FLUID DRIVEN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A fluid driven electrical power generating system, comprising:
- at least one double-walled tubular housing containing a plurality of coils therein; and
an impeller fan including a plurality of magnets mounted to a perimeter of the impeller fan, and the impeller fan is further mounted to a hub and impeller support, wherein the impeller fan is adapted rotate as fluid flows through the impeller fan causing the plurality of magnets to interact with the plurality of coils and thereby generate electricity.
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Abstract
A fluid powered electrical generator system for hydroelectric use or mountable to the side of vertical, man-made structures. The system can be rotatably mounted to the side so that as wind approaches and passes through the generator it will remain oriented to capture wind as it changes direction. The system includes a tubular housing that can also include PV material. A fixed helical vane can be formed onto an inner surface of the tubular housing in a spiral and direct wind more directly onto a fan blade assembly located within the tubular housing before an exhaust. A cone can be mounted at the center and front of a fan blade assembly facing wind passing through the tubular housing. Wind can experience compression between the generator cone and housing resulting in increased pressure and velocity, thereby increasing rotational speed of generator blades as the compressed, spiraled fluid passes through and exits the tubular housing.
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16 Claims
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1. A fluid driven electrical power generating system, comprising:
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at least one double-walled tubular housing containing a plurality of coils therein; and an impeller fan including a plurality of magnets mounted to a perimeter of the impeller fan, and the impeller fan is further mounted to a hub and impeller support, wherein the impeller fan is adapted rotate as fluid flows through the impeller fan causing the plurality of magnets to interact with the plurality of coils and thereby generate electricity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A fluid driven electrical power generating system, comprising:
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a vertical, man-made structure having at least one side facing prevailing wind and including more than one tubular housings rotatably mounted on the at least one side, each of said more than one tubular housings having an inner surface, outer surface, a first end and a second end, the first end including a cowling adapted to capture wind and directing it into the tubular housing, and the second end forming an exhaust for wind to exit the more than one tubular housing; at least one fixed helical vane formed in a spiral on the inner surface of each of the more than one tubular housing; an alternator in each of the more than one tubular housing, said alternator further comprising a slotless winding portion including windings encompassing a core comprising magnetic flux conducting material;
a fan rotor portion having a rim formed on the outer diameter of integrated fan blades, and a plurality of magnetic elements attached to the rim, wherein the rim comprises a magnetic flux conducting material and wherein the slotless winding portion is fixed to the tubular housing and the fan rotor portion is rotatably moveable relative to the slotless winding portion as a fluid passes through the tubular housing and said fan rotor;a generator cone mounted in each of the more than one tubular housing at a front surface of the fan rotor portion facing wind as it passes through the more than one tubular housing; and a mounting system including sealed contact disc system integrated with a sealed bearing system assembly and adapted to rotatably mount the tubular housing to the at least one side and facilitate an electrical connection between wires associated with the generator and external power system modules including at least one of batteries, converters, conditioners controllers, and said mounting system is further adapted to prevent wire tangling, wherein the cowling captures wind and directs it into a tubular housing, the at least one fixed helical vane further directs the captured wind into a spiraled air flow that passes over the generator cone and is compression between the generator cone and housing resulting in increased pressure and velocity of the spiraled air flow onto the fan rotor thereby increasing rotational speed of the fan blades as compressed fluid passes through the fan rotor and exits the tubular housing.
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10. A fluid driven electrical power generating system adapted for mounting to a side of a man-made vertical structure, comprising:
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a mounting system including sealed contact disc system integrated with a sealed bearing system assembly and adapted to rotatably mount the wind drive electrical power generating system to the at least one side of the man-made vertical structure and facilitate an electrical connection between wires associated with the generator and external power system modules including at least one of batteries, converters, conditioners controllers, and said mounting system is further adapted to prevent wire tangling; and the least one wind driven electrical power generating system rotatably mounted to the at least one side by the mounting system, said at least one wind driven electrical power generating system further comprising; at least one tubular housing rotatably mounted to a side of a building, said at least one tubular housing and having an inner surface, outer surface, a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to receive incoming updraft wind flowing along then side of the building and directing it through the tubular housing, and the second end providing an exhaust for updraft wind to exit from the tubular housing; an electrical power generator mounted within the tubular housing before the exhaust, the electrical alternator further including fan rotor assembling including fan blades adapted to rotate with the passage of wind through the housing; and at least one fixed helical vane formed on the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral and adapted to cause updraft wind flowing through the housing to become spiraled for optimum effect on the fan blades. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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