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US 8,427,000 B2Granted
Dual-mode roadway turbines for energy generation from artificial pulsed vehicle wind and continuous ambient wind
OwnerAlex Ignatiev, Yang Songinventors
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing and converting artificial wind, artificial wind and naturally occurring wind and/or artificial wind, naturally occurring wind and solar energy into electrical energy, where the artificial wind is pulsed artificial wind energy generated by passing vehicles. Systems and methods are also disclosed including a plurality of generation apparatuses positioned along a roadway forming a generation grid that may be separate or integrated into other electrical grids.
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An apparatus for generating electrical energy along a roadway comprising:
- a base unit,
- a first electric generator,
- a vertical unit including:
- a first rotatable vertically oriented shaft disposed in the vertical unit, where the first shaft extends from a first bearing assembly at its top end to the electrical generator at its bottom end, where the first shaft turns the first electric generator to generate electrical energy, and
- a vertical artificial wind turbine mounted on the first shaft in a lower section of the vertical unit and adapted to rotate the first shaft in response to artificial wind generated by a passing vehicle generating electric energy from the first electric generator, and
- where the base unit is positioned adjacent a right hand, a central median, and/or left hand lane of a roadway so that the artificial wind turbines effectively and efficiently utilize the artificial pulsed wind to generate electric energy using the first electric generator.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of electric generation apparatuses distributed in a spaced apart configuration along a length of a roadway, where each apparatus comprises:
- a base unit,
- a first electric generator, and
- a vertical unit including:
- a first rotatable vertically oriented shaft disposed in the vertical unit, where the first shaft extends from a first bearing assembly at its top end to the first electrical generator at its bottom end, where the first shaft turns the first electric generator to generate electrical energy, and
- a vertical artificial wind turbine mounted on the first shaft in a lower section of the vertical unit and adapted to rotate the first shaft in response to artificial wind generated by a passing vehicle generating electric energy from the first electric generator, and
- where the base unit is positioned adjacent a right hand, a central median, and/or left hand lane of a roadway so that the artificial wind turbines effectively and efficiently utilize the artificial pulsed wind to generate electric energy using the first electric generator.
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