Wind rotor thrust-actuated brake
Patent
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OSTI ID:6339668
A new type of overspeed control system for a rotor driven by wind or some other fluid flow. The rotor support is mounted so that it can move back some small distance along the direction of the fluid flow, the rotor axis remaining in substantially the same direction during this movement. This backward movement is in response to the thrust generated by the lift and drag forces on the rotor impellers. At a predetermined thrust force, indicating that the rotor is operating in a fluid velocity high enough to cause overspeeding, the backward movement of the rotor engages a brake to slow the rotor. Essential to the invention is the use of the backward movement of the rotor to brake the rotor.
- Assignee:
- EDB-84-189580
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4443155
- OSTI ID:
- 6339668
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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