Method and apparatus for generating electricity from a fixed pitch wind wheel
Patent
·
OSTI ID:6132499
A method and apparatus for generating electricity from wind energy, wherein a wind wheel is connected to drive an energy converter which effects a torque reaction on the wind wheel proportional to the square of the rotational speed of the wheel, so that the wheel may be operated at fixed blade pitch and the blade tip speed will be proportional to the wind speed. The wind wheel may be connected to drive an electric generator to generate electrical energy in synchronism with mains supply.
- Assignee:
- Sir Henry Lawson Tancred Sons And Co Ltd (United Kingdom)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4280061
- OSTI ID:
- 6132499
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Wind turbine generator pitch control system
Blade pitch control of a wind turbine
Horizontal Axis Wind Energy Conversion System with Aerodynamic Blade Pitch Control
Patent
·
Tue Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 1979
·
OSTI ID:5847992
Blade pitch control of a wind turbine
Patent
·
Mon Apr 21 23:00:00 EST 1986
·
OSTI ID:5904330
Horizontal Axis Wind Energy Conversion System with Aerodynamic Blade Pitch Control
Patent
·
Mon Dec 26 23:00:00 EST 1983
·
OSTI ID:6697651
Related Subjects
17 WIND ENERGY
170602* -- Wind Energy Engineering-- Turbine Design & Operation
170603 -- Wind Energy Engineering-- Power-Conversion Systems
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CONVERSION
DESIGN
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY CONVERSION
EQUIPMENT
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
INCLINATION
MACHINERY
PUMPS
SPEED REGULATORS
TURBINE BLADES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WIND TURBINES
170602* -- Wind Energy Engineering-- Turbine Design & Operation
170603 -- Wind Energy Engineering-- Power-Conversion Systems
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CONVERSION
DESIGN
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY CONVERSION
EQUIPMENT
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
INCLINATION
MACHINERY
PUMPS
SPEED REGULATORS
TURBINE BLADES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WIND TURBINES