System and method for generating wind power from a vertical structure
US7786611B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/728
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A ducting structure for generating wind power from a vertical structure. The ducting structure includes a main housing sized and shaped to be coupled to a wind turbine and located on the vertical structure. The main housing includes a vertically oriented aperture having a first duct leading to the coupled wind turbine and a horizontally oriented aperture having a second duct leading to the coupled wind turbine. The vertically oriented aperture captures a prevailing wind and the horizontally oriented aperture captures an updraft flowing upwardly along the vertical structure. The captured updraft and the prevailing wind are guided through the first and second ducts past the coupled wind turbine.
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