EOLIC energy transformation tower
OwnerLorenzo Flores Lumbrerasinventor
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Abstract
The present invention allows for the exploitation and transformation of eolic energy into mechanical or electric energy by means of coupling it to a fixed generator. The tower is a vertical structure that houses a vertical axis rotor and makes better use of the wind's thrust by producing a funnel and a tunnel effect over the rotor. This arrangement makes possible to obtain energy independently from the wind's direction and to use a greater range of wind intensities, avoiding stops due to great winds by incorporating a duly synchronized gate system that allows stopping, maintaining and regulating the wind-driven rotor.
Claims9
An eolic energy transformation tower for coupling to a stationary generator to transform wind energy into mechanic or electric energy, said Eolic energy transformation tower comprising:
- a rotor comprising
- a vertical shaft secured at both ends;
- at least one roller guide;
- at least two curved blades joined to said vertical shaft, and being supported with at least one horizontal element, adjacent curved blades being interconnected with at least one bar;
- each of said curved blades comprising at least one vertical element sized and configured so as to be supported by said roller guide;
- and
- a coupling mechanism configured to transmit rotation of said vertical shaft to the stationary generator;
- a vertical structure housing said rotor and comprising;
- a top cover, at least two lateral walls, a frontal wall having a first opening part, a rear wall having a second opening part and a platform;
- each lateral wall of said at least two lateral walls being shared by an adjacent tower in a multiple tower arrangement, and
- each lateral wall of said at least two lateral walls having a triangular projection, said triangular projection of one lateral wall of said at least two lateral walls being located at an opposite end of said vertical structure to a location of said triangular projection of another lateral wall of said at least two lateral walls, and each triangular projection projecting to an interior of said vertical structure;
- wherein said eolic energy transformation tower is arranged in a tower system comprising at least two vertical structures in staircase positioning when viewed from above, one lateral wall of one vertical structure being arranged to redirect wind to the curved blades of another vertical structure for obtaining wind energy independently from the direction of the wind.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.