Windmill having thermal and electric power output

Patent · Tue Nov 25 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6635654

Kenney, C E

A windmill is described which has thermal and electric power output and includes windmill blades rotatably mounted and connected to a speed increaser mechanism of gears and shafts and a centrifugal compressor connected to the windmill thru the speed increaser to be driven by virtue of the wind applied to the blades of the windmill itself. A directional control is connected to the windmill head to have the windmill blades face into the wind, as desired. The compressor is connected to an insulated heat storage tank which contains storage material, such as brick, and the compressor discharge velocity and pressure difference are converted to heat, and the compressor fluid is returned to the compressor thru a screen which protects the compressor, and there is a flow control which automatically compensates for changes in density of the circulated air or compressor fluid. Also, a gas turbine generator can be connected with the compressor to be driven thereby, and electric elements could be connected with the generator for producing electricity. Two other embodiments show an impeller type of air brake and a valve and a heat-sensitive control, for generating heat or power.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-81-055841
• Patent Number(s): US 4236083
• OSTI ID: 6635654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPRESSORS
DESIGN
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
MACHINERY
POWER GENERATION
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WIND TURBINES
WORKING FLUIDS