The invention relates to a device for converting wind energy into electrical energy. The device is comprised of four legs. One of the legs of the frame has an external recess for mounting on a roof ridge. The frame has a horizontally positioned rotor with a hub and at least two vanes and a generator functionally coupled to the rotor arranged in a central area of the opening formed by the frame. The axis of rotation of the rotor is perpendicular to a plane extending through the legs of the frame.

The invention relates to a device for converting wind energy into electrical energy. The device is comprised of four legs. One of the legs of the frame has an external recess for mounting on a roof ridge. The frame has a horizontally positioned rotor with a hub and at least two vanes and a generator functionally coupled to the rotor arranged in a central area of the opening formed by the frame. The axis of rotation of the rotor is perpendicular to a plane extending through the legs of the frame.

The invention provides for a diffuser (1) for a wind turbine (2). The diffuser (1) comprises an inner diffuser element (8) including a number of vanes (4, 5, 6), wherein at least a first vane (4) and a second vane (5) is arranged in continuation of each other. At least the first vane (4) and the second vane (5) are angled in relation to each other to form a curved cross sectional diffuser profile (7) and a free space (10) is arranged between the neighbouring first vane (4) and second vane (5) to enable air flow between the first vane (4) and second vane (5). The diffuser (1) further comprises at least one further diffuser element (9), wherein at least a first further diffuser element (9) of the at least one further diffuser element (9) is arranged in a further element distance (ED) from the inner diffuser element (8) on an outside (13) of the inner diffuser element (8) in radial direction, so that the further diffuser element (9) substantially encircles the inner diffuser element (8) and so that an open flow-channel (24) is established all the way between the inner diffuser element (8) and the at least one further diffuser element (9), wherein the flow-channel (24) enables air flow all the way through the open flow-channel (24) and out into a wake (25) behind the diffuser (1).

Use of diffuser (1) and a wind turbine (2) comprising a diffuser (1) is also disclosed.

The invention provides for a diffuser (1) for a wind turbine (2). The diffuser (1) comprises an inner diffuser element (8) including a number of vanes (4, 5, 6), wherein at least a first vane (4) and a second vane (5) is arranged in continuation of each other. At least the first vane (4) and the second vane (5) are angled in relation to each other to form a curved cross sectional diffuser profile (7) and a free space (10) is arranged between the neighbouring first vane (4) and second vane (5) to enable air flow between the first vane (4) and second vane (5). The diffuser (1) further comprises at least one further diffuser element (9), wherein at least a first further diffuser element (9) of the at least one further diffuser element (9) is arranged in a further element distance (ED) from the inner diffuser element (8) on an outside (13) of the inner diffuser element (8) in radial direction, so that the further diffuser element (9) substantially encircles the inner diffuser element (8) and so that an open flow-channel (24) is established all the way between the inner diffuser element (8) and the at least one further diffuser element (9), wherein the flow-channel (24) enables air flow all the way through the open flow-channel (24) and out into a wake (25) behind the diffuser (1).

Use of diffuser (1) and a wind turbine (2) comprising a diffuser (1) is also disclosed.

An auxiliary wind energy device comprising a valve device embodied as a rotating aperture plate located adjacent a fixed aperture plate to cyclically operate between open and closed positions to produce intermittent flow at the inlet of the housing and piezoelectric oscillator blades subject to said intermittent flow bending forwardly and backwardly to generate electrical current.

A wind energy generation turbine is built to take advantage of high winds in mountain passes and other areas of extreme wind velocity. A windmill section is raised high by support structures. Electricity generators are kept in the base of the windmill to reduce elevated weight. A nozzle or shroud channels wind into a narrow raceway to take advantage of the Venturi effect. Windmill blade tips housed within a circular raceway are strengthened by blade tip connectors and blade spar struts against high wind forces. Windmill blade angle and windmill wind facing are dynamically altered by computerized motors for maximum efficiency. Windmill blade angle and/or generator load maintain ratio of windmill blade tip speed to wind speed for efficiency. Turbine speed translation gears are able to decouple windmill from 60 Hz cycle or use water pumps and gravity to store energy at peak generation times.

This disclosure includes various embodiments of apparatuses for encapsulating and stopping a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) to extract the kinetic energy from the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of systems comprising a plurality of the present apparatuses coupled together and/or one or more of the present apparatuses in combination with one or more flow resistance modifiers (FRMs). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of methods of extracting kinetic energy from a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) by stopping the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes embodiments of mechanical energy-storage or accumulation devices.

The disclosure relates to a generator and a wind turbine. The generator includes an active cooling loop and a passive cooling loop that are isolated from each other and both are in communication with external environment. The active cooling loop includes cavities that are in communication with each other and located at two respective ends of the generator in an axial direction, an air gap between a rotor and a stator of the generator, and radial channels arranged at intervals and distributed along the axial direction of the stator. A cooling device in communication with the external environment is disposed in the active cooling loop. The passive cooling loop includes an axial channel extending through the stator in the axial direction and an outer surface of the generator.

To provide a rotating pedestal capable of directing a wind power generation apparatus with high accuracy in the direction from which wind comes, regardless of the presence or absence of a duct is an object.

Provided is a rotating pedestal comprising: a bearing that rotatably supports a wind power generation apparatus; a control device that determines a rotational angle based on information regarding a wind direction and a wind speed in a vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus, the information being transmitted from an anemometer installed to be able to measure the wind direction and the wind speed in the vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus; and a motor that rotates the bearing based on the rotational angle determined by the control device.

The invention relates to a three-propeller counter-rotating wind turbine that needs a smaller installation area compared to conventional wind turbines that are currently in use for the generation of electrical energy by benefitting from wind power in windy environments, and that nevertheless has higher production capacity, as well as increased productivity, and that does not employ gears, and that has a direct drive mechanism.