WIND AND WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: wind and hydraulic power engineering; renewable energy sources.

SUBSTANCE: proposed converter contains rotary platforms interconnected by levers. Each platform carries blades (sail) and additionally intercoupled motion converter and unit to change orientation and to fix blade in position installed in center and interacting with all blades and wind vane, rotary platforms are made in form of streamlined sealed chambers of which flat blades are installed and sprockets coupled with blades for free rotation around vertical posts. Sprockets are mechanically coupled with corresponding segment sprocket by chains and cables.

EFFECT: increased power of converter and its sensitivity to weak flows of wind and water.

8 cl, 19 dwg