# US 8,783,033 B2 · Wind- and radiation-energy collector system

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- Number: US 8,783,033 B2
- Document ID: US8783033B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/640,215
- Filed: 2011-04-11
- Published: 2013-01-31
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2010-04-09
- Assignees: Karl Wohllaib GmbH
- Applicants: Karl Wohllaib
- Inventors: Karl Wohllaib
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783033B2

## CPC

- H02S 10/12: Hybrid wind-PV energy systems
- F03D 9/007: {the wind motor being combined with means for converting solar radiation into useful energy}
- F03D 9/10: Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F24S 20/40: Solar heat collectors combined with other heat sources, e.g. using electrical heating or heat from ambient air
- F24S 23/77: with flat reflective plates
- F24S 23/79: with spaced and opposed interacting reflective surfaces
- Y02E 10/46: Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling or solar thermal engines
- Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy
- Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
- Y02E 70/30: Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin
- H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00)
- F03D: WIND MOTORS
- F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system has at least one radiation-energy collector with a radiation-absorbing absorber and a reflector element. The reflector element collects radiation and directs the radiation at the absorber. At least one wind wheel, which is arranged in a direction opposite the receiving direction of the radiation-energy collector and which is supported on the system, is provided. The arrangement of the radiation-energy collector and the wind wheel is movably supported so that the arrangement can be oriented either with the radiation-energy collector facing the sun or with the wind wheel against the prevailing wind direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system, comprising:
at least one radiation-energy collector having a radiation-absorbing absorber and a reflector body, said reflector body collecting radiation and directing the radiation onto said absorber;
at least one wind wheel mounted on the collector system and disposed opposite a receiving direction of said radiation-energy collector;
said radiation-energy collector and said wind wheel defining a configuration being moveably supported so that said configuration is capable of being orientated either with said radiation-energy collector toward a sun or with said wind wheel toward a prevailing wind direction; and
said reflector body being formed of individually pivotable and/or individually displaceable partial surfaces articulated on a starting region of said reflector body, whereby said partial surfaces have ends pointing toward a bottom of said radiation-energy collector and can be one of pivoted or displaced toward an outside of the collector system, forming a wind channel that follows said wind wheel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system according to claim 1, wherein:
said bottom is a narrowing bottom; and
said partial surfaces of said reflector body are capable of being pivoted inwardly into a space of said wind channel such that said reflector body forms a tapering hollow space that reflects the radiation on a surface, with said absorber being disposed at said narrowing bottom.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system according to claim 1, wherein:
said at least one radiation-energy collector is one of a plurality of radiation-energy collectors;
said at least one wind wheel is one of a plurality of wind wheels; and
said configuration is one of a plurality of configurations of successive said wind wheels and said radiation-energy collectors with said reflector bodies and said absorbers being disposed in parallel next to one another.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system according to claim 3, further comprising a frame for supporting said configurations, on which said frame each of said configurations is suspended moveably, rotatable about a vertical axis and tiltable about a horizontal tilt axis.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system according to claim 1, further comprising articulated solar panels having rear-facing surfaces that can be adjusted for directing wind onto said wind wheel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wind-energy and radiation-energy collector system according to claim 1, wherein said wind wheel is configured as a wind roller.