Stratum deployment of wind turbines
First Claim
1. A method for harnessing wind energy with a plurality of wind turbines, each wind turbine having a sweep height, the method comprising:
- providing an apparatus having a configuration of the wind turbines, including in the apparatus;
sizing sweep heights of a first wind turbine and at least one second wind turbine with substantially same sweep heights according to a horizontal spacing between the first wind turbine and the at least one second wind turbine;
reducing the horizontal spacing; and
repeating the sizing and reducing at least until each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines is sized;
wherein the sizing step further comprises sizing sweep height of substantially each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines to intersect at least one horizontal plane unique from horizontal planes intersected by a sweep height of at least one immediately adjacent wind turbine.
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Abstract
Installing large-sized wind turbines creates numerous challenges and limitations, hindering acceptance of wind generated energy. With small-sized wind turbines, such hindrances are omitted or minimized. Sized ever smaller, more small-sized wind turbines may be installed per installation. Accordingly, a method and corresponding apparatus for maximizing wind energy gathering potential of a plurality of wind turbines, each wind turbine having a sweep height, for a given location is provided. The present invention includes sizing sweep heights of substantially all wind turbines of the plurality of wind turbines to intersect at least one horizontal plane unique from horizontal planes intersected by a sweep height of at least one immediately adjacent wind turbine. Because the sweep height of each wind turbine of the plurality is individually sized in a prescribed manner, the present invention maximizes the wind energy gathering potential of the plurality of wind turbines especially for deployment of small-sized wind turbines.
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1. A method for harnessing wind energy with a plurality of wind turbines, each wind turbine having a sweep height, the method comprising:
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providing an apparatus having a configuration of the wind turbines, including in the apparatus; sizing sweep heights of a first wind turbine and at least one second wind turbine with substantially same sweep heights according to a horizontal spacing between the first wind turbine and the at least one second wind turbine; reducing the horizontal spacing; and repeating the sizing and reducing at least until each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines is sized; wherein the sizing step further comprises sizing sweep height of substantially each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines to intersect at least one horizontal plane unique from horizontal planes intersected by a sweep height of at least one immediately adjacent wind turbine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus to harness wind energy with a plurality of wind turbines, each wind turbine having a sweep height, the apparatus comprising:
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a configuration of the wind turbines, sweep heights of a first wind turbine and at least one second wind turbine with substantially same sweep heights of the configuration are sized according to a horizontal spacing between the first wind turbine and the at least one second wind turbine, the horizontal spacing repeatedly reduced and sweep heights repeatedly sized at least until each wind turbine of the configuration is sized; wherein sweep heights of substantially all wind turbines of the configuration are each sized to intersect at least one horizontal plane unique from horizontal planes intersected by a sweep height of at least one immediately adjacent wind turbine. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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