WIND-POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: wind-power engineering. SUBSTANCE: wind-power plant used to convert wind energy into electrical, mechanical, and other kinds of energy has air intake, main-line air duct, and air turbine; novelty is that air intakes are made in the form of hollow tubes of different sectional areas connected to main-line air duct accommodating air turbine that functions to drive load such as generator, pump, or mill-stones. EFFECT: increased wind-energy utilization factor, simplified design, improved environmental friendliness of plant. 3 cl, 3 dwg