专利汇可以提供ELECTRICAL GENERATOR FOR WIND TURBINE专利检索,专利查询,专利分析的服务。并且A wind turbine or other rotary device has its outer perimeter constructed with coils that form a rotor (26) of an electrical generator. A stator assembly (52) is positioned at the lower perimeter of the path of the rotor and includes stator halves that are juxtaposed the moving rotor for generating electricity. The stator halves include an air bearing that provides substantially frictionless contact with the rotor, allowing the free rotor to move with a minimum of resistance.,下面是ELECTRICAL GENERATOR FOR WIND TURBINE专利的具体信息内容。
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 12/426,494, filed on Apr. 20, 2009.
This invention concerns an electrical generator using the perimeter of a wind turbine or other rotary device as a rotor of a generator and the stator that cooperates with the rotor to generate electricity.
Windmills have been used for many generations for the purpose of pumping water from the ground and for generating electricity. The basic advantage of the windmill is that it uses the power of the wind to rotate a wheel having radially extending blades that are driven by the wind. This rotary movement is converted into various useful purposes. For example, wind turbines in the form of propellers mounted on towers have been placed in areas where steady winds are prevalent and the wind turbines are used to generate electricity.
The blades of the conventional wind turbines are very large and made of expensive rigid material and are constructed to have the blades extend radially from a central hub, with no extra support at the outer tips of the blades. The conventional wind turbine blades rotate at a high rate of revolutions and must withstand both the centrifugal forces generated by the fast revolution of the blades and the cantilever bending forces applied to the blades by the wind. Since the outer portions of the blades move at a very high velocity and are engaged by strong winds, the larger the blades the stronger they must be and the more expensive they become. Thus, there is a practical limit as to the length and width of the blades because of the expense of stronger materials for larger blades.
Another type of wind turbine is one that has sailwings constructed of flexible material that are a substitute for the rigid blades of the conventional wind turbines described above. For example U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,330,714, 4,350,895, and 4,729,716 disclose wind turbines that do not use rigid propeller blades but use “sails” that catch the wind. The sails are mounted on radiating spars of the turbine. These particular wind turbines include circular inner and outer rims with the sails of the turbine supported by both the inner and outer rims. The outer rim supports the outer portions of the sails so that the force of the wind applied to the sails may be absorbed to a major extent by the outer rim so there is little if any cantilever force applied to the sails. This allows the blades of the wind turbine to be formed of lighter weight material, material that is not required to bear as much stress in comparison to the typical free bladed turbine.
The wind turbines of the patents cited above are constructed with an outer rail that extends circumferentially about the turbine wheel. Rubber tires or other rotary objects are placed in positions to engage the outer rail so as to rotate the rubber tires, with the driven tires in turn rotating the rotor of a generator. Thus, the rotation of the wind turbine is used to generate electricity. Several of the wheels/generator assemblies may be mounted, usually in an arc about the lower quadrant of the turbine wheel, taking advantage of the size and shape of a large wind turbine for increased electrical production. Also, some of the generators may be disconnected so as to vary the load applied to the wind turbine.
The prior art wind turbines as described above control the rate of rotation of the turbine wheel by turning the turbine wheel at angles with respect to the oncoming wind. Typically, the generators have an optimum speed range in which they operate, requiring the turbine wheel to rotate within a range of revolutions per unit of time. Also, the driving of a generator involves the application of rotary motion to the rotor of the generator and overcoming the drag and frictional forces required to operate the generator.
Thus, it would be desirable to produce and use a wind turbine or other rotary device that operates an electrical generator with a reduction in the drag and friction in the course of producing electricity, and to permit a wider range of rates of rotation of the turbine wheel while producing electricity.
Briefly described, this disclosure concerns the generation of electricity from a rotary source, such as a wind driven turbine powered by atmospheric wind, and which can be used to create rotary energy that is transformed into electricity. The support of the wind turbine may comprise an upright tower with the turbine wheel rotatably mounted on the tower about a laterally extending central axis. However, other rotary devices, such as water driven wheels and solar driven wheels may be used, if appropriate. They are sometimes referred to hereinafter as rotary wheels.
The rotary wheel may be mounted on a support about a laterally extending central axis. In the case of a wind turbine, a plurality of sailwing assemblies are carried by the turbine wheel, the sailwing assemblies each including sailwings made of a flexible material, such as a sail cloth or fiberglass, extending radially from the central axis of the turbine wheel. Sail support cables extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sailwings. Shape control means may be used for adjusting the pitch, twist and shape of the sailwings. The shape control means may include sail end supports attached to the opposed inner and outer ends of the sailwings for rotating one or both of the opposed ends of the sailwings for selectively imparting pitch and/or a longitudinal twist to the sailwing. Other shape control means may include spreader bars positioned at intervals between the opposed ends of the sailwing for adjusting the distance between the support cables, trim cables extending from the sail supports to the cables for adjusting the configuration of the sailwing. A shape control means for sailwings is disclosed in more detail in patent application Ser. No. 12/426,494, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The wind turbine wheel may include an outer perimeter rail that can be used for both stabilizing and supporting the sailwings and for forming a rotor for a stator that together function as an electrical generator.
Also, an intermediate circular rail, concentric with the outer perimeter rail, may be used to mechanically drive a generator at that position. The use of generators at the intermediate rail of the wind turbine allows the wind turbine to drive a generator at a slower speed than by the outer perimeter rail.
Other features and advantages of the structure and process disclosed herein may be understood from the following specification and accompanying drawings.
Referring now in more detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views,
An axle structure 28 is at the center of the turbine wheel 22 and a plurality of sailwing assemblies 30 are mounted to the axle structure 28 and extend radially toward the angle braces 24 that form the perimeter of the turbine wheel.
The turbine wheel may be mounted on an upright mast 32, and the mast is rotatably mounted on the ground support 34 by a yaw bearing 35. The mast 32 may be generally triangular in cross section, having one side of the triangle around its side facing the turbine wheel 22 and converging sides of the triangle trailing away from the rounded side. This shape provides a high bend resistance against the oncoming wind forces. Other cross sectional shapes of the mast may be used, as desired. A turning mechanism is provided (not shown) for rotating the mast 32 on its yaw bearing 35 with respect to the ground support 34 so as to turn the turbine wheel 22 into the wind.
In the embodiment illustrated in
Inner sailwings 40 may be supported between the axle structure 28 and the intermediate support ring 36, while the outer sailwings 30 may be supported between the intermediate support ring 36 and the outer perimeter circular rail 26. The outer and inner sailwings may be oriented at different angles with respect to the oncoming wind. For example,
The electrical generator 50 is illustrated in
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The coils 80 of the stator halves are maintained in juxtaposition with the rotor 26 by the stator housings 72.
A space 82 is formed in the cup-shaped stator housing behind the stator coils 80, with the space forming an air passage for the movement of air through the coils of the stator. An air conduit 84 communicates with the space 82 of each stator housing 72 to supply air to the air passage 82 behind the stator coils 80 so that the air moves from the air passage through the stator coils, cooling the stator coils. After the air moves through and about the stator coils the air passes between the flat face of the rotor 26 and edges 76 of the cup-shaped stator housing 72. As the air passes the edges 76 of the cup-shaped stator housings 72, the air forms an air bearing between the stator housings 72 and the facing surfaces of the rotor 26. The air moving from the edges of the stator housings forms the air bearing against the flat facing surface of the rotor 26 that assures that the stator housings will not frictionally engage the surfaces of the rotor.
The turbine wheel may be of very large diameter, in excess of 100 feet in diameter. When the turbine wheel of such great size is rotated, it is likely that the rotor segments 26 will not follow exactly the same paths, such that the rotor segments may experience a lateral wobbling motion as they move through the stators, and/or move shallower or deeper into the stator assembly 52. Because of the likelihood of this movement, it is desirable to have the stator move laterally in response to the lateral motions of the rotor, and it is desirable to have the rotor built with a height that is greater than the height of the stator so that the stator can always be in the electrical field of the coils of the rotor.
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In order to assure that the stators will relieve their force toward the rotor at times when the generator is to be deactivated, coil tension springs 94 extend from the lateral support structure 87 to the stator housings 72, tending to urge the stator housings away from the rotor. Thus, the springs function as a second biasing means engaging said stator housings for urging said stators away from said rotor.
Air pressure relief valves 106 function to discharge the air from the bellows 92 when the air pressure drops below a predetermined value. This allows springs 94 to move the stator housings away from the rotor when air pressure is depleted.
Likewise, the air pressure control valves 108 control the movement of air through conduit 84 to the stator housings 72 as previously described. This maintains the cooling of the stator coils and establishes the air bearing at the edges of the cup-shaped stator housings with respect to the facing surfaces of the rotor 26.
While it is anticipated that the above described adjustable positioning features of the stator will be sufficient to have the stator housings accurately follow the lateral movements of the rotor, the air from the air source 98 also may be used to form an air bearing between the support platform 86 and its support surface 112. The perimeter of the support platform 86 is formed with a downwardly extending rim 114 that forms a closed space between the bottom surface of the support platform 86 and the upwardly facing surface 112 of the support. Air is moved through the downwardly extending conduit 118 to the space 116, generating enough upward force to tend to lift the support platform, thereby forming spaces beneath the perimeter rim 114 with the movement of escaping air 120. The escaping air 120 forms an air bearing beneath the support platform 86, allowing it to move in lateral directions, following the lateral motions of the rotor 26.
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It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while the foregoing description sets forth in detail preferred embodiments of the present invention, modifications, additions, and changes might be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as set forth in the following claims.
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