摘要:
Creating a large fleet of vehicles, which gather wind energy and generate wind generated energy, such as electricity, is impeded by the cost to an individual vehicle owner. Accordingly, a system and corresponding method to gather wind energy and deposit stored wind generated energy for system credit is provided. The present invention includes a vehicle-based wind energy gathering device to gather wind energy and generate wind generated energy, a vehicle-based energy storage system, electrically coupled to the wind energy gathering device, to store wind generated energy, and means for depositing the stored wind generated energy for system credit. As such, individual vehicle owners have an incentive to participate in gathering wind energy and depositing wind generated energy, such as electricity. By taking advantage of potentially millions of participants and participating vehicles, the present invention creates a format for generating energy from multiple forms of wind energy on a wide-scale.
摘要:
A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of wind energy generating devices, and a roadway system electricity grid. The wind energy generating devices are electrically connected to the roadway system electricity grid and are positioned on part of or near to a road in a system of roads and are optionally fixed in a position such that a multi-form, wind energy gathering network can be formed.
摘要:
A roadway system for energy generation and distribution is presented. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the roadway system comprises a plurality of ground-based wind energy generating devices, one or more roads, and a roadway system electricity grid. The roadway system may additionally include, for example, a plurality of ground-based solar energy generating devices, one or more vehicle-based solar energy generating devices and one or more vehicle-based wind energy generating devices. The energy generating devices are connected to the roadway system electricity grid and substantially all of the ground-based wind energy generating devices are positioned on part of one of the roads or near to one or more of the roads to thereby allow energy generation from wind created from passing vehicles in addition to energy generation from atmospheric wind.
摘要:
A hybrid water desalination system is provided. The desalination system includes a wind turbine configured to drive an electrical generator for producing electrical power and a mechanical vapor compression (MVC) desalination unit configured to receive electrical power from the electrical generator for driving a compressor of the desalination unit. The desalination system also includes a first converter coupled to the electrical generator and a second converter coupled to the compressor, wherein the first and second converters are coupled via a common direct current (DC) link.
摘要:
A power control system for electric generation from renewable energy and consumption of said energy to produce hydrogen. The controller improves overall system efficiency by controlling electricity generation over a wider range of conditions, and controlling the electric conversion to that required by the hydrogen converter much more efficiently, than systems which consist of independent controllers.
摘要:
A geothermal power plant system for producing electricity and process heat at least one compressed gas storage device and at least one gas compression device connected to the at least one compressed gas storage device. At least one gas utilization device is connected to the at least one compressed gas storage device. At least one device for utilizing renewable energy such as of solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, ocean thermal energy, ocean waves, ocean current and tidal current, ambient heat or cold is provided.
摘要:
The space-saving, long operating, and cheap vortex plants of large power intensively combine solar, either waste and secondary, or geothermal heating of slightly pressured water with use of wind, giving competitive electricity and water production without firing of fuel, extensive convection collector, mechanical sucking of free air, overstressed moving parts of vortex tower, or large number of air turbines. The embodiments of plants due to different climate and regime include simplified and compacted vortex tower with staged system of forcing and controlling jets of saturated steam along vortex channel, flow-through electric generator with rotated drum or magnetic concentrators, and regime storage at use of waste or geothermal heat, and at use of solar heat under mainly positive ambient temperatures. For starting up and flexible operation during cold winter at absence of wind, solar radiation and hot free air, a compacted off-seasonal storage of high heat density is used for solar heating, storing and flashing of water, and heating and acceleration of saturated steam and wind or sucked air supplying kinetic energy and heat into vortex tower.
摘要:
An apparatus is provided for generating electricity in response to a fluid flow. The apparatus includes a top rotor element coupled to a center axis with an arm extending substantially perpendicular to a center axis. The arm moves in response to the fluid flow to rotate the center axis. The apparatus also includes a bottom rotor element coupled to the center axis also having an arm extending substantially perpendicular to the center axis. The arm of the bottom rotor element is substantially fixed in a position relative to the arm of the top rotor element, wherein the position is offset about the center axis by about 90° from the top rotor element. The apparatus further includes intermediate rotor elements stacked between the top rotor element and the bottom rotor elements, wherein the intermediate rotor elements are in positions successively offset about the center axis in degrees to produce the 90° offset of the bottom rotor element relative to the top rotor element, and each intermediate rotor element includes a tongue and a groove for coupling to the adjacent rotor element. The tongue and groove of each intermediate rotor element are offset from one another to produce the successive offset of the rotor elements.
摘要:
A wind energy generating and storage system has a plurality of direct compression wind turbine stations. A storage device is coupled to at least a portion of the wind turbine stations. At least a first multi-stage compressor is coupled to the storage device to compress air. At least one expander is configured to release compressed air from the storage device. A generator is configured to convert compressed air energy into electrical energy.
摘要:
A wind energy generating and storage system has a plurality of direct compression wind turbine stations. A storage device is coupled to at least a portion of the wind turbine stations. At least a first compressor is coupled to the storage device to compress air. At least one expander is configured to release compressed air from the storage device. A generator is configured to convert compressed air energy into electrical energy. The system has a top-of-tower power to weight ratio greater than 1 megawatt/10 tons excluding the blades and rotor.