WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM

• US 20170268483A1
• Filed: 11/14/2016
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Original Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: KIM, Jongbaeg, YANG, Hyunseok, LEE, Jongsoo, LEE, Joon Sang
• Application Number:
  US15/351,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20170268483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 5/06 the wind-engaging parts swinging to-and-fro and not rotating
• CPC Class Codes: F03D 9/25 the apparatus being an electrical generator F03D9/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2220/707 of the linear type
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 35/02 with moving magnets and stationary coil systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/1876 with reciprocating, linearly oscillating or vibrating parts
• CPC Class Codes: H02N 2/185 using fluid streams
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/70 Wind energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/72 Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a wind power generation system using a dynamic lift generation disk structure unlike a horizontal-axis wind turbine(HAWT) or vertical-axis wind turbine(VAWT) which uses blades. The wind power generation system includes a column and an oscillating unit. The oscillating unit includes a donut shape wing(disk) surrounding the column, which can convert kinetic energy into electric energy when the unit is moving up or down by dynamic lift.

Claims

1. A wind power generation system, comprising:

a column; and

an oscillating unit,

wherein the oscillating unit comprises a wing unit of a disk form having a hollow portion formed in the wing unit in such a way to surround the column, whereby the wing unit converts kinetic energy into electric energy when the wing unit moves up or down by dynamic lift.

2. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein:

a perpendicular section of the wing unit has an airfoil shape having a virtual chord line which connects a leading edge forming an outermost circumference and a trailing edge forming an innermost circumference around a central axis of the column, and

the perpendicular section of the wing unit has an asymmetrical section in which an upper half surface has a wider width than a lower half surface.

3. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the wind power generation system comprises a plurality of the oscillating units.

4. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the oscillating unit further comprises a cylindrical sleeve supporting the wing unit.

5. The wind power generation system of claim 4, wherein:

a gap for a flow of a fluid is formed between the wing unit and the sleeve, and

at least one connection member is formed to connect the wing unit and the sleeve.

6. The wind power generation system of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member elastically supporting the oscillating unit.

7. The wind power generation system of claim 6, wherein:

the elastic member comprises an elastic member supporting a bottom of the oscillating unit and an elastic member supporting a top of the oscillating unit, and

the elastic member supporting the bottom of the oscillating unit has a higher spring constant than the elastic member supporting the top of the oscillating unit.

8. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein at least one dimple is formed in a surface of the wing unit.

9. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the conversion of the kinetic energy into the electric energy is performed using an electromagnetic induction method, a piezoelectric method or a slider-crank method.

10. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein:

a main magnetic body for generating electric energy in synchronization with the up or down motion of the oscillating unit is provided within the column, and

a coil is disposed around the main magnetic body.

11. The wind power generation system of claim 10, further comprising a guide unit configured to support the main magnetic body and to guide a perpendicular motion of the oscillating unit,

wherein the main magnetic body is disposed at each of a top and bottom of the guide unit.

12. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein:

a main magnetic body disposed to generate electric energy in synchronization with the up or down motion of the oscillating unit and an auxiliary magnetic body disposed to face the main magnetic body are provided within the column, and

the auxiliary magnetic body has polarity different from polarity of the main magnetic body so that a repulsive force is formed between the auxiliary magnetic body and the main magnetic body.

13. The wind power generation system of claim 12, wherein a piezoelectric unit is disposed under the auxiliary magnetic body.

14. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the wing unit comprises a variable wing unit configured to vary so that an upper half surface of a perpendicular section of the wing unit has a wider width than a lower half surface of the perpendicular section during the up motion and the upper half surface of the perpendicular section of the wing unit has a narrower width than the lower half surface during the down motion.

15. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the wing unit comprises a variable wing unit configured to change an included angle formed by a chord line and a virtual plane orthogonal to a central axis of a column.

16. The wind power generation system of claim 1, further comprising a control unit and a driving actuator which enable a fine operation of the wing unit to be artificially manipulated.

17. The wind power generation system of claim 1, wherein the wing unit comprises:

a first ring member configured to form a circumference of a leading edge of the wing unit,

a second ring member configured to form a circumference of a trailing edge of the wing unit, and

a canopy connected between the first ring member and the second ring member.

18. The wind power generation system of claim 17, wherein the canopy is made of a flexible material and has a varying section shape.