Wind Sail Turbines end the fossil fuel age and supply abundant, clean, and very inexpensive electricity (power). The new Wind Sail Turbines produce roughly 10-Fold to 50-Fold more power than existing wind turbines in the same wind path. This patent has the effect of replacing most of the science that is the basis of current Wind Science and current wind turbines. This patent changes the scientific understanding of how to effectively utilize wind and/or water flows to produce energy. Rotor blades, wings, and sails etc. are not airfoils working primarily from lift. These 3 devices are sails that work due to wind collisions. Therefore, sails are newly defined scientifically by the application of the New Wind Power Formula. This creates a New Wind Science because the 3 fundamental underpinnings of current Wind Science are disproved, 1) the current Wind Power Formula is disproved and nearly every input is changed, 2) the power in the wind is disproved and is determined to have twice the power as currently believed, and 3) lift as applied to sails (rotor blades, sails, and wings) is disproved. All Wind and/or Water Sail Turbines require sails to occupy the flow path versus small sails just spinning within the flow path to effectively utilize energy. Henry Wind Buster 1s and 2s, work with and against the wind. Henry Wind Busters 1s have a linear nature going more directly downwind and upwind. Henry Wind Buster 2s work with an against the wind but rotate around or partially rotate around an axis. Henry Wind Buster 3s are like industrial HAWT wind turbines, rotating perpendicular to the wind. The Water Propulsion Systems uses the novel movement of plates for propulsion.

A wind turbine assembly comprising a generally cylindrical wind turbine rotor that is supported by a rotor support and operable to rotate about a rotational axis, the rotor comprising a plurality of aerofoil blades with each aerofoil blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction surface, a pressure surface, and an aerofoil chord having a chord length between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the aerofoil blades being in a generally cylindrical arrangement around the rotational axis with the leading edges at a larger radial separation from the rotational axis than the trailing edges, and the chords being angled relative to radii through the rotational axis such that the suction surfaces and pressure surfaces respectively face generally outwardly and inwardly from and to the rotational axis, wherein the minimum separation (S) between the leading edge of a first aerofoil and the suction surface of an adjacent aerofoil is less than the chord length (L.sub.C), and wherein the location of the maximum thickness of each aerofoil blade (L.sub.Tmax) along the chord (L.sub.C)) is less than 20% of the chord length (L) from the leading edge.

The present invention relates to the field of energy generation. More specifically, it concerns a capture device and method which replaces and improves upon blades typically used for harnessing wind or water for power generation. The capture device is capable of efficient operation in a range of environmental conditions.

A structure adapted to traverse a fluid environment includes an elongate body having a root, a wingtip, a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a rigid winglet associated with the wingtip and having a winglet body extending substantially normal to one of a suction side and a pressure side of the elongate body to a termination point that is rearward of the trailing edge. In an embodiment, the structure is a rotor blade that may be incorporated into a wind turbine.

A fluid turbine blade device includes a vertical axis support base having a fulcrum-forming depression which acts as a first part, and a rotary assembly including a hub lid and a sleeve member rotatably surrounding the vertical axis support base. The hub lid has a projection acting as a second part and rotatably connected to the first part. The fluid turbine blade device further includes a plurality of blade modules mounted to the sleeve member and acted upon by fluid to drive the sleeve member to rotate, and a collision avoidance unit including a plurality of magnets disposed on the outside of the vertical axis support base and the inside of the rotary assembly to produce repulsive force.

The Vertical Axle or Axis Helically Swept Blade Wind Turbine, is by definition a vertical wind turbine using a blade or blades shaped as a spiral, with one side of the blade flat, the other side serving as an airfoil to create desired overall torque, all around its full turn, or integer number of full turns, using this the same cross section all along its stretch. Among its intrinsic advantages are; Simplicity, Greater Electric Power Output related to swept area facing the wind, Earlier “kick in” for lower wind speeds, Wind Direction Independent, Ease of Maintenance, due to ground level access to most of its components and Self-Controlling by definition. All of these advantages combined, make harnessing the wind power using this invention, more cost-effective in a multitude of aspects.

The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor is a rotor with blades of variable pitch and variable twist. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor comprises one or more hubs connected to the closed axisymmetric wing via flexible blades. There is provided a wide range of combinations of the wing relative width and coning angle typical for a lifting rotor with a thin planar wing attached to the tips of long blades, for a shrouded fan in a wide annular wing, or an impeller in a rotating cylindrical wing is provided.

The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor combines and enhances the advantages of a rotor and a wing. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor has high aerodynamic properties, and eliminates limitations of the rotor size and flight speed. The ‘Air Wheel’ rotor can be used for designing vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

A wind turbine device includes a rotatable seat, and a blade assembly including a rotary shaft having a fulcrum portion rotatably connected to the rotatable seat, and two mounting portions extending oppositely and respectively from two opposite ends of the fulcrum portion. At least two blade units are respectively connected to the mounting portions. Each blade unit includes a plurality of angularly spaced-apart blade modules each including a grid frame and a plurality of blades connected to the grid frame. The grid frame includes at least two airfoil-shaped first rods extending along an axial direction of the rotary shaft and spaced apart from each other along a radial direction of the rotary shaft.

A mechanical device system that draws power from the wind by means of near-vertical blades pivotally mounted on a platform rotor that is flush with the ground and rotatable about a vertical axis. Wind forces are generated on the blades causing the platform rotor to turn thereby generating shaft power. An electrical generator coupled to the platform rotor converts the shaft power to electrical power, which is then distributed through conventional transmission means. The power output is maximized for a given wind speed by cyclically controlling each blade rotation to intercept the relative wind vector so as to create maximum blade forces over the periodic cycle. The blade axes are canted to match the rotational speed to the normal speed gradient of the prevailing wind to maintain constant (π*h*D)/Vw at all levels. The turbine is mounted atop an earth mound tailored to accelerate the flow near the ground to produce an optimum wind speed profile. The rotor speed is controlled to match the wind speed within narrow limits for maximum efficiency and power output.

A vertical axis wind turbine is supported by a durable and lightweight composite mast comprising a foam material and a support material, wherein the foam material is either (i) layered within or (ii) distributed among the support material. The foam material may be selected from polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, ethafoam, polyester, polyether, ether-like-ester, expanded polystyrene, and/or polyurethane. The support material may be selected from steel, metal, carbon nanotubes, and/or plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polystyrene, polylactic acid, polycarbonate, acrylic, acetal and/or nylon. A mixture ratio between the foam material and the support material may be at least 15:1. The mast may comprise a central core layer of foam and a peripheral layer of the support material. In an embodiment, adjacent layers of the central core layer and the peripheral layers alternate between the core and support materials.