Prime-mover dynamo plants – Electric control – Fluid-current motors
Patent
1975-10-08
1979-03-27
Schaffer, Robert K.
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Electric control
Fluid-current motors
322 2A, 310 10, 2905;1, H02P 904, H02N 100
Patent
active
041468007
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to apparatus for and method of generating electricity from wind energy.
The apparatus comprises means such as a foraminous condenser plate and a condenser surface, e.g., the earth, for producing an electrostatic field in the open through which wind can blow, means such as needle points and balls or fine wires and cylinders capable of creating a corona discharge or equivalent ion or electron generator for producing charged particles to be entrained in and carried by the wind against the direction of movement imposed on the particles by the field, which results in an increase in the electric potential across the field, means such as a second foraminous plate or the earth for collecting the charged particles and means such as a high voltage power regulator and converter for making the increased potential available for utilization.
The method comprises operations corresponding to the means, viz., producing an electrostatic field in the open through which wind can blow, generating charged particles to be entrained in and carried by the wind against the direction of movement imposed on the particles by the field, resulting in an increase of the charged particles and making the increased potential available for utilization.
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Gregory Stephen E.
Schurig Alma K.
Mortimer George H.
Redman John W.
Schaffer Robert K.
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