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US 8,937,399 B2Granted
Efficient systems and methods for construction and operation of mobile wind power platforms
AssigneeV Squared Wind, Inc.
InventorRobert M. Freda
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile wind power support structure, comprising a superstructure with mobile platform support structures, and a plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures, wherein the plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures are positioned in the superstructure through a wind orientation facility.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules, at least one of the plurality of wind energy conversion modules comprising a nozzle intake that captures and accelerates a flow of air incident on an entrance of the nozzle intake to a nozzle throat, a rotor positioned in the nozzle throat to receive the flow of air from the nozzle intake to convert the flow of air into a rotational energy, a generator coupled to the rotor that converts the rotational energy of the rotor into an electrical energy, and a diffuser to receive and direct the flow of air from the throat and to an exit of the diffuser, wherein the diameter of the nozzle entrance and the diffuser exit are greater than the diameter of the throat;
- a collapsible support structure;
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- a bearing facility connected to the collapsible support structure and supporting the plurality of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules in a manner that permits a rotation of the interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules toward the flow of air.
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A method for deploying a portable wind energy facility, comprising:
- providing an array of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules mounted on a collapsible support structure through a bearing facility, wherein
- each wind energy conversion module comprises a nozzle intake that captures and accelerates a flow of air incident on an entrance of the nozzle intake to a nozzle throat, a rotor positioned in the nozzle throat to receive the flow of air from the nozzle intake to convert the flow of air into a rotational energy, a generator coupled to the rotor that converts the rotational energy of the rotor into an electrical energy, and a diffuser to receive and direct the flow of air from the throat and to an exit of the diffuser, wherein the diameter of the nozzle entrance and the diffuser exit are greater than the diameter of the throat,
- the integrated bearing facility is connected to the collapsible support structure and supports the array of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules in a manner that permits a rotation of the array toward the flow of air, and
- the array of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules and the collapsible support structure stowable a shipping container, and deployable from the shipping container as a complete system.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules;
- a collapsible support structure;
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- a bearing facility connected to the collapsible support structure and supporting the plurality of interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules in a manner that permits a rotation of the interconnected collapsible wind energy conversion modules toward the flow of air,
- wherein at least a portion of a wind energy conversion module is constructed of a flexible fabric and wherein at least a portion of the support structure is inflatable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.