Wind turbine with vertical axis and wind power plant
View Patent ↗A wind turbine having a rotor with a vertically oriented driven shaft for powering a generator and wherein the driven shaft in mounted between upper and lower bearings, and supporting rings perpendicularly attached in spaced relationship to the driven shaft, and a plurality of arcuate beams fitted with the rings and supporting turbine blades which are spaced inwardly of wind directing baffles that surround the rotor blades.
1. A wind turbine comprising, a vertically driven shaft ( 3 ), having a rotor (F) and a generator ( 7 ) connected with the driven shaft ( 3 ), and a supporting structure including upper and lower bearings for supporting the driven shaft ( 3 ) of the rotor (F), a plurality of supporting rings ( 11 ) perpendicularly attached to the driven shaft ( 3 ) so as to be spaced from one another, a plurality of arcuate beams ( 2 ) fitted with the rings ( 11 ) in a common plane therewith and supporting turbine blades ( 12 ), baffle means ( 1 ) having deflecting and supporting elements as efficiency enhancers ( 13 ) arranged between an inner diameter (d 3 ) and an outer diameter (d 4 ) thereof arranged around the rotor (F), a wind passage (S) formed between edges placed on the inner diameter (d 1 ) of adjacent blades ( 12 ), the turbine blades ( 12 ) are formed as a shape determined by at least one curve selected from a group of curves consisting of quadric, trigonometric and hyperbolic mathematical curves, a plurality of parting vanes (c) are arranged in a plane perpendicular to generatrices of the turbine blades ( 12 ), wherein a number of the efficiency enhancers ( 13 ) is equal to a number of the baffle means ( 1 ), the efficiency enhancers ( 13 ) form a closed polygon, and a support runway (G) mounted to the baffle means ( 1 ) surrounding the rotor (F) and including a ring (t) engaged by a race ring (n) extending from outer diameter (d 2 ) of the rotor (F).
2. The wind turbine of claim 1 , including twin vanes ( 16 ) having shorter arc lengths than arc lengths of the turbine blades ( 12 ), the twin vanes ( 16 ) being arranged symmetrically between the turbine blades ( 12 ) at the outer diameter (d 2 ) of the rotor (F), and the number of twin blades ( 16 ) is equal to the number of turbine blades ( 12 ).
3. The wind turbine according to claim 2 , including whirl triggers ( 14 ) having only four surfaces are arranged in a common plane as the efficiency enhancers ( 13 ).
4. The wind turbine as claimed in claim 1 , including a plurality of vertically and equally spaced floors ( 17 ) along a height of the driven shaft ( 3 ), the supporting rings ( 11 ) being arranged between the floors ( 17 ), and the driven shaft ( 3 ) extending within bearings fitted in a hole ( 18 ) of each of the floors ( 17 ).
5. A wind turbine comprising, a vertically driven shaft ( 3 ), having a rotor (F) and a generator ( 7 ) connected with the driven shaft ( 3 ), and a supporting structure including upper and lower bearings for holding the driven shaft ( 3 ) of the rotor (F), a plurality of supporting rings ( 11 ) perpendicularly attached to the driven shaft ( 3 ) so as to be spaced from one another along the driven shaft ( 3 ), a plurality of arcuate beams ( 2 ) fitted with the rings ( 11 ) and supporting turbine blades ( 12 ), baffle means ( 1 ) arranged around the rotor (F) to form wind passages toward the adjacent blades ( 12 ), and the passages having a size depending on a geometrical configuration of the turbine blades ( 12 ) and size of the baffle means ( 1 ) surrounding the rotor (F), the turbine blades ( 12 ) are formed so as to form at least one curve having a shape selected from a group of curves consisting of quadric, trigonometric and hyperbolic mathematical curves, and a plurality of parting vanes (c) are arranged in a plane perpendicular to a generatrices of the turbine blades ( 12 ), the baffle means ( 1 ) have deflecting and supporting elements thereon functioning as efficiency enhancers ( 13 ) arranged between an inner diameter (d 3 ) and an outer diameter (d 4 ) thereof, at least one supporting roller runway (G) arranged along the driven shaft ( 3 ) and between an outer diameter (d 2 ) of the rotor (F) and an inner diameter (d 3 ) of the baffle means ( 1 ), and the runway (G) including a supporting ring (t) formed on the baffle means ( 1 ) and engaged by a race ring arranged on the outer diameter (d 2 ) of the rotor (F).
6. The wind turbine of claim 5 , including twin vanes ( 16 ) having shorter arc lengths than arc lengths of the turbine blades ( 12 ), the twin vanes ( 16 ) being arranged symmetrically between the turbine blades ( 12 ) at the outer diameter (d 2 ) of the rotor (F), and the number of twin blades ( 16 ) is equal to the number of turbine blades ( 12 ).
7. The wind turbine according to claim 6 , including whirl triggers ( 14 ) having only four surfaces are arranged in a common plane as the efficiency enhancers ( 13 ).
8. The wind turbine as claimed in claim 5 , including a plurality of vertically and equally spaced floors ( 17 ) along a height of the driven shaft ( 3 ), the supporting rings ( 11 ) being arranged between the floors ( 17 ), and the driven shaft ( 3 ) extending within bearings fitted in a hole ( 18 ) of each of the floors ( 17 ).