Electric current generating turbine
The invention relates to a turbine which can generate an electric current, comprising a motor and a stator. The rotor is formed by a blade having a permanent magnet mounted thereon. The stator includes first and second coils which are positioned close to one another and have substantially orthogonal winding axes, said coils co-operating with the permanent magnet in order to generate the electric current.
1. A turbine to generate an electric current, the turbine comprising:
a rotor having a blade mounted to rotate about a main axis, and a permanent magnet, having an axis that is parallel to the main axis, mounted on the blade via a spacer piece at a position most distant from the main axis, and
a stator provided with two looped coil windings to generate the electric current by collaboration with the permanent magnet, the two coil windings having substantially orthogonal axes, the first coil being arranged in a first region and having an axis parallel to the main axis, the second coil being arranged in a second region and having an axis perpendicular to the main axis,
wherein the stator includes an annular groove shaped to conform to the shape of the permanent magnet, wherein the two looped coil winding are located outside of and along the periphery of the annular groove,
wherein the two coil windings are formed from two separate wires,
wherein for a position of the permanent magnet, the two coil windings are simultaneously subjected to a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to generate the electric current.
2. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the first and second coils have cores made of non-magnetic material.
3. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the permanent magnet is a permanent dipole magnet oriented parallel to the main axis of rotation of the blade.
4. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , of which the permanent magnet comprises elementary magnets configured as a Halbach array.
5. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the blade constitutes part of an impeller mounted to rotate about the main axis.
6. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the stator surrounds the rotor.
7. The turbine as claimed in claim 6 , in which the stator comprises a groove formed in a plane in which the rotation of the permanent magnet of the blade can be inscribed.
8. The turbine as claimed in claim 1 , in which the north pole of the permanent magnet is directed toward the front of the turbine.
9. A turbine to generate an electric current, the turbine comprising:
a rotor having a blade mounted to rotate about a main axis, and a permanent magnet, having an axis that is parallel to the main axis, mounted on the blade via a spacer piece at a position most distant from the main axis, and
a stator provided with two looped coil windings to generate the electric current by collaboration with the permanent magnet, the two coil windings having substantially orthogonal axes, the first coil being arranged in a first region and having an axis parallel to the main axis, the second coil being arranged in a second region and having an axis perpendicular to the main axis,
wherein the stator includes an annular groove shaped to conform to the shape of the permanent magnet,
wherein the two looped coil winding are located outside of and along the periphery of the annular groove,
wherein each of the two coil windings is formed from a separate wire,
wherein for a position of the permanent magnet, the two coil windings are simultaneously subjected to a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to generate the electric current.
10. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , in which the first and second coils have cores made of non-magnetic material.
11. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , in which the permanent magnet is a permanent dipole magnet oriented parallel to the main axis of rotation of the blade.
12. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , of which the permanent magnet comprises elementary magnets configured as a Halbach array.
13. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , in which the blade constitutes part of an impeller mounted to rotate about the main axis.
14. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , in which the stator surrounds the rotor.
15. The turbine as claimed in claim 14 , in which the stator comprises a groove formed in a plane in which the rotation of the permanent magnet of the blade can be inscribed.
16. The turbine as claimed in claim 9 , in which the north pole of the permanent magnet is directed toward the front of the turbine.
17. A turbine to generate an electric current, the turbine comprising:
a rotor having a blade mounted to rotate about a main axis, and a permanent magnet, having an axis that is parallel to the main axis, mounted on the blade via a spacer piece at a position most distant from the main axis,
a diskoid coil formed from a wire comprising two looped coil windings,
a stator provided with the two looped coil windings to generate the electric current by collaboration with the permanent magnet, the two coil windings having substantially orthogonal axes, the first coil being arranged in a first region and having an axis parallel to the main axis, the second coil being arranged in a second region and having an axis perpendicular to the main axis,
wherein the stator includes an annular groove shaped to conform to the shape of the permanent magnet,
wherein the two looped coil winding are located outside of and along the periphery of the annular groove,
wherein for a position of the permanent magnet, the two coil windings are simultaneously subjected to a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to generate the electric current.
18. A turbine to generate an electric current, the turbine comprising:
a rotor having a blade mounted to rotate about a main axis, and a permanent magnet, having an axis that is parallel to the main axis, mounted on the blade at a position most distant from the main axis, and
a stator provided with two looped coil windings to generate the electric current by collaboration with the permanent magnet, the two coil windings having substantially orthogonal axes, the first coil being arranged in a first region and having an axis parallel to the main axis, the second coil being arranged in a second region and having an axis perpendicular to the main axis,
wherein the stator includes an annular groove shaped to conform to the shape of the permanent magnet, wherein the two looped coil winding are located outside of and along the periphery of the annular groove, wherein the two looped coil windings are separated by a distance less than five times the distance between poles of the permanent magnet,
wherein the two coil windings are formed from two separate wires,
wherein for a position of the permanent magnet, the two coil windings are simultaneously subjected to a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to generate the electric current.