U.S. patent application number 10/188462 was filed with the patent office on 2004-01-08 for totally enclosed wind driven turbine.
This patent application is currently assigned to Fritz Robert Smith III. Invention is credited to Smith, Fritz Robert III.
Application Number | 20040005226 10/188462 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29999487 |
Filed Date | 2004-01-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040005226 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Smith, Fritz Robert III |
January 8, 2004 |
Totally enclosed wind driven turbine
Abstract
A Totally Enclosed Wind Powered Turbine For Producing
Electricity
Inventors: |
Smith, Fritz Robert III;
(Snyder, TX) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Fritz Robert Smith III
3401 Houston Avenue
Snyder
TX
79549
US
|
Assignee: |
Fritz Robert Smith III
|
Family ID: |
29999487 |
Appl. No.: |
10/188462 |
Filed: |
July 2, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
417/334 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F03D 5/00 20130101; Y02E
10/70 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
417/334 |
International
Class: |
F04B 017/00 |
Claims
Accordingly, what is claimed is:
1. Wind powered, totally enclosed turbine provided with: ambient
air eco-system protection screen; and a spent air eductor device,
which is also provided with an eco-system protection screen. Said
turbine has the capability of converting 100% of the ambient air to
work.
2. Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine air intake need not be
situated directly in the ambient air stream.
3. Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine is totally enclosed, no
moving parts exposed.
4. Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine achieves the desired
work by having its shaft speed increased or decreased by altering
the operation of a spent air blower and weighted louvers.
5. Spent air blower of claim 4, wherein said blower capacity is
equal to or greater than that of the turbine of claim 1.
6. Spent air blower and weighted louvers of claim 4, wherein the
spent air blower in conjunction with the weighted louvers, function
is to modulate the speed of the turbine of claim 1.
7. Spent air blower of claim 5, wherein the spent air blower
throughput is determined by the speed of the DC drive motor and the
position of the weighted louvers.
8. Weighted louvers of claim 7, wherein the position of the louvers
depends on the pressure being exerted upon them by the spent air
blower.
9. Weighted louvers of claim 7, wherein the counter balance weight
is calibrated to position the louvers closed when the spent air
bower is not operating and to gradually open as the volume of air
from the spent air blower increases. This action alters the
differential pressure across the turbine, of claim 1, air inlet and
air outlet.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. The present invention relates to a totally enclosed wind
powered electric generating device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 2. Conventional wind powered generators copy the
old-fashioned "south west" windmills, which tend to be inefficient.
They are able to only utilize 54% of the available wind
velocity.
[0003] 3. Conventional windmills are expensive to purchase and even
more so to maintain.
[0004] 4. All repair parts have to be imported from Europe, which
equates to long lead times resulting in extended maintenance
outages.
[0005] 5. Conventional windmills require vast amount of space.
[0006] 6. Conventional windmills are not eco friendly, causing
nuisances such as; noise, down stream wind turbulence and are
dangerous to birds.
[0007] 7. Conventional windmills are susceptible to the forces of
nature.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0008] 8. It is the object of the present invention to provide an
economical, efficient, ecologically sound alternative to existing
windmills.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIMPLIFIED ONE LINE DRAWING
[0009] Drawing no. 1.
[0010] "A" denotes ambient air inlet to eco-screen.
[0011] #1 is the target box containing the eco-screen device, which
is simply {fraction (1/4)}" hardware cloth.
[0012] #2 is the ambient air inlet chamber.
[0013] #3 is the wind powered turbine.
[0014] #4 is the spent air, DC powered blower.
[0015] #5 is the spent air plenum.
[0016] #6 depicts the weighted louvers.
[0017] #7 depicts the location of the spent air eco-screen.
[0018] "B" denotes spent air to atmosphere exhaust.
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