Renewable energy vehicle charging station
AssigneeSustainable Structures LLC
InventorPaul Harvey Hartman
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Abstract
A renewable energy system for directly charging electric and hybrid vehicles is shown for areas with modest wind resources and/or solar resources. The invention consists of a composite stanchion for mounting on a base in a parking lot that is both capable of supporting a medium sized wind turbine (or solar array) and serving as a battery storage and charging control station. Significant improvements in blade pitch adjustment and cost reduction for wind turbine blades allow the system to operate at an acceptable cost in areas with modest winds and avoid the need for remotely supplied renewable electricity in areas of high population density. In turn, this will allow for increased electrical grid stability through increased use of distributed generation.
Claims20
A vehicle recharging system for electric or hybrid vehicles comprising;
- a stanchion, said stanchion elongated in a first direction and having means to secure said stanchion to a base at one end and to secure a renewable energy capture device at the other end and
- transverse to said first direction having two flanges separated and joined by at least one web section, said web section having a face surface contiguous with said flanges, said face surface and said flanges bounding a rectangular cavity on either side of said stanchion and
- having a number of electrical storage devices with dimensions less than said rectangular cavity transverse to said first direction and secured to said stanchion by means of a number of brackets bonded to said stanchion with
- said renewable energy capture device having an energy output and said vehicle recharging system further including a control device capable of transforming said energy output to a form usable by said electrical storage devices and a control device capable of distributing said energy output to said electrical storage devices and
- said electrical storage devices having the capability to release energy to one or more pieces of energy use equipment at the direction of a distribution control device, with at least one of said pieces of energy use equipment comprising a charging plug,
- whereby renewable energy can be economically captured and used in a populated area for direct recharging of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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