Prime-mover dynamo plants – Electric control – Fluid-current motors
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Ponomarenko, Nicholas (Department: 2834)
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Electric control
Fluid-current motors
C290S055000, C416S017000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11298395
ABSTRACT:
This invention teaches an apparatus, method, means, and computer readable media to address the problem of the inconsistent, unreliable nature of wind, and in particular low-wind speeds, through utilizing a blower and/or startup assist to aid in turning an electricity generating electrical generator during periods of low-wind speed. This generator provides electrical power for an electrolyzer used to generate hydrogen gas from water. Some embodiments include wind speed and direction sensors and control programming and/or circuitry that tracks trends in direction and speed, and anticipate the need to move the direction of the wind-collecting funnel to best take wind into the funnel, and to provide a start-up assist to the wind-powered turbine at a wind speed that is lower than could start rotation of the turbine without assist, or to maintain rotation when the wind temporarily slows below the speed needed to maintain rotation.
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Lemaire Charles A.
Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
Ponomarenko Nicholas
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