System and methodology for wind compression
View Patent ↗A wind compressor system having one or more wind turbines and a plurality of wind compressors located proximate the one or more wind turbines. The wind compressors optimize the energy created by the wind turbines by redirecting and converging the wind from the wind compressor to the wind turbines. Each of the wind compressors comprises an obstruction having a size and shape adapted to converge the wind currents by means of a Venturi effect toward the one or more turbines thereby increasing the velocity and force of the wind hitting the wind turbine. A plurality of transporters coupled to the wind compressors. The transporters configured to move at least one wind compressors to a location that maximizes the force of the wind encountered by the turbine.
1. A wind compressor system comprising:
at least one wind turbine;
at least one wind compressor arranged about said at least one wind turbine, and obstructing and redirecting ambient wind striking said at least one wind compressor to said at least one wind turbine;
a controller, said controller configured to monitor the position of said at least one wind compressor relative to the position of said at least one wind turbine, said controller configured to adjust the respective position of one or more of said at least one wine compressor based on the direction and intensity of the ambient wind; and
at least one transporter connected to said at least one wind compressor, said controller instructing said at least one transporter to move said at least one wind compressor from one position to another position relative to the ambient wind,
wherein said redirected ambient wind turns blades of at least one rotor within said at least one wind turbine, and
wherein said at least one rotor is magnetically levitated during operation by at least one magnet,
whereby captured wind energy is increased and friction is reduced in the operation of said wind compressor system.
2. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said controller automatically changes the position of said at least one wind compressor to another position to optimally harness the ambient wind.
3. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one wind compressor comprises at least two wind compressors, said controller changing the position of one of said at least two wind compressors to better harness the ambient wind.
4. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one sensor, connected to said controller, to detect said direction of the ambient wind.
5. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein each of said at least one wind compressor is affixed to a respective transporter.
6. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one transporter is selected from the group consisting of an engine, a locomotive, an automobile, a truck, a trailer, a boat, a Sino trailer, a self-propelled modular device and combinations thereof.
7. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one pathway for said at least one transporter.
8. The wind compressor system according to claim 7 , wherein said at least one pathway is selected from the group consisting of a track, a railroad, a monorail, a roadway, a waterway and combinations thereof.
9. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one transporter comprises a plurality of transporters, each said transporter connected to a respective wind compressor and a controller, respective transporters moving respective wind compressors from respective first positions to respective second positions.
10. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one generator configured to generate electric power in response to the rotation of the rotor driven by said ambient wind and the redirected wind from said at least one wind compressor.
11. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said wind compressor system is portable.
12. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said wind compressors are selected from the group consisting of a railroad car, a trailer truck body, a structure, a sail, a flexible material, a canvass, a cloth, a polycarbon, a metal, a glued and molded sail, mylar material, and combinations thereof.
13. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one wind compressor comprises a pair of wind compressors arranged relative to the ambient wind to the left and to the right of said at least one wind turbine.
14. The wind compressor system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one wind compressor comprises a plurality of wind compressors arranged relative to the ambient wind.
15. A method for redirecting ambient wind comprising:
arranging at least one wind compressor at a position relative to at least one wind turbine relative to ambient wind, said at least one wind compressor redirecting ambient wind to said at least one wind turbine,
monitoring, by a controller, said at least one wind compressor relative to the position of said at least one wind turbine,
adjusting, by said controller, the respective position of one or more of said at least one wind compressor based on the direction and intensity of the ambient wind, and
moving, on at least one transporter, a respective wind compressor from a first position to a second position, via controls from said controller,
wherein ambient wind and the redirected ambient wind from said at least one wind compressor drive at least one rotor with blades affixed thereto in said at least one wind turbine, rotating said at least one rotor; and
wherein said at least one rotor during operation is levitating pursuant to magnetic forces opposing gravity due to at least one magnet in said at least one wind turbine, thereby reducing friction in the operation of said at least one wind turbine.
16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
reconfiguring, by a controller connected to said at least one wind compressor, said position of said at least one wind compressor based on the direction of said ambient wind.
17. A method for redirecting ambient wind comprising:
arranging a plurality of wind compressors relative to at least one wind turbine relative to ambient wind, said at least one wind compressor redirecting ambient wind to said at least one wind turbine,
monitoring, by a controller, said plurality of wind compressors relative to the position of said at least one wind turbine,
adjusting, by said controller, the respective position of one or more of said plurality of wind compressors based on the direction and intensity of the ambient wind, and
moving, on a transporter, a respective wind compressor from a first position to a second position, via controls from said controller,
wherein ambient wind and the redirected ambient wind from said plurality of wind compressors drive at least one rotor with blades affixed thereto in said at least one wind turbine, rotating said at least one rotor; and
wherein said at least one rotor during operation is levitating pursuant to magnetic forces opposing gravity due to at least one magnet in said at least one wind turbine, thereby reducing friction.
18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
reconfiguring, by at least one controller connected to said plurality of wind compressors, the position of at least one of said wind compressors based on the direction of said ambient wind.