38results 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The invention relates to the field of mobile multi-energy power supply intelligent management, in particular to an energy management method and system based on a vehicle-mounted wind and light storage mobile power supply. Calculating and setting predicted charging time according to the predicted value and the total rated capacity of the distributed mobile power supply; secondly, setting rated current output interfaces of different grades, and calculating the maximum output time of electric energy, an electric energy output time interval and a real-time discharge electric energy change rate according to the rated output current magnitude of the interfaces and the rated charge capacity of the mobile power supply; dynamically adjusting the charging and discharging process and controlling the charging time according to the calculation result; and finally, the dynamic charging and discharging process is adaptively optimized and adjusted by monitoring the service life change rate of the mobile power supply in real time. The system can effectively improve the utilization rate of wind and light energy and the energy management efficiency of the mobile power supply, reduces the energy waste, and improves the sustainability and adaptability of the mobile power supply.

A turbine-based power generation system (2) comprising: - a turbine (20) having at least one internal housing (201, 202) delimited by turbine walls (200), - two electric generators (21, 22) comprising a stator (210, 220) and a rotor (211, 221), said at least one internal housing (201, 202) of the turbine housing said electric generator (22, 22), and the turbine (20) being configured to drive a rotational motion of the rotor (211, 221) of said electric generator (21, 22) such that the electric generator (21, 22) generates energy supplying an energy storage element (212, 222) from the motion of the turbine. [Fig. 1]

The invention relates to the technical field of wind power generation, and discloses a wind-magnetic range extending device and method for starting and running of an automobile, the wind-magnetic range extending device comprises an automobile body, an air inlet barrel and a box body, the outer wall of the air inlet barrel is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the box body, the air inlet barrel and the box body are both installed in the automobile body, fan blades are rotatably connected to the interior of the air inlet barrel, and the fan blades are fixedly connected to the outer wall of the box body. A first rotating shaft is fixedly connected into the fan blades, a magnetic field power system is fixedly arranged at the end, away from the fan blades, of the first rotating shaft, a generator is fixedly arranged at the end, away from the fan blades, of the magnetic field power system, and the generator is fixedly connected with an adjustable transformer through an electric lead. The dual mode of charging the automobile storage battery in real time in the automobile running process is achieved through the magnetic field power system and the generator, and then the effects of conducting real-time efficient electricity supplementing on the automobile storage battery, reducing dependence on a vehicle-mounted main charging system and indirectly reducing fuel consumption or charging cost are achieved.

Disclosed is a wind turbine assembly for integrating into a vehicle in a plurality of configurations. The wind turbine assembly includes a dual-flow channel system including a pair of channels, each including an air intake port and an air exit port. The wind turbine assembly also includes wind turbine generators positioned within each channel to direct airflow through turbines. The wind turbine assembly further includes a dual wind turbine generator positioned between the pair of channels to optimize airflow and energy generation. The wind turbine assembly includes a protective cover extending over both channels from the air intake port to the air exit port. The wind turbine assembly also includes an energy storage compartment connected to the dual-flow channel system and vehicle chassis, to store electrical energy generated by turbines. The wind turbine assembly further includes a control system to control the operation of wind turbine assembly.

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 invention relates to the technical field of new energy automobiles, and discloses a pure electric automobile wind power generation photovoltaic auxiliary power supply system and a control method, and the system comprises an air inlet device, a rotary air duct, a generator, a booster, a photovoltaic panel, a controller, an AI intelligent module, a detection module, a storage battery and an inverter; the air inlet device comprises an air inlet door, an air control door and an air discharge door, the rotary air duct is in airflow communication with the air inlet device, the generator is connected with the rotary air duct through a sleeve shaft, the controller is electrically connected with the generator and the photovoltaic panel, and the AI intelligent module collects system operation data, divides the system operation data into three operation conditions and feeds back the three operation conditions to the controller. According to the system, wind power and photovoltaic power are integrated, wind energy and solar energy generated in the running process of the vehicle are fully utilized, the endurance mileage of the pure electric vehicle is effectively increased, and charging dependence is reduced; and air inlet, air control and air unloading are accurately regulated and controlled according to the vehicle speed interval, power generation is maximized at the medium-low speed, resistance is actively reduced at the high speed, and the efficiency and the driving performance are balanced.

A wind-powered charger assembly for automobiles includes an alternator, a squirrel cage, a housing, and a wind scoop. The alternator includes a drive shaft and an electrical connector. The electrical connector is designed to connect the alternator to an automobile battery. The squirrel cage is coupled to the drive shaft of the alternator. The housing is positioned about the squirrel cage. The housing includes a top opening through which the squirrel cage partially projects. The wind scoop is mounted on the housing over the top opening. The wind scoop is designed to direct wind to contact the portion of the squirrel cage projecting out of the top opening of the housing to rotate the squirrel cage and the drive shaft of the alternator to generate electricity for the automobile battery. The wind scoop is designed to be mounted on an exterior surface of an automobile.

There is provided a vehicle-mounted wind turbine 100 comprising: a longitudinally extending airflow path 110; and an oblique axis wind turbine (120, fig.1A) having an axis of rotation oblique to a lon

The wind power generation device has multiple rotating blades (15) about a rotation axis. Each rotating blade (15) has: a front blade surface (16) that is parallel to the rotation axis and curved in a forward direction of rotation; and a rear blade surface (17) that is disposed behind the front blade surface (16), is parallel to the rotation axis and curved in a forward direction of rotation, and has a curvature depth smaller than that of the front blade surface (16). The front blade surface (16) has: a first curved surface (19) that constitutes a portion away from the rotation axis and is formed to extend from the outer end (21) of the rotating blade (15) toward the front in the rotation direction; and a second curved surface (20) that constitutes a portion close to the rotation axis (L1) and is formed to extend from the apex (18) of the front blade surface (16) toward the rear in the rotation direction and is connected to the inner end (22), and its surface length when viewed from above is shorter than that of the first curved surface (19). On the first curved surface (19), a recess (23) is formed at a position closer to the outer end (21) than the apex (18) of the front blade surface (16). Thus, a rotating blade that can improve rotation efficiency is provided in a rotating blade that rotates in response to fluid.

A refuse vehicle includes a vehicle chassis and an all-electric vehicle body on the chassis. The body includes a hopper, a refuse storage container, and a plurality of electrically powered body systems. The body systems include an electrically actuated tailgate, an electrically actuated refuse loading assembly, and an electrically actuated refuse packing assembly configured to remove refuse from the hopper and to pack said refuse in the storage container. The vehicle (e.g., vehicle body) further includes a power management module configured to regulate energy usage of the body systems and / or to record and track electrical energy usage in the body systems.

The invention discloses a battery-replaceable modular energy storage system of a new energy automobile, a network and a scheduling method. The system comprises a shell, a supplementary power generation module, a modular battery bin assembly, a vehicle-mounted controller and a lossless mounting mechanism, wherein the modular battery bin assembly and the vehicle-mounted controller are arranged in the shell; the vehicle-mounted controller is provided with an external charging interface and is electrically connected with the supplementary power generation module and the modular battery compartment assembly; the lossless mounting mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the shell and is used for mounting the whole system on the new energy automobile; the modularized battery compartment assembly comprises a battery compartment box body fixed in the shell and a plurality of standardized battery units which can be independently plugged and unplugged; and a guide limiting groove and a composite electric connector which correspond to each standardized battery unit are arranged in the battery compartment box body. According to the invention, mode upgrading from fixed energy complementation to networked flexible battery replacement can be realized, and a complete system-level solution is provided for innovative business modes such as battery leasing, capacity subscription and vehicle-to-power grid.

A vehicle has a drive device to move the vehicle and a cooling device to cool the drive device. A duct is arranged to catch air flow striking a front of the vehicle and cool the cooling device with the air flow. A wind power electricity generator is configured to produce power. A control circuit connected to a blanking plate controls the value of the useful cross-section of the duct at least according to an electric power produced by the electricity generator and a speed of the vehicle. The control circuit reduces the useful cross-section of the duct so that the electric power generated by the electricity generator does not exceed a maximum power. The control circuit prevents rotation of the at least one blade when a speed of the air flow in the duct is lower than a threshold minimum speed.

A structured semitrailer truck and trailer system having a lightweight composite structure frame molded from advanced two-dimensional polyarylene (2DPA-1, belonging to the family of aromatic backbone polymers, being a special member of the family) and nitrogen-containing carbon nanolattices, integrating renewable energy nodes, and having a lightweight composite structure, and having a lightweight composite structure frame formed by molding of the two-dimensional polyarylene (2DPA-1, belonging to the family of aromatic backbone polymers, being a particular member of the family) and nitrogen-containing carbon nanolattices. The node combines an efficient solar thin film, an axial magnetic flux generator, a structural battery element and a graphene enhanced supercapacitor, can generate 400-600 kilowatt-hour electric quantity every day, and can be expanded to 1000 kilowatt-hour or above every day when a series configuration is adopted. A vehicle-mounted artificial intelligence ("AI") engine optimizes energy flow, predicts vehicle and power grid demands, and manages a smart contract vehicle-network interaction ("V2G") electricity selling platform based on a block chain. The 2DPA-1 can also have a synergistic effect with the carbon nano lattice polymer to form a three-dimensional lattice structure. A geo-fencing electroluminescent display array provides dynamic advertisements for a particular location. The system extends the travelled distance, reduces the grid load, enhances the toughness through bidirectional energy exchange, and produces additional benefits while maintaining the aerodynamic performance and payload capacity of the trailer.

An electric vehicle charging unit is disclosed. The electric vehicle charging unit uses a specially configured housing and a turbine to charge the batteries of a vehicle when attached to such vehicle. In particular, the electric vehicle charging unit preferably uses the housing to channel air flow, during operation of the vehicle, into the turbine to generate power, which can be used to charge one or more batteries of the vehicle.

The present invention relates to the technical field of battery charging, and provides a battery charging device. The present invention solves the problems of poor charging effect and inconvenient charging of existing storage batteries. The battery charging device comprises a power supply and DC-DC converter; a positive electrode of the power supply is connected to an input end of the DC-DC converter; a positive electrode output end of the DC-DC converter is connected to a negative electrode of the power supply, and then leads out a positive electrode charging interface connected to a positive electrode end of a random battery; a negative electrode output end of the DC-DC converter leads out a negative electrode charging interface connected to a negative electrode end of the random battery; and the voltage of the power supply is less than that of the random battery. The present invention can conveniently and effectively realize mobile charging and improve the battery endurance.

The present invention provides an electric vehicle chargeable by wind energy, enabling travel using electricity generated by wind power generation. The electric vehicle includes an air inlet that is f

The application provides a new energy vehicle charging control method and system based on wind power generation, real-time monitoring of wind speed in the driving process of the new energy vehicle; determining the wind turbulence intensity in the driving process of the new energy vehicle according to the monitored wind speed data, predicting the output power of the wind power generator through the wind turbulence intensity, obtaining the predicted output power of the wind power generator; real-time monitoring of the battery terminal voltage of the new energy vehicle, determining the output power control factor based on the battery terminal voltage and the preset uniform charging threshold voltage, using the output power control factor to control the predicted output power of the wind power generator, obtaining the controlled output power of the wind power generator; continuously charging the new energy vehicle battery according to the controlled output power. The above scheme can accurately predict the output power of the wind power generator in the driving process of the new energy vehicle, and accurately control according to the battery state, so as to improve the reliability of the new energy vehicle charging system.

An electric vehicle charging unit is disclosed. The electric vehicle charging unit uses a specially configured housing and a turbine to charge the batteries of a vehicle when attached to such vehicle. In particular, the electric vehicle charging unit preferably uses the housing to channel air flow, during operation of the vehicle, into the turbine to generate power, which can be used to charge one or more batteries of the vehicle.

A structured semi-truck and tractor-trailer system a lightweight composite-structured frame molded from advanced two dimensional polyarylene 2DPA-1 (from a family of aromatic-backbone polymers, of which this is one specialty member) and carbon nano-lattice with nitrogen, integrating a renewable energy node that combines high-efficiency solar films, axial-flux generators, structural battery elements, and graphene-enhanced supercapacitors, yielding many kilowatt-hours per day 400-600 kWh / day and scalable beyond 1,000 kWh / day with tandem configurations. An onboard artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine optimizes energy flows, predicts vehicle and grid demand, and manages a blockchain-enabled smart-contract vehicle-to-grid (“V2G”) sell-back platform. The 2DPA-1 also works with carbon nano-lattice polymers in regards to 3 dimensional lattice structures. A geo-fenced electroluminescent display array provides dynamic, location-targeted advertising. The system extends driving range, reduces grid load, strengthens resilience through bidirectional energy exchange, and generates ancillary revenue-all while preserving trailer aerodynamics and payload capacity.

The invention discloses a ducted wind power generation device and a vehicle, the ducted wind power generation device comprises a ducted shell and a wind power generation unit arranged in the ducted shell, and the wind power generation unit comprises a fan. A plurality of guide vanes used for enabling airflow entering the duct to rotate are fixedly arranged in the air inlet section of the duct shell in the circumferential direction. The fan is installed on the downstream portion of the guide vane in the duct shell, the guide vane is constructed to enable axial airflow passing through the duct to generate circumferential pre-rotation, the pre-rotation direction is the same as the designed rotation direction of fan blades, and the fan is driven by rotating airflow generated by the guide vane to rotate. The fan is in transmission connection with the generator; the flow guide outflow angle a is equal to arctan Cu / Va, Cu is equal to U-Vatanb1, U is the designed tangential speed of the fan, Va is the axial speed of incoming flow, and b1 is the geometric angle of a fan blade inlet of the fan.