66 results about "Global wind patterns" patented technology

A habitat friendly, pressure conversion, wind energy extraction system is disclosed for safely extracting usable energy from wind. The system includes one or more shrouds or concentrator wings that convert the dynamic pressure of wind into relatively lower static pressure and thereby induces a vacuum that draws wind into a turbine centralized within the shrouds or concentrator wings. As such, the turbine impellor blades may be significantly smaller than the large diameter rotor blades of current popular designs and may be enclosed within the shrouds or concentrator wings that present themselves as highly visible objects and as such are easily avoided by birds in flight. The novel system in particular includes a device and method of airflow regulation than minimizes or prevents the stalling, or the generation of a turbulent flow of wind over or between the shrouds or concentrator wings. This stalling has been shown to occur when airflow is quickly accelerated by force of vacuum and drawn out of the turbine shroud which then mixes with and disturbs the otherwise smooth flow of wind over or between the shrouds or concentrator wings. The system may also include an aerobrake that responds quickly to protect the impellor blades or associated mechanisms from overspeeding or exceeding other design limitations under gusting or violent wind conditions. The system may also include a method of guiding elements of the system to orient appropriately into prevailing winds, and a method to support elements of the system, without unduly impeding the free flow of wind. Other advantages and objects are as well disclosed that increase safety and efficiency, increase installation potential, reduce costs and expenses, and minimize negative environmental impact.

An automatic protective shutter system that is controlled by atmospheric and or human intervention conditions. The shutter consists of a net that can be deployed automatically to cover any opening in a building structure. The shutter net can withstand high winds such as are prevailing winds in a hurricane. The shutter net can also withstand any projectiles that are being encountered in a hurricane. The shutter also protects against the incidence of high ultraviolet UV rays and / or excessive light. The shutter net also detects any tampering by a burglar or vandalism to shut down the opening or to sound an audible alarm. The shutter system is also extremely useful as a shield against the intrusion of insects. The protective shutter system can be controlled locally or by a remote system. The remote system would include a computer system operating through the internet. All of the above can be detected by various sensors such a high wind sensors, ultraviolet sensors and proximity sensors. The shutter net itself has an established surface frequency that operates within tolerable limits to generate a signal when that frequency is disturbed or changed to indicate a disturbance.

An omnidirectional building integrated wind energy power enhancer system is configured to produce electrical power from a wind turbine(s) concealed within and / or on top of a building by means of a flow of pressurized air from the prevailing wind that enters and flows through a portion of a building. A building may provide large exterior surface areas for receiving and directing airflow to the turbine(s). At least a portion of the wind energy power enhancer system is configured within a building, such as between floors, on a single floor, and / or a roof structure. The wind turbine(s) may be configured to receive airflow directly from an inflow chamber that is configured with a building, or from a flow tube coupled with the inflow chamber. Air deflectors may be fixed or dynamic to direct air flow into a flow tube regardless of the direction of the incoming airflow relative to the building.

A stall control wind turbine is eguipped with a latchable furling mechanism so that, except in the event of a fault condition or dangerously high winds, the rotor faces directly into the prevailing wind while generating power. A fault condition may occur when the electrical power grid, to which the wind turbine is connected, fails, when the alternator armature winding develops an open circuit and causes an unloading of the turbine, or when the gearbox breaks, also causing an unloading of the turbine. For a preferred embodiment of the invention, the release mechanism employs an electromagnet, which when energized, maintains the tail boom locked in place and the tail in the proper position to maintain the aerodynamic force. The wind turbine may also be eguipped with an electrically released mechanical brake and a back-up centrifugal brake.

A vertical axis multi-phased wind turbine power generating system is disclosed. An adjustable air scoop directs air from a first phase of the prevailing wind into an air turbine for efficient power generation. An exit section, which uses a second phase of the prevailing wind in combination with an optional and adjustable exit section drag curtain or barrier, provides for efficient re-entrainment of this first stage of power generating air back into the downstream prevailing wind. The adjustable air scoop and adjustable exit drag curtain or barrier, where utilized, is automatically rotated in a self correcting manner to be suitably and optimally oriented to the prevailing wind direction. The design provides for a second stage of power generation to be accomplished by additionally utilizing a portion of the second phase of prevailing wind to directly or indirectly drive the turbine in a second stage of power production.

The invention discloses a fast afforestation method of tamarix chinensis at the coastal saline-alkali soil. The fast afforestation method comprises the following steps of: planting one or a plurality of tamarix chinensis provenance forest belts which are vertical to the prevailing wind direction on the afforestation land and carrying out site preparation at a wind-power planting area on the downwind direction of the tamarix chinensis provenance forest belt by utilizing the characteristics of ultrastrong salinity-alkalinity resistance, small seeds, strong germination capacity, easy survival, irregularly-scheduled flowering, and the like of Tamarixps; and naturally planting and seedling at the wind-power planting area by means of the propagation of tamarix chinensis seeds by wind power, and accelerating the forest establishment by adopting field management measures. The surface scale afforestation of the tamarix chinensis is carried out on the coastal saline-alkali soil to form a fast afforestation technology of the tamarix chinensis at the coastal saline-alkali soil; and the fast afforestation method is simple, fast and economic, can provide a great deal of seedlings and is used for afforestation at other places.

A updraft wind powered electrical generator system mountable to sides of a vertical, man-made structures facing prevailing winds. The updraft system includes a tubular housing that can include at least one fixed helical vane formed onto the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral and adapted to direct wind into a spiraled flow and focus fluid onto a fan blade assembly associated with an alternator system and located within the tubular housing before a system exhaust. A generator cone can be mounted near the center and front of the fan blade assembly facing wind passing through the tubular housing. As wind passes over the generator cone it experiences compression between the generator cone and housing resulting in increased pressure and velocity of the fluid, thereby increasing rotational speed of the generator blades and generator as the compressed, spiraled fluid passes through the blades and exits the tubular housing.

The invention provides an emergency treatment method for eutrophic water blue algae eruption. An enclosure device used for forming a treatment area is arranged by facing the prevailing wind direction in which blue algae float and are gathered; a salvaging device is used for salvaging the algae in the treatment area; a peak shaving pool is used for temporarily storing the salvaged algae; blue algae cell degassing, flocculation precipitation separation, floatation separation and magnetic separation are adopted to achieve algae and water separation, and algae slag is formed; a dewatering device is used for conducting dewatering treatment on the algae slag, and algae mud is formed; and drying treatment is conducted on the algae mud, and algae particles with the water content smaller than 40% are formed. In the emergency treatment method, efficient salvaging, collecting and algae and water separation are achieved when blue algae are erupted in eutrophic water while the original landscape is protected, volume reduction is achieved to a great extent, removed algae clean water can directly flow back into the water, waste of water resources is avoided, in addition, the algae particles can serve as organic fertilizer to be used, and continuous and efficient non-pollution treatment is achieved.

The invention discloses an offshore wind power single pile foundation pile monitoring device. The device comprises a single pile and the monitoring device arranged on the single pile, the monitoring device comprises a data collecting device, dynamic inclinometers, a vibration acceleration instrument, inclinometers, a earth pressure gauge and an osmometer, wherein the data collecting device is used for collecting monitoring data and transmitting the monitoring data to an onshore server, the dynamic inclinometers are arranged on the tops of the single pile and a draught fan, the vibration acceleration instrument is arranged on the inner wall of the pile body on the top of the single pile, the multiple inclinometers are arranged on the inner sides of towers at different elevations or the pile foundation in the prevailing wind direction respectively, and the earth pressure gauge and the osmometer are installed in the positions, at different elevations from the sludge surface, of the outer wall of the single pile in a pairing mode in the prevailing wind direction. According to the device, through monitoring of fault hidden troubles such as the stress-strain characteristics of the steel tube pile foundation, the resistance of pile-surrounding soil, the pore water pressure, the vibration acceleration of jacket steel, inclining, flexion, deformity and fracture of the towers, foundation uneven settlement and corrosion of the steel structure, automatic early warning can be conducted when the above hidden troubles happen, so that reliable technical support is provided for safety operation.

An omnidirectional building integrated wind energy power enhancer system is configured to produce electrical power from a wind turbine(s) concealed within and / or on top of a building by means of a flow of pressurized air from the prevailing wind that enters and flows through a portion of a building. A building may provide large exterior surface areas for receiving and directing airflow to the turbine(s). At least a portion of the wind energy power enhancer system is configured within a building, such as between floors, on a single floor, and / or a roof structure. The wind turbine(s) may be configured to receive airflow directly from an inflow chamber that is configured with a building, or from a flow tube coupled with the inflow chamber. Air deflectors may be fixed or dynamic to direct air flow into a flow tube regardless of the direction of the incoming airflow relative to the building.

The invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen and nitrogen by catalytic cracking regenerator gas. The invention has main content that: the high temperature oxygen-contained gas of a second regenerator enters to the bottom of a first regenerator, and is contacted, heated and burnt with a mixing catalyst composed of a carbon deposition catalyst in a self stripper and a regenerant in the second regenerator. The regenerating gas on the upper part of the first regenerator is separated from a half-regenerant by a cyclone separator. The generating gas enters into a pressure energy recovery system, and then enters into the subsequent hydrogen and nitrogen producing process. The half-regenerant enters into the second regenerator through a dipleg, and then is contacted and burnt with full burnt prevailing wind. The stripped carbon deposition catalyst backs into the first regenerator, and then a circulating is formed, in order to effectively use CO and CO2 in the regenerating gas and CO2 produced in the subsequent CO intermediate temperature changing process, and to improve the ratio of the carbon deposition on the first regenerator catalyst transferring into CO, and furthermore to improve the unit carbon deposition hydrogen yield rate of the catalyst.

An omnidirectional building integrated wind energy power enhancer system is configured to produce electrical power from a wind turbine(s) concealed within and / or on top of a building by means of a flow of pressurized air from the prevailing wind that enters and flows through a portion of a building. A building may provide large exterior surface areas for receiving and directing airflow to the turbine(s). At least a portion of the wind energy power enhancer system is configured within a building, such as between floors, on a single floor, and / or a roof structure. The wind turbine(s) may be configured to receive airflow directly from an inflow chamber that is configured with a building, or from a flow tube coupled with the inflow chamber. Air deflectors may be fixed or dynamic to direct air flow into a flow tube regardless of the direction of the incoming airflow relative to the building.

A catalytic cracking method includes: hydrocarbon oil cracking raw materials and catalyst regenerant lifted by steam and entering a riser reactor are contacted for the cracking reaction under the cracking reaction condition, the mixture of catalysts and cracking reaction oil gas is obtained at an outlet of a riser and separated in a settler to obtain cracking reaction oil gas and carbon deposit catalysts, the reaction oil gas ascends to enter a product separation system through an oil gas pipeline on the top of the settler, the deposit catalysts descend to enter a steam stripping section, the deposit catalysts subjected to steam stripping enter a regenerator through a spent catalyst circulation line to react with prevailing wind to be burnt, the obtained regenerated fume enters a fume energy recovery system through a fume pipe on the top of the regenerator, and the obtained catalyst regenerant returns to the riser reactor. The catalytic cracking method is characterized by further including steps of cooling 10-50wt% of the carbon deposit catalysts by means of an external heat collection type steam generator, and entering a fluidized bed reactor to contact with an oxygenated compound heated in heat exchange to complete the dehydration reaction, wherein the obtained mixture of catalysts and oil gas products of the dehydration reaction returns to the settler via the top of the fluidized bed reactor to be mixed with the cracking reaction oil gas and the carbon deposit catalysts in the settler.

A hydrocarbon oil catalytic cracking method includes: hydrocarbon oil cracking raw materials and catalyst regenerant lifted by steam and entering a riser reactor are contacted for the cracking reaction, the mixture of catalysts and cracking reaction oil gas obtained at an outlet of a riser enters a settler for separation, the separated cracking reaction oil gas ascends to enter a subsequent product separation system through an oil gas pipeline on the top of the settler, the separated carbon deposit catalysts descend to enter a steam stripping section and then enter a regenerator through a spent catalyst circulation line to react with prevailing wind to be burnt, the obtained regenerated fume enters a fume energy recovery system through a fume pipe on the top of the regenerator, and the obtained catalyst regenerant returns to the riser reactor through a regenerant circulation line and lifted by steam to react with the hydrocarbon oil cracking raw materials. The hydrocarbon oil catalytic cracking method is characterized by further including steps of preheating oxygenated compound materials to directly enter the steam stripping section, or mixing all or part of oxygenated compound materials with stripping steam to enter the steam stripping section, and contacting with the carbon deposit catalysts falling into the steam stripping section to perform an oxygenated compound conversion reaction, wherein reaction oil gas generated in the conversion reaction ascends to be mixed with the cracking reaction oil gas to enter an oil gas pipeline on the top of the settler.

The invention discloses a method for utilizing mine coal gangues to control and fix sands. In the method, the coal gangues are placed in a grid shape to form a coal gangue windbreak, and shrubs are planted in grids. The placing density of the coal gangues is in direct proportion to the local wind power, and the placing density of the coal gangues in a prevailing wind direction is larger than the placing density vertical to the prevailing wind direction. An area of each grid is 2-5 square meters. The height of the shrubs is lower than the height of the coal gangue windbreak. By utilizing the mine solid waste coal gangues as materials, the method has the effects of, firstly, efficiently utilizing the mine solid waste coal gangues and solving the problems of large occupied land area of the coal gangues as well as spontaneous combustion and leaching pollution caused by the coal gangues; and secondly, solving the problems of low efficiency and easy damage of artificial grass planting grids in the process of current sand control. The invention has the advantages of simple implementation technology and long engineering utilization period, can efficiently control mobile dunes and blowout pits, can be widely used for sand control and fixation engineering in China and is particularly suitable for desertification treatment in coal mining areas of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia.

The invention relates to a method for controlling grassland wind erosion desertification. According to the method, shrubs and herbaceous plants are sown in a mixed mode for forestation, and then tree seedling planting is conducted for forestation. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps that (1) the shrubs and the herbaceous plants are sown in the mixed mode, wherein land preparing, sowing and soil covering are conducted, according to the sowing mode, hedysarum laeve maxim and oat are sown in a mixed mode, and according to the mixed sowing mode, the mode of 1 m*0.80 m or 1 m*1 m is adopted at the edge perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, and the mode of 1.5 m*1.5 m or 2 m*2 m is adopted in a flat region; (2) tree planting is conducted for forestation, wherein the adopted space between rows is 4 m*4 m or 6 m*6 m or 8 m*8 m, the specification is 40*40 or 50 cm*50 cm, and the seedlings are planted for forestation. According to the method, the root systems of trees are developed, the fruit bearing amount is large, the natural renewability is strong, and the emergence rate of seeds is higher than 90%. A large area of pinus sylvestris sand-fixation forest is built, and positive effects are achieved on controlling land desertification and improving the local ecological environment.

The docking system of the invention comprises: at least one docking unit having an axis to which at least two boats may be docked offshore; at least one buoyant members coupled to docking unit; and at least one anchoring member adapted to anchor the platform to a substrate; wherein the docking unit is adapted to directionally adjust to changes in prevailing wind and water flow.

The invention discloses devices and methods for allowing access to higher altitude winds for the purpose of electricity generation. A plurality of zeppelins is placed at altitudes in excess of one kilometer, with winds passing through hollow cavities that include wind turbines as well as electrical generators. The zeppelins may be moved from a first height to a second height in order to make most efficient use of prevailing winds at higher altitudes.

A updraft wind powered electrical generator system mountable to sides of a vertical, man-made structures facing prevailing winds. The updraft system includes a tubular housing that can include at least one fixed helical vane formed onto the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral and adapted to direct wind into a spiraled flow and focus fluid onto a fan blade assembly associated with an alternator system and located within the tubular housing before a system exhaust. A generator cone can be mounted near the center and front of the fan blade assembly facing wind passing through the tubular housing. As wind passes over the generator cone it experiences compression between the generator cone and housing resulting in increased pressure and velocity of the fluid, thereby increasing rotational speed of the generator blades and generator as the compressed, spiraled fluid passes through the blades and exits the tubular housing.

The invention discloses devices and methods for allowing access to higher altitude winds for the purpose of electricity generation. A plurality of zeppelins is placed at altitudes in excess of one kilometer, with winds passing through hollow cavities that include wind turbines as well as electrical generators. The zeppelins may be moved from a first height to a second height in order to make most efficient use of prevailing winds at higher altitudes.

The invention discloses an atmospheric data and disturbance wind estimation method based on flight data, and belongs to the technical field of calculation, reckoning or counting. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, preprocessing flight record data, and preliminarily estimating vacuum speed, incidence angle, prevailing wind and turbulence parameters; thirdly, dividing disturbance wind into prevailing wind and turbulent flow, establishing a prevailing wind state equation based on an index correlation model, establishing a turbulent flow state equation based on a von Karman model, establishing a state equation containing atmospheric data, prevailing wind and turbulent flow by utilizing recorded inertial data, and combining with an established measurement equation to form a Kalman filtering system; and finally, for flight record data with a certain length, adopting a method of combining forward filtering and backward smooth filtering to obtain state estimation of atmosphere data and disturbance wind at any moment, and improving disturbance wind estimation precision on the premise of not establishing an aircraft pneumatic and thrust model.

The invention discloses a costal beach greening method, and aims to provide a costal beach greening method which is convenient to operate and capable of quickly achieving ecological greening and landscaping effects. The costal beach greening method is technically characterized by including the steps: firstly, raising seedlings; secondly, cutting to obtain cutting wood about 18-22cm in length from a nursery of Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet, inserting the cutting wood into soil 4.5-5.5cm in depth, and maintaining the insertion direction to be perpendicular to a prevailing wind direction; and thirdly, performing sun-shading after insertion, spraying water to nursery for 2-3 days, routinely spraying water for nursery, maintaining a surface soil layer at least 2cm to be humid, obtaining a primary landscape one month later, and obtaining a closed beach four months later. The costal beach greening method belongs to the technical field of ecological greening design.

The invention provides an atmospheric pollution traceability diffusion analysis method and device, and relates to the technical field of atmospheric pollution traceability. The method comprises the following steps: determining pollution sources according to an environment sensitive point and an upwind direction of a prevailing wind direction at the environment sensitive point, the pollution sources comprising a full-emission pollution source and a partial-emission pollution source; calculating the emission source intensity of pollutants emitted by the pollution source at the preset height of the pollution source; based on the local meteorological data of the pollution source, the sounding meteorological data of the city where the pollution source is located and the city topographic data, according to the emission source intensity, calculating the total ground concentration of environment sensitive points is obtained through a CALPUFF model; according to the total ground concentration of the environment sensitive points, determining the emission contribution rate of pollutants emitted by the pollution source to the environment sensitive points through a Gaussian diffusion model. According to the invention, the spatial precision of atmospheric pollutant emission monitoring can be improved.

A system for capturing and containing waterborne floating debris in bays, harbors, rivers, and other waterways with current, tidal, or wind action flow. This system utilizes a hinged capture gate attached to any of the commercially produced oil slick containment boom systems along with an anchoring deployment that orients the debris trap perpendicular to current, prevailing wind, and tidal flow in employed waterways. The door frame / door gate invention along with the alignment and anchoring of the boom material will allow floating debris to be captured and held within the boom material for later collection and disposal or recycle. This system allows mandated oil slick boom to serve the extended purpose of collecting floating debris before it enters the open oceans and inland waterways. Thousands of yards of oil slick boom are in place that could be utilized to catch and contain waterborne trash and valuable recyclables in every coastal bay, harbor, and waterway worldwide. Removal of floating debris from the debris trap is accomplished with a small boat or skiff and a dip net. This trash may be collected for disposal by municipal agencies that both recycle, remove and (or) compost land borne waste.