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Title:
VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2009/044386
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention relates to a vertical axis wind turbine whereby the wind engaging parts have a cyclical movement relative to the rotor during its rotation

Inventors:
PURNOMO R BUDI (ID)
Application Number:
PCT/ID2008/000004
Publication Date:
April 09, 2009
Filing Date:
March 04, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
PURNOMO R BUDI (ID)
International Classes:
F03D3/06
Foreign References:
FR2805311A12001-08-24
NL8006333A1982-06-16
DE7280C
FR2766241A11999-01-22
US20030185666A12003-10-02
GB2000233A1979-01-04
US3565546A1971-02-23
GB2356431A2001-05-23
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Claims:

Claim

1. Such a basin construction system that accepts the wind expansion is - designed to be a screen (square or triangle form) where the construction is made from aluminum sheet material covered by parachute or nylon or other clothes sewing on its surrounding construction, and put vertically on such radial moving of its construction where the moving vane folds through the hinge that pushes supporting vanes of the Wind Reservoir construction.

2. Such a basin construction system that accepts the wind expansion is designed to be air foil and made from light balsa wood, composite fibber and the likes that is on square form where lower end is rounding nose form and its fail is sharp and slim, and the air foil is put vertically on the construction that radially moves which the vane moves on rotary axis and is put on rounding nose lower end and is installed vertically on the construction hole.

3. The mechanical rotary system that has bearings on its upper and lower parts, and both of them is centrally installed on the construction which moves with is axis or vertical bearing and the vanes moves on radial direction.

4. Such a supporting system of rotary axis construction that is put on middle (vertical axis forward gravitation) where the surrounding construction of releasing fatigueness on its vanes. 5. Such an accepting wind expansion ( that is accepted by its vane screen or air foil vane type) from equally both sides ( left right radial direction ), but it works mechanically that one side accepts or bold the wind and the other side releases the wind, so the movement ratio of the Wind Reservoir vanes is produced by the different forces of the wind on both side (for the equal forced on both side does not rotate the vanes of the Wind Reservoir).

6. Such a construction system on big unit of Wind Reservoir with upper bearing of spheric type, and the lower bearing is set on surrounding (that is the combination of ball type and metal wheel bearing) which is put on the rail, and the mounting of upper and lower bearing is surrounding connected with the construction pillars.

7. The system of the bearings that is not put in line, upper one connects, on the vane force that rotates the work axis, and the lower bearing is means of the mounting of rotation support forward the vanes of the Wind Reservoir construction. 8. The work axis system that connects bearing tip with gear box bearing that is a helping fatigue moment between upper construction of and its foot of the Wind Reservoir.

9. The design of the foot of the Wind Reservoir construction that is supported by "chicken feet" concrete construction in order to be stronger to hold the wind expansion tower the bigger unit of the Wind Reservoir.

10. The construction of the mounting of vane screen or air foil is attached square type on its base level, where each tip of its diagonal erected fourth of the vane ( it is ideally performed for the wide vane manoeuvre ).

11. Air full type of the Wind Reservoir, the vanes can modified with the screen one and the combination can be installed on the type of wide square of the vane screen construction, where is placed to the frame level horizontally, and the folded hinge on horizontal bar. On the upper side where it will down wardly flap (triangle type of vane screen, the folded hinge is placed on the lower side and it will flap upwardly ). 12. For the claim 7, mechanical rotary on its bearing where is put asymmetrically (upper bearing) is attached on rotary axis that is put on the tube, and the lower bearing is placed out side on the construction, whereas the claim 12, both upper and lower bearings can be put in line on the axis (both is place outside of the tube, ball type of upper bearing and spherical type lower one), for the lower one of reservoir level base frame, and put on upper side of the foot part of the reservoir, is like a spin that is rotated on such a hole/ tube, with two bearings, and the tube is placed on the middle of the upper of the foot construction.

13. Supporting metal bar connected between axis tip and the fourth vanes of its construction, can be more than one, that is a adjustable on its weight

and length of the construction, and can be combined to flexible iron rope.

14. Between gear box axis and its weight is attached fly wheel and the size is adjustable to the weight in order to make the rotary moment of wind reservoir fix.

15. On the lower tips of the fourth vanes construction are put the weight on each of it is adjustable on its heaviness for stabilizing the moment rotary of the vane of the Wind Reservoir.

Description:

Description

VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE

5 The Technical Invented Subject

The invention is dealing with the tool construction to make it use of current or wind flow distributing a useful energy, it is a kind of windmill so that a wind reservoir is the tool construction of windmill, however, it differs from the construction one that is bigger by the using the term of reservoir, hereby, the 10 reservoir means big basin, so the construction technique of the Wind Reservoir is a windmill technology by which construction can be built in a big scale.

The Invention Background

The invention is dealing with the lacks of a common windmill

*5 technology, that is the propeller type of the wind mill using two or more leaves (the other ones than the propeller type is not described because it is more efficient), but the propeller type of windmill has lacks around the axis of its propeller because the area attaches of the point weight as well as its torque the longer or bigger of the propeller vanes of the windmill that causes its bigger 0 fatigue and geometric mechanically it is at the rotation and vibration point of weight produce an utmost fatigue for examples, the 1931 Russia production of 100 Ft, length of its propeller vanes and Euro- America of 125 Ft, production are cracked, after days of its operation. So the making use of the power by the wind force to producing energy the main detect is its fatigueness. ^ On the post modern period, the windmill technology does not significantly modified, its change is at the tool modification of its mechanical transmission, but its vanes is not changed so the windmill of propeller type detect, from fatigue, so the construction of Wind Reservoir technology as it is simply described can be built in a big scale with an option of condition can reduce

30 fatigue problems on its propeller vanes so the power of wind will produce the

optimal forces or energy throughout Wind Reservoir technology.

The Invention Summary

The wind power that is used for positive forces, is the square expansion of its vanes by which axially will expand the wind through the vanes of propeller type and the angle attack of the propeller vanes is in line of ± 18° approximately, so that the wind power to the 30% on the tip of its vane and the tongue multiplies on its axis, and extreme power will crash the vanes that causes its cracks. In the case of the windmill of propeller type has fatigue defect, for comparison shows on the vanes or on helicopter, propeller (Rotary vanes) that will move weight without fatigue on the vanes of its axis of rotary, and the different is the vanes will rotate after the wind forces expanded but the heli's propeller will mechanically moved (by its engine) and the expand the wind. So the heli's propeller does not have fatigueness on it's nearby axis, because of its first centrifugal move on the vane by the engine, and the removal weight of the prop. Is free from fatigue and the similarity on conic perihelion experiment by which the burden tightened on a rope, by rotation will distribute forces horizontally and opposite of gravitation force downward. Whereas on the windmill movement, the wind previously expands the vanes than creates the movement so the previously vanes is not protected by centrifugal forces, that the action force on the third Newton law, the torque multiplies on the near position of vanes axis accepts extreme burden causes crack on its vanes. Finally the causative vane rotary or heli's propeller is different from the windmill rotation. From the fatigueness obstacle of the propeller type of windmill, so its construction of the propeller should be changed, previously the wind expands the vanes of the windmill on axial direction should be changed into radial direction, similarly. If we push radially the bicycle wheel, so the bicycles radiants around the axis will support each other, that makes the bicycle stronger, but oppositely pushes axially on the wheel, the bicycle's radiant will makes the

wheel bent or cracked for it lessen its strength. So that the Wind Reservoir construction is analoguely expanded on its vanes radially -and is similar to the radial push of the bicycle wheels.

The Description of Pictures

Picture 1 is the illustration of propeller movement on the heli (Rotary wing) the engine firstly moves its propeller (c) distributes centrifugal force ( a direction ), so its protects fatigue point on its axis (point d) that the propeller force lifts or takes up ( b ) and is free from fatigueness. Picture 2 is the illustration of conic perihelion experiment that shows centrifugal forces; if the burden ( a ) through the rope ( b ) is not rotated

( position 1 ), the burden does not have the centrifugal power; but the burden

( a ) through the rope ( b ) rotated as of position 2, 3, 4; so that the burden will distributes centrifugal forces likes centrifugal forces those protects fatigueness on heli' s propeller.

Picture 3 is Wind Reservoir construction of vanes screen type on front view; and these is 4 vanes (not front and rear view pictured), if the wind flows from the front ward, it tends to flow or expand the vane screen on the right part ( 3 ) and the vane screen lifted by folded hinge ( 12 ), the pushes construction bar ( 10 ) and the vane rotate forward ( 14 ) its rotation throughout its bearing ( 5 ) that lays on the join, mounting of the vane construction with rotary axis ( 8 ) that moves the gear box (9) and rotate the burden ( 13 ). The burden here can be DC generator, water pump and others that must be RPM adjusted. Whereas vane screen on the left side ( 1 ) throws backward and creates the angle attack ± 18° ( 2 ) that is supported by elastic rope ( V ). That goes on continually the Wind Reservoir vanes is supported for its strength by its legs construction ( 10 ) and sinked around the concrete structure adjusted on its burden ( 11 ), no. 3' is loosen supported rope for the screen vane position (right side) that stands up right is flew by the wind, brake tool ( 15 ) and its lever ( 16 ) that stops the vane rotation for safety if there is a storm and it is installed or

maintenance purposes.

Picture 4 is the Wind Reservoir construction of vane screen type on upside view; the wind flows from the direction ( 9 ) expands, vane screen (2) pushes upright and folded hinge construction ( 10 ), rotates up ( 8 ) on the bearing of ( 5 ) that lays on the mounting ( 6 ) that join the construction ( 7 ) with rotary axis; ( 3 ) is still stand upright, and vane screen on the left side of the back side (4) throws backward and forms angle attack ± 18° that is supported by elastic rope joined on the construction, the vane screen on the front left part ( 1 ) still throws to the left and forms an angle ± 18° that supported by elastic rope joined on the construction, move continually within the wind flow that the vane rotates as shown on the picture.

Picture 5 is construction form on the vane screen ; the left part of vane screen is triangle form ( 1 ), bended slim aluminum bar ( 2 ) that riveted on the straight slim aluminum bar ( 3 ) right on the folded hinge ( 4 ) a piece of parachute or nylon cloth sewed around to cover its vane ( 5 ) the right side of the vane screen in square type ( 1' ), ( 2' ) slim bar forms square construction, slim straight aluminium bar diagonally ( 4' ) straight aluminum bar supporting construction (3'), 5' is the place of folded hinge that will be joined to the construction, 6' is the parachute or nylon other metal sewed for covering its construction.

Picture 6 is the construction of Wind Reservoir of air foil type front view; and the vane screen has 4 parts (each of its part consists of 2 air foil vane, upper and rear part is not described) ; if the wind blows from the front side, it pushes or expands 2 vane on the right side on the closed position and ( 2 ), whereas 2 vanes on the left side ( 1 ) the position is open and the two tails backward for following the wind flow, than the right and left sides of the vane move to the direction ( 3 ), the vane rotates on the mounting of bearing ( 4 ) through the bearing ( 5 ) that is connected to the supporting construction ( 6 and 6' ) and than rotates the work axis ( 8 ) and move the gearbox ( 9 ) and move the weight ( 13 DC generator, water pump and others, and the RPM is adapted ;

all of the tools are supported by its construction foot ( 10 ) that the concrete is adjust ably put on. its weight ( 11 ) ; whereas ( 12 ) is air foil vane axis that is attached on the hole of the construction that can be dynamically moved.

Picture 7 is Wind Reservoir construction of our foil vane type ; the wind blow from the direction of ( 3 ) and expands or pushes the vane screen on the right part ( 2 ) on the closing position., the vanes rotate to the direction of ( 4 ), and the 2 vanes on the rear part ( 9 ) is still on the closing position, and 2 vanes of the left side if the front part ( 1 ) is on opening position and the two tails backwards for the wind blow, whereas two vanes on the front part ( 8 ) the 2 tails backward in line to the construction because of following the wind blow. The expansion of the wind begin from the 2 vanes on the right part ( 2 ) and continually rotates within the wind blow, and ( 7 ) is the following construction throughout the bearing ( 15 ) that is supporting pull on the mounting ( 6 ) and rotates the burden axis through the gear box, whereas the elastic rope ( 10 ) support for the air foil vane folds inside, whereas ( 10' ) is elastic rope the lessens because of the folding vanes.

Picture 8 is the form of air foil vane construction; the lower of the nose type of air foil is rounded, the rounded form nose here is for making free form rounded sudden wave of the wind expansion, because the unrounded type of the nose will expands the wind that makes the uncertainly movement of the air foil (in term of aero shipment the types are the unrounded nose for nose attached and rounded nose for nose detached); the vane foil of our foil on the unrounded (slim) form in order to be following the wind blow ( 2 ), the air foil vane body can be made from the light (balsa) wood, composite fibber and the likes that is adjust table to its form (3) ; the axis is from metal that implanted to the hole of the Wind Reservoir construction, and it can be dynamically moved

( 4 ).

Picture 9 is the construction form of the bearing construction system on the Wind Reservoir of the big scale (the square of vane screen or air foil 5 m 2 ), and bearing construction is designed considering the lower price instead of

using the big bearing, to support the bearing rotary up ( 1 ) is used spheric type bearing that is placed on the mounting ( V ) and is joined to the rotary axis ( 6 ), and is also joined to the vane construction ( 9 ) the upper part bearing construction supported by contraction pillars ( 2 ) is joined to the lower part bearing construction ( 5 ) that is put on the mounting or rail ( 4 ) upper lower bearing is joined on its foot construction, that is put on the hole of the concrete and adjustable to its weight ( 8 ). Whereas lower bearing is the arrangement of metal bail and spheric type bearing combination ( 5 ). And overall construction system of Wind Reservoir whether small or big units are made to be touched down system in order to simplify its delivery, installation and maintenance.

Full Description of Invention

All pictures will be described for comparison and a reference material from causative implies of the invention on the construction of Wind Reservoir technology.

The technology of making use of the wind blow become positive energy is by means of conversing the wind expansion to be mechanical force throughout the rotary tools, because of the cycle of the work system so the technology made to be the windmill ; and all windmill designed and generally type of its propeller type.

As a ready describe, the windmill construction that commonly used to be fatigueness defect, and it comes from physical aspect that is related to the mechanical construction technique. All of any materials, however, is not free from fatigue, more over the mechanical of the tool is rigid and movable in chase of physical aspect its geometrical mechanically is also related.

On the geometrical mechanical, the weight point becomes the torque, so that the longer expansion of the wind causes fatigue and cracked when as the propeller of the heli's wing doesn't have fatigueness it is already described that is firstly protected by centrifugal moment of the engine movement, however, the propeller on the vane of the windmill is not protected by centrifugal moment; in

case of the Wind Reservoir construction technology is protected on its sensitive part that makes it free from fatigue:

First, the construction of sensitive part of fatigue, mainly, closed to rotary axis area, in order to the expansion moment of the wind is not directly weights the closed area of the axis, the rotated bearing is made vertically so what the wind expands its vanes on radial direction ( for it is described as similar to bicycle wheel that the wheel is strong from the weight on radial direction because the torques are strengthened by its spoke of the rim it the weight comes to the wheel axis axially the spokes of the rim will be bent or cracked because it is not strong to hold the enforcement) On the construction as shown in picture 4 (vane screen type on upper view), picture 7 (air foil vane type on upper view), where the place of the vane screen type or the air foil vane is symmetrically toward its axis rotary, mainly, the place and the movement is on radial direction, whereas , item 7 and 10 on the construction that is torque supporting construction is similar to the wheel spokes of bicycle that holds the weight radial, so the fatigue factor on the screen or air foil vane are protected that in case of the wind firstly expands its vane, the construction already protects its fatigueness.

Second, the windmill of propeller type, for enabling wind expansion need directing tail, that is big or in equally square diameter (the axis is centrically put for the rotary moment will make the wind directing), moreover in case of vertical propeller for its horizontal directing tail (on asymmetrical position), the bigger its construction it will be extremely getting fatigueness, and also it will be difficult to decide its weight point (asymmetrical position of propeller and its directing tail)so it shows that the windmill of propeller type is difficult to be made on such a big scale. Nevertheless, the Wind Reservoir construction, the axis put on the bearing of both of its centrally upper and lower ones, and no directing tail is installed, so the surrounding weight or torque (for

; its construction weight and its wind expansion) will be unexciting each other (zero torque), and more of its proceeding vane rotary, that the gyroscope

moment will protects on its fatigueness for the Wind Reservoir construction.

Third, for it is a middle weight point, it is easier deciding on its weight point than it is on the propeller type windmill (asymmetrical position)of propeller and its tail), and the weight point also attaches the rotary axis, the wind can expansively blow from any direction of its radial without directing tail.

Fourth, with the mid position of its axis, mechanically geometrical, as making bigger to any areas of its construction, the place of its weight point exists on the middle, though the construction ratio show that the Wind Reservoir can be made on such a big scale, where as propeller type windmill will make it difficult to decide weight point and show extremely fatigue its bigger construction for asymmetrical position of propeller and its tail, so it is impossible to make propeller type windmill in such a big scale.

Above all the Wind Reservoir construction technology is fully described on the invention and it can be made on such a big scale; it means that the wind blow can be optimally producing such useful energy.