135results about "Air flow to electrical conversion" patented technology

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable storage medium for adaptive / dynamic thermal management of an electrical power system having variable electric loads, and components thereof. Thermal management may be driven at least partially by predicted / modeled thermal performance of the component to be managed, which may be calculated or modified using direct or indirect measurements. Embodiments may include adaptive thermal management of at least one of an energy storage system and an electric energy supply. Applications of this disclosure may include adaptive thermal management method for electric vehicles and non-mobility applications, particularly having variable electrical loads, which may impact performance or life of the application.

Provided is a three-type self-power generation system for charging an electric vehicle battery. The three-type self-power generation system includes: a fixed panel formed on an outer ceiling surface of an electric vehicle while supported by a support column; one or more first power generators which are formed in a space between the outer ceiling surface of the electric vehicle and the fixed panel and generate electricity using wind power to charge a battery of the electric vehicle; one or more second power generators which are formed on a lower surface of the vehicle and generate electricity using a rotational force to charge the battery of the electric vehicle while the vehicle travels; and one or more third power generators which are formed on a flat surface of the fixed panel and generate electricity using sunlight to charge the battery of the electric vehicle.

The construction in the form of a rotating cylinder (7) which lacks wings is central to this system / model for the production of electricity. Other system components are speed carriers (4), transport track (possibly inside a transport casing) and surrounding medium. The design is equipped with functions that adapt the production of electricity to the characteristics of other system components. Functions of that kind can change, increase or decrease the "speed wind" exposed surfaces (8) of the rotating device (1), speed of rotation and also speed of movement of the speed carrier, so that the power generating system is adapted to changing parameters of the mobile power generating system.

A system for harvesting kinetic wind energy for a vehicle includes a turbine drivingly connected to a motor / generator. The turbine is configured to be driven by the force of air encountered during operation of the vehicle and / or from wind when parked, and to drive the motor / generator to generate electrical power.

The vehicle (1) has a drive unit (2) configured to move the vehicle (1) and a cooling unit (3) configured to cool the drive unit (2). A duct (4) is arranged to capture an airflow striking a front portion of the vehicle (1) and to cool the cooling unit (3) by means of the airflow. The airflow moves in the duct (4) in a first direction. A wind-powered electric generator (5) is configured to produce power. A control circuit (6) is connected to a shutter (7) and configured to control the effective cross-sectional area of ​​the duct (4) based on at least the electrical power produced by the electric generator (5) and the speed of the vehicle (1). The control circuit (6) is configured to decrease the effective cross-sectional area of ​​the duct (4) so ​​that the electrical power generated by the electric generator (5) does not exceed a maximum power.The control circuit (6) is configured to block the rotation of at least one blade when the airflow velocity in the duct (4) is less than a minimum threshold velocity.

A system (100) for dual-source sustainable energy production in a vehicle (105) is disclosed A slidable solar panel (110) placed on a rooftop of the vehicle convert solar energy into electrical energy. The slidable solar panel includes a plurality of wheels (145) drag the slidable solar panel over a boot space of the vehicle for ensuring standard roof functionality. A plurality of wind fans (115) including a plurality of wind blades (120) capture the wind energy for converting into mechanical energy and at least two generators (130a, 130b) convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy. An energy storage unit (135) store electricity produced from the slidable solar panel and the plurality of wind fans to extend the driving range. A solar inverter (140) converts electrical energy stored into alternating current for use by the vehicle.

This invention relates to an airbine system designed to enhance the power generation and battery efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs). The airbine integrates into the vehicle, utilizing the kinetic energy of moving air to drive its powerhouse / generator group. The internal components of the powerhouse are designed with significant mass to act as a flywheel, enabling continuous electricity generation even during short periods of vehicle inactivity, such as at traffic lights or passenger pickups. This system ensures that the EV's batteries remain charged, extending the driving range and reducing reliance on external charging infrastructure. The airbine also features optimized airflow management through adjustable blades, maximizing energy capture. Additionally, the system integrates with regenerative braking technology to further enhance energy efficiency. By maintaining a consistent battery charge, the airbine system improves overall performance, sustainability, and convenience for EV users.

An electric or Hybrid vehicle is provided, the electric or Hybrid vehicle including: a battery configured to provide motive power to the vehicle; one or more electrical systems controlling one or more operations of the vehicle; a turbine configured to be exposed to fluid flow while the vehicle is in motion; a generator coupled to the turbine and configured to generate electricity in response to rotation of the turbine; and a control system configured to selectively control flow of electricity from the generator to the battery for charging the battery and to the one or more electrical systems for powering the one or more electrical systems.

Provided is a vehicle, in which, in a front-side cover 102 that forms an outer surface which is more forward than a windshield of the vehicle, formed are: a front opening 107 facing an outer space in front; and an upper opening 108 positioned behind and above the front opening 107 and facing an outer space above. The inside of the front-side cover 102 is provided with an inner cover 112 forming a passage 113 for guiding wind that enters from the front opening 107 to the upper opening 108. A rotor blade 9 for wind power generation is disposed within the inner cover 112. A front end 108a of the upper opening 108 is positioned further upward than a rear end 108b thereof. The area of an outlet 113b of the passage 113 is greater than the area of an inlet 113a thereof. The inner cover 112 has an arcuate portion 114c that hides a region above the rotational axis of the rotor blade 9 when seen from the front opening 107. The center angle of the arcuate portion 114c is set to a range of 90-180 degrees. As a result, a rotor blade for wind power generation installed in a vehicle can be efficiently rotated.

Motor vehicle, with at least one air inlet (3) through which air can be introduced into a flow channel (6) of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is moving forward, and with at least one wind turbine (9) arranged in the flow channel (6), which has at least one wind wheel (12) driven by the air introduced into the flow channel (6) via the air inlet (3) and flowing through the flow channel (6), and a generator (13) driven by the wind wheel (12), by means of which electrical energy can be provided by driving the generator (13), characterized by: - at least one blower wheel (14) arranged in the flow channel (6) downstream of the wind turbine (12), by means of which the air flowing through the flow channel (6) is to be conveyed to at least one axial compressor (15) arranged downstream of the blower wheel (14) by driving the blower wheel (14), by means of which the air is to be compressed by driving the axial compressor (15), and - at least one additional electric machine (16) provided in addition to the generator (13), common to the blower wheel (14) and the axial compressor (15), by means of which the blower wheel (14) and the axial compressor (15) can be driven, and - a turbine (18) arranged outside the flow channel (6) and provided in addition to the wind turbine (9), - a branch line (19) by means of which a portion of the air introduced into the flow channel (6) via the air inlet (3) can be diverted from the flow channel (6) downstream of the wind turbine (12) and upstream of the blower wheel (14) and directed to the turbine (18), which can be driven by means of the diverted portion of the air, and - a second generator (20) arranged outside the flow channel (6), provided in addition to the generator (13) and in addition to the electric machine (16), and driven by the turbine (18), by means of which electrical energy can be provided by driving the second generator (20), and a return line (22) by means of which the diverted part of the air can be discharged from the turbine (18) and introduced into the flow channel (6), and wherein at least one Venturi nozzle (23) is arranged in the flow channel (6) downstream of the axial compressor (15), which can be flowed through at least by the air compressed by means of the axial compressor (15), and wherein the Venturi nozzle (23) can be supplied with the part of the air flowing through the return line (22) via the return line (22) and is thus permeable to that part of the air.

This wind power generation device includes a plurality of rotary blades 15 around a rotation axis. Each rotary blade 15 includes a front blade surface 16 parallel to the rotation axis and curved so as to protrude frontward in a rotation direction, and a rear blade surface 17 located on the back side of the front blade surface 16, being parallel to the rotation axis, being curved so as to be concave frontward in the rotation direction, and having a smaller curve depth than the front blade surface 16. The front blade surface 16 includes a first curved surface 19 forming a part far from the rotation axis and formed frontward in the rotation direction from an outer end 21 of the rotary blade 15, and a second curved surface 20 forming a part close to the rotation axis L1 and formed rearward in the rotation direction from a crest 18 of the front blade surface 16 so as to connect to an inner end 22, a surface length thereof in a plan view being smaller than that of the first curved surface 19. The first curved surface 19 has recesses 23 at positions closer to the outer end 21 than to the crest 18 of the front blade surface 16. Thus, a rotary blade that rotates by receiving a fluid and can improve rotation efficiency, is provided.

To provide three types of self-power generation systems for charging an electric vehicle battery, which enables charging the electric vehicle battery pack through one or more power generation apparatuses using eco-friendly energy.SOLUTION: There are provided three types of self-power generation systems for charging an electric vehicle battery. Such a present invention configures three types of self-power generation apparatuses using that generate electric power by using sunlight, wind power, and rotational force of a wheel to eliminate various inconveniences occurring when a battery pack is charged in a charging facility, as well as, to reduce a cost for charging the battery pack through the charging facility.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A Smart Electric Vehicle (SEV) which works by free clean energy provided it by Smart Wind Generator (SWG) which depends completely on wind energy, with using a small fan, to produce the wanted power under the impact of the wind speed power as the opposite power of Electric Vehicle Speed (EVS) on the road, to keep Electric Vehicle's Batteries (EVBs), on a good charging, without needing of electric grid. This SWG is configured to be a small generator (about 3.5 kg) with light and small fan, to generate the wanted power as a self-charger for SEV. This SWG is never used as an assistant charger, but it is the entire tool that will be used to convert the old system of charging electric vehicle to a self-charging system. Also, this invention is very simple, very easy to manufacture and to install in the SEVs, as a self-charger.

A vehicle including a vehicle body having a front portion defining a first forward projection area, and a wind turbine system. The wind turbine system includes an airflow capture inlet, a flow consolidating conduit, an air driven rotor assembly, and an electric generator. The airflow capture inlet has an inlet upstream end, an inlet downstream end, an air entry window, and a flow directing floor. The air entry window and the flow directing floor each extends from the inlet upstream end to the inlet downstream end. The air entry window defines a second forward projection area that is at least 10% of the first forward projection area. The flow directing floor is sloped upwardly. The flow consolidating conduit is close sided. The air driven rotor assembly is downstream of a consolidating conduit downstream end. The air driven rotor assembly includes an air driven rotor connected to the electric generator.

An airflow charging system and vehicle include a turbine, a driveline pulley and a driving belt, a main charging pulley and a charging belt, a processor, and a memory. The turbine is configured to rotate the driveline pulley, and the driveline pulley is operably connected to an electric motor. The main charging pulley is operably connected to the electric motor, and rotation of the main charging pulley is configured to charge a battery. The battery provides power to the electric motor. The memory includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a first signal indicating that the vehicle is in motion, operate the electric motor to rotate the turbine, receive a second signal from the vehicle indicating a vehicle speed, and, if the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, stop operating the electric motor.

A vehicle including a vehicle body having a front portion defining a first forward projection area, and a wind turbine system. The wind turbine system includes an airflow capture inlet, a flow consolidating conduit, an air driven rotor assembly, and an electric generator. The airflow capture inlet has an inlet upstream end, an inlet downstream end, an air entry window, and a flow directing floor. The air entry window and the flow directing floor each extends from the inlet upstream end to the inlet downstream end. The air entry window defines a second forward projection area that is at least 10% of the first forward projection area. The flow directing floor is sloped upwardly. The flow consolidating conduit is close sided. The air driven rotor assembly is downstream of a consolidating conduit downstream end. The air driven rotor assembly includes an air driven rotor connected to the electric generator.

The invention relates to the technical field of new energy automobiles, in particular to a long-endurance automobile with a multifunctional power generation air inlet channel, which comprises an automobile body and a wind energy collecting device arranged on the automobile body, the wind energy collecting device comprises a power generation pipeline, one end of the power generation pipeline is connected with an air inlet, and the other end of the power generation pipeline is connected with an air outlet; a plurality of wind power generation modules are arranged in the power generation pipeline in the length direction at intervals. When the running speed of an automobile is increased, stronger airflow enters the power generation pipeline to drive the wind driven generator at the front end to rotate at a high speed to generate power, all the wind driven generator sets rotate at a high speed to generate power, wind power generation efficiency superposition is achieved, and generated electric energy can be orderly and efficiently connected into an automobile power system. An automobile battery is charged or the automobile is directly driven during driving; wind power formed by rotation of all the wind driven generators in the power generation pipeline is uniformly blown from the front end to the rear end of the power generation pipeline, the air flow superposition effect is achieved and sprayed out from an air outlet of the power generation pipeline, and air resistance generated when an automobile advances can be effectively reduced.

A vehicle including a vehicle body having a front portion defining a first forward projection area, and a wind turbine system. The wind turbine system includes an airflow capture inlet, a flow consolidating conduit, an air driven rotor assembly, and an electric generator. The airflow capture inlet has an inlet upstream end, an inlet downstream end, an air entry window, and a flow directing floor. The air entry window and the flow directing floor each extends from the inlet upstream end to the inlet downstream end. The air entry window defines a second forward projection area that is at least 10% of the first forward projection area. The flow directing floor is sloped upwardly. The flow consolidating conduit is close sided. The air driven rotor assembly is downstream of a consolidating conduit downstream end. The air driven rotor assembly includes an air driven rotor connected to the electric generator.

A wind power generation device and a wind power balancing system comprise a sliding device, the sliding device is composed of a pressing disc, a sliding disc and sliding balls, the pressing disc is provided with at least three first sliding ways, the sliding disc is provided with at least three second sliding ways, cavities between the second sliding ways and the first sliding ways are triangular, and the sliding balls are arranged in the cavities. A sliding ball is clamped between the second sliding way and the first sliding way, and in the initial state, the sliding ball is located at the bottom of the triangle. The sliding balls change between the first sliding way and the second sliding way along with the different rotating speeds of the pressing disc, and the sliding balls change at the starting end and the terminal end to change the position of the sliding disc.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to a solar camp trailer which comprises a body, a trailer assembly is fixedly connected to the top of the body, a wind energy collecting assembly is fixedly connected to the top of the trailer assembly, and a light energy collecting assembly is fixedly connected to the side face of the wind energy collecting assembly; wind blades can drive a rotating rod to rotate synchronously under the clamping of wind power, a transmission mechanism composed of a transmission wheel, a belt and a rotating wheel can drive a generator to generate electricity, solar energy can be collected and converted through a photovoltaic panel, the energy utilization rate can be increased through collection and use of double energy sources, and the energy utilization rate is increased. The connecting rod is driven by the motor to rotate, the photovoltaic panel can be turned over, then the angle of the photovoltaic panel can be adjusted, the angle and direction can be freely adjusted according to different seasons and time periods, solar energy is captured to the maximum extent, and the photovoltaic power generation efficiency is improved.

The present invention discloses an electric vehicle capable of being charged by wind energy, comprising: an air inflow part formed in the front of the electric vehicle traveling by rotating and driving wheels by a motor so that wind flows in during traveling; a turbine formed at the rear end of the air inflow part and rotated by wind power; a power generation unit configured from a rotor coupled to a rotating shaft extending from the turbine and a stator disposed annularly outside the rotor, the power generation unit generating power by rotation of the rotor; a power supply unit that converts the power generated by the power generation unit into a rechargeable voltage to charge the battery and supplies a drive voltage from the battery to the motor; and a controller that electrically connects the battery and the motor through a power system and controls charging from the power generation unit to the battery.

The electric vehicle is a power regeneration system. The electric vehicle comprises an electric vehicle and a plurality of regeneration devices. The plurality of regeneration devices mount on the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle further comprises an electric motor and a motive battery. Each regeneration device selected from the plurality of regeneration devices converts an environmentally available energy source into electric energy. The generated electric energy is used to recharge the motive battery. The environmentally available energy source is selected from the group consisting of: a) solar energy; and, b) wind energy.

There is provided a vehicle-mounted wind turbine comprising: a longitudinally extending airflow path; and an oblique axis wind turbine having an axis of rotation oblique to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinally extending airflow path.

The invention discloses a wind-solar complementary self-charging system for an electric vehicle and a control method, and aims to solve the problems of high charging frequency and endurance anxiety of the electric vehicle. According to the system, idle surface space of a vehicle is creatively utilized, running wind energy is converted into electric energy, and an energy self-circulation system with parking and running dual-mode power generation is constructed. The system comprises a multi-dimensional photovoltaic power generation system, a wind energy-kinetic energy conversion system, a three-stage energy storage framework and an energy management control system. The multi-dimensional photovoltaic power generation system increases the generating capacity by enlarging the photovoltaic coverage area and adopting intelligent control; the wind energy-kinetic energy conversion system captures running wind energy and chassis turbulence for power generation; the three-stage energy storage architecture realizes stable storage of energy; and the energy management control system coordinates the work of each part. The method can significantly improve the cruising ability of the electric vehicle, and has a good application prospect.

The invention discloses a vehicle-mounted environment-friendly charging device which comprises a vehicle body, a sunshade is arranged on the top face of a ceiling of the vehicle body, a driving device used for driving the sunshade to move in the front-back direction is installed on the vehicle body, a solar panel (film) is arranged on the top face of the sunshade, and supporting rods are arranged on the left side and the right side of the sunshade correspondingly. One end of each supporting rod is spherically connected to the side face of the sunshade through the corresponding spherical hinge mechanism, the other end of each supporting rod is spherically connected to the corresponding pulley through the corresponding spherical hinge mechanism, the pulleys are slidably connected into the inverted-T-shaped concave sliding rails, and when the sunshade moves forwards to shield a windshield, the supporting rods can slide to the inverted-T-shaped concave sliding rails located on the A columns and support the sunshade; finally, the telescopic shed is opened; the device is simple in structure, capable of shading a front windshield and supplementing electricity to an automobile, energy-saving and environment-friendly.

The dynamic vehicle charging system for electric vehicles includes one or more wind turbines mounted to a vehicle and positioned for exposure to the wind generated during the vehicle's natural driving motion. The wind turbine drives a generator such that when the vehicle moves through the wind, the wind strikes the wind turbine which generates electricity. This electricity is in turn passed through a power converter that converts the electrical energy from the generator to electrical energy that is used to recharge the vehicle batteries, used to offset the electricity consumption rate of the electric vehicle, or both.

The invention belongs to the field of new energy automobiles, particularly relates to an extended-range electric vehicle power system based on dual-power-source cooperative power generation, and provides the following scheme aiming at the problems that an existing extended-range electric vehicle is high in energy consumption and limited in cruising ability: a horizontally-opposed range extender and a double-spiral wind power range extender are designed and integrated; the double-spiral wind power range extender is driven to generate power through double effects of wind resistance collection and range extender tail gas thrust in the running process of a vehicle, and energy recovery and cooperative power supply are realized by combining the conventional power generation function of the horizontally-opposed range extender, so that the energy consumption of the whole vehicle is greatly reduced, and the energy consumption is reduced. And the use frequency of fossil fuel and battery electric energy of the vehicle is reduced in a pure green electricity application mode, so that the endurance performance is improved. Through estimation, the design can reduce the power consumption of a new energy car per hundred kilometers by 40-60% compared with a conventional car type, and has remarkable energy-saving and endurance advantages.

Wind power module for electric vehicles, characterized by charging while driving, by utilizing the wind through the principle of wind turbine generators / dynamo without cable-assisted charging.

The invention relates to a hybrid transmission system (4) for a helicopter comprising a controller (5, 7, 11) and a transmission shaft (3), the helicopter having a main rotor (1) connected to a gearbox and capable of stabilizing a flight attitude predefined by the pilot. The hybrid transmission system comprises a pilot controller (5) and both a combustion engine (VM) (6) and an electric motor (EM) (10), both of which are directly coupled to the transmission shaft (3). The combustion engine (6) is connected to a combustion engine controller (7), and the electric motor (10) is connected to an electric motor controller (11). According to the invention, a torque sensor (17) and a tachometer (18) are each positioned on the transmission shaft (3), wherein both the combustion engine controller (7) and the electric motor controller (11) can each receive values ​​for a current rotational speed (DZ) and a current torque (DM) during operation. Predefined values ​​of the speed (DZ0) and torque (DM0) at which the burner (6) can improve its optimal efficiency by using said values ​​are stored and can be retrieved by the electric motor controller (11), and said speed (DZ0) can also be retrieved by the burner controller (7). First instructions are stored in the electric motor controller (11) to always apply a driving or braking force from the electric motor (10) to the transmission shaft (3), said force causing the burner (6) to automatically generate said torque (DM0) at the transmission shaft (3) when it has reached or maintains the optimal speed (DZ0) at the transmission shaft (3), at which torque the burner achieves said optimal motor power. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

A vehicle includes a driver pod, a passenger pod, an electric propulsion system, a power storage device that is rechargeable via at least one of kinetic energy, solar energy, wind energy, or direct input energy. The vehicle also may include a solar charging system, a computer controlled outward facing display and a mining computer adapted to mine cryptocurrency using power from the power storage device. The crypto currency mining computer may be utilized to mine cryptocurrency that may be part of a payment ecosystem including the transportation device. Blockchain may be used to track the cryptocurrency ledger. Cryptocurrency may be earned by the passenger and the driver during a ride and power from the power storage unit may be used to power the mining computer.