse the direction of a fluid stream;
• an aerodynamically shaped nose assembly fixed on the backbone and configured to direct an inlet fluid steam into the army of turbine blades, the nose assembly including a first array of fluid directing vanes enclosed by a second cowling such that the vanes of the first array are curved to accelerate the inlet fluid stream and turn it less than ninety degrees tangentially toward the turbine blades;
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• a low-drag tail assembly fixed on the backbone and configured to accept an exit fluid stream from the turbine blades and to direct the exit fluid stream away from the power generator, the tail assembly including a second array of fluid directing vanes enclosed by a third cowling configured to direct the exit fluid stream along a tapered portion of the tail assembly and substantially parallel to the inlet air stream, wherein the first turbine wheel is rotatably positioned on the backbone and between the nose assembly and the tail assembly.