公开(公告)号：US07695242B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US11566790

申请日：2006-12-05

申请人： Howard J. Fuller

发明人： Howard J. Fuller

IPC分类号： F03D3/06

CPC分类号： F03D3/062 ,  F03D3/0409 ,  F05B2240/124 ,  Y02E10/74

摘要： A turbine includes a stack of substantially parallel disks, the rotation of which causes rotation of a shaft. The disks are separated by peripheral spacers, each peripheral spacer having the shape of an airfoil. Each peripheral spacer defines a chord which is angled radially inward, towards the axis of rotation of the disk. The peripheral spacers are located only in the vicinity of the periphery of the disk. Air, or other fluid, entering the turbine engages the airfoil shaped peripheral spacers, and the flow of air generates lift, and associated drag, causing the energy of the fluid to be more efficiently converted into mechanical, and ultimately, electrical power. The turbine is especially useful in harnessing wind energy for the generation of electric power.

摘要翻译： 涡轮机包括基本上平行的盘的堆叠，其旋转引起轴的旋转。 圆盘由周边隔离物隔开，每个外围间隔件具有翼型的形状。 每个外围间隔件限定了一个向径向向内朝向盘的旋转轴线成角度的弦线。 周边隔片仅位于盘周边附近。 进入涡轮机的空气或其他流体接合翼型周边间隔件，并且空气流产生升力和相关联的阻力，导致流体的能量更有效地转化为机械的，最终的电力。 涡轮机特别适用于利用风能产生电力。

公开(公告)号：US4417312A

公开(公告)日：1983-11-22

申请号：US271306

申请日：1981-06-08

申请人： Gerald F. Cronin ,  Howard J. Fuller

发明人： Gerald F. Cronin ,  Howard J. Fuller

IPC分类号： G01M3/28 ,  G05B11/28 ,  G05B11/00

CPC分类号： G05B11/28 ,  G01M3/2807 ,  Y10T137/7761

摘要： An electronic controller is provided to control the energization of an electrical actuator to readjust a valve which controls the flow of a fluid in a controllable process. The controller is responsive to two signals, one of which is produced by a process sensor to represent the instantaneous magnitude of a predetermined process parameter and the second of which constitutes a set signal representative of a desired magnitude of the parameter. The signals are compared, and the sense of any resulting error signal is used to control the direction of movement of the actuator while the instantaneous magnitude of the error signal, during a succession of equal time intervals, is used to control the rate of movement of the actuator by controlling the extent of movement of the actuator during each of the time intervals. The actuator is jointly responsive to these two controls and moves in a series of incremental steps, the sizes of which decrease exponentially to match the process loop variable's exponential change with time, as the error signal reduces to zero.

摘要翻译： 提供电子控制器以控制电致动器的通电以重新调节在可控过程中控制流体流动的阀。 控制器响应于两个信号，其中之一由过程传感器产生，以表示预定过程参数的瞬时幅度，第二信号构成表示参数的期望幅度的设定信号。 比较信号，并且使用任何得到的误差信号的感觉来控制致动器的移动方向，而在连续的相等的时间间隔期间，误差信号的瞬时幅度被用于控制致动器的运动速度 致动器通过在每个时间间隔期间控制致动器的运动程度。 致动器联合响应于这两个控制并且以一系列增量步长移动，随着误差信号减小到零，其大小以指数方式降低以匹配过程回路变量随时间的指数变化。

公开(公告)号：US20080131273A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-05

申请号：US11566790

申请日：2006-12-05

申请人： Howard J. Fuller

发明人： Howard J. Fuller

IPC分类号： F03D3/06

CPC分类号： F03D3/062 ,  F03D3/0409 ,  F05B2240/124 ,  Y02E10/74

摘要： A turbine includes a stack of substantially parallel disks, the rotation of which causes rotation of a shaft. The disks are separated by peripheral spacers, each peripheral spacer having the shape of an airfoil. Each peripheral spacer defines a chord which is angled radially inward, towards the axis of rotation of the disk. The peripheral spacers are located only in the vicinity of the periphery of the disk. Air, or other fluid, entering the turbine engages the airfoil shaped peripheral spacers, and the flow of air generates lift, and associated drag, causing the energy of the fluid to be more efficiently converted into mechanical, and ultimately, electrical power. The turbine is especially useful in harnessing wind energy for the generation of electric power.

摘要翻译： 涡轮机包括基本上平行的盘的堆叠，其旋转引起轴的旋转。 圆盘由周边隔离物隔开，每个外围间隔件具有翼型的形状。 每个外围间隔件限定了一个向径向向内朝向盘的旋转轴线成角度的弦线。 周边隔片仅位于盘周边附近。 进入涡轮机的空气或其他流体接合翼型周边间隔件，并且空气流产生升力和相关联的阻力，导致流体的能量更有效地转化为机械的，最终的电力。 涡轮机特别适用于利用风能产生电力。

公开(公告)号：US07278607B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-09

申请号：US11202722

申请日：2005-08-12

申请人： Howard J. Fuller

发明人： Howard J. Fuller

IPC分类号： B64B1/06

CPC分类号： B64B1/14 ,  B64B2201/00 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D2041/005 ,  B64D2211/00 ,  Y02T50/55 ,  Y02T50/62 ,  Y02T90/36

摘要： A solar-powered aircraft uses solar energy to electrolyze on-board water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen fills various on-board tanks, causing the aircraft to become lighter than air. The hydrogen is also used to operate a fuel cell which provides power for electrical equipment, including a motor for turning a propeller. Water produced as waste by the fuel cell is recycled for use in the production of hydrogen. When hydrogen is removed from the tanks, either because it is consumed by the fuel cell or because it is compressed and pumped out of the tanks, air returns to the tanks, and the aircraft becomes heavier than air. The aircraft can thus be made to climb and descend by making it lighter than air, or heavier than air. The aircraft emits no harmful substances into the environment. The aircraft can remain aloft indefinitely, limited only by an insignificant amount of leakage of hydrogen and water.

公开(公告)号：US20080185475A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-07

申请号：US11774732

申请日：2007-07-09

申请人： Howard J. Fuller

发明人： Howard J. Fuller

IPC分类号： B64B1/20 ,  B64D27/24

CPC分类号： B64B1/14 ,  B64B2201/00 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D2041/005 ,  B64D2211/00 ,  Y02T50/55 ,  Y02T50/62 ,  Y02T90/36

摘要： A solar-powered aircraft uses solar energy to electrolyze on-board water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen fills various on-board tanks, causing the aircraft to become lighter than air. The hydrogen is also used to operate a fuel cell which provides power for electrical equipment, including a motor for turning a propeller. Water produced as waste by the fuel cell is recycled for use in the production of hydrogen. When hydrogen is removed from the tanks, either because it is consumed by the fuel cell or because it is compressed and pumped out of the tanks, air returns to the tanks, and the aircraft becomes heavier than air. The aircraft can thus be made to climb and descend by making it lighter than air, or heavier than air. The aircraft emits no harmful substances into the environment. The aircraft can remain aloft indefinitely, limited only by an insignificant amount of leakage of hydrogen and water.

摘要翻译： 太阳能飞机使用太阳能来电化船上水以产生氢气。 氢气填充各种车载坦克，使飞机变得比空气轻。 氢还用于操作为电气设备提供动力的燃料电池，包括用于转动螺旋桨的电动机。 由燃料电池作为废物生产的水被再循环用于生产氢气。 当从罐中取出氢气时，由于燃料电池被消耗或被压缩并从罐中抽出，所以空气返回到罐中，飞机变得比空气重。 因此，飞机可以通过使其比空气轻，或比空气重，使其爬升和下降。 飞机在环境中不会产生有害物质。 飞机可以无限期地保持高空，仅受到氢和水的泄漏量的微不足道的限制。