Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor – Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
Patent
1998-07-02
2000-12-05
Bagnell, David
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature
166267, E21B 4300
Patent
active
061550477
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for generating energy which employs the use of a bore of a well wherein the well has pressurized gas and the apparatus includes a gas trapping member rotatably disposed adjacent the well bore and having a drive shaft fixedly connected thereto, the gas trapping member has a plurality of gas trapping pockets radially peripherally disposed thereon and is disposed in a manner such that as the gas passes from a high pressure zone of the well bore toward a lower pressure zone of the well bore gas is trapped in at least one of the trapping pockets aiding rotation of the gas trapping member. An electric generator is operably connected to the drive shaft such that as the drive shaft rotates, the electric generator generates power. Further, the invention includes a wind turbine operably disposed adjacent the well which is operably connected to an air compressor which is operably connected to an air line which extends into the well having a terminal end in the high pressure zone for emitting air therein. The wind turbine also is equipped to generate electricity. A method is also provided.
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Bagnell David
Dougherty Jennifer R.
Graham R. William
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