363 results about "Wind forcing" patented technology

Disclosed embodiments comprise communication apparatus operatively configured with CMOS multiple antennas disposed on a chip for boosting communication signals to and for enabling faster data transmission speed and to provide interactive user interface. The communication apparatus is further configured to convert sound waves, vibrations, solar energy, wind force and pressure force into electrical energy communicable to a battery cell. Disclosed embodiment encompasses three modes of communications—the Cell phone, wireless Internet applications, and Global communication and media information. Embodiments provide communication apparatus operable to enhance mobile communication efficiency with touch sensitive display and provide energy harvesting platform on at least the housing for the apparatus and / or the circuit board configured with memories, processors, and modules. Embodiments provide advanced computing and media applications, including in-vehicle interactive communications and wireless Internet applications. Embodiments further provide a gaming device, a wireless media device configured with touch pads comprising sensors being embedded in silicon substrate and fused in micro fiber material having excellent electrical characteristics. Certain embodiments provide communication apparatus configured for voice enabled applications comprising human voice auditory operable to convert text into voice auditory and / or voice auditory into text applications.

Disclosed embodiments comprise energy harvesting device comprising a communication apparatus operatively configured with CMOS multiple antennas disposed on a chip for boosting communication signals and for enabling faster data transmission speed. The communication apparatus is configured to harvest energy within its environment and is further disposed with interactive user interface. The communication apparatus is further configured to convert sound waves, vibrations, solar energy, wind force and pressure force into electrical energy communicable to a battery cell. Disclosed embodiment encompasses three modes of communications—the Cell phone, wireless Internet applications, and Global communication and media information. Embodiments provide communication apparatus operable to enhance mobile communication efficiency with touch sensitive display and provide energy harvesting platform on at least the housing for the communication apparatus and / or the communication circuit board. The communication circuit board is configured with memories, processors, and modules. Embodiments provide advanced computing and media applications, including in-vehicle interactive communications and wireless Internet applications. Embodiments further provide a gaming device, a wireless media device configured with touch pads comprising sensors being embedded in silicon substrate and etched / fused in micro fiber material having excellent electrical characteristics. Certain embodiments provide the communication apparatus being configured for voice enabled applications comprising human voice auditory operable to convert text into voice auditory and / or voice auditory into text applications.

A de-icing and anti-icing arrangement for a Wind Energy Converting System (WECS), a WECS comprising a de-icing and anti-icing arrangement and a method for preventing and eliminating ice accretion on the rotor blades of a WECS are provided. The WECS comprises a tower, a rotor having a plurality of blades that rotate due to wind force, a nacelle including a first means for transforming the rotor's rotational movement to electric power, and a second means for permitting the flow of fluid from volumes defined by the rotor blades, the rotor blades comprising an external surface having openings in fluid connection with the volumes inside the blades for permitting the flow of fluid to the outside of the blades to fluid-thermodynamically interact with the wind hitting the part of the blade surface, and thereby prevent or eliminate the accretion of ice on the external surface of the blade.

High-wind load wall anchors and high-wind load wall anchoring systems for cavity walls are described which utilize double-walled anchor constructs with interengaging wire formative veneer ties. The high wind load anchors are mounted upon an interior cavity wall and the veneer ties are embedded within joints of an exterior cavity wall. The anchors have an aperture, for threading the veneer ties therethrough and restricting undesired movement, coupled with a double-walled wing structure to resist anchor deformation by high-wind forces. For resistance against seismic forces, the high-wind load wall anchoring system has a reinforcement wire which snaps into contoured veneer ties.

A floating wind turbine system with a tower structure that includes at least one stability arm extending therefrom and that is anchored to the sea floor with a rotatable position retention device that facilitates deep water installations. Variable buoyancy for the wind turbine system is provided by buoyancy chambers that are integral to the tower itself as well as the stability arm. Pumps are included for adjusting the buoyancy as an aid in system transport, installation, repair and removal. The wind turbine rotor is located downwind of the tower structure to allow the wind turbine to follow the wind direction without an active yaw drive system. The support tower and stability arm structure is designed to balance tension in the tether with buoyancy, gravity and wind forces in such a way that the top of the support tower leans downwind, providing a large clearance between the support tower and the rotor blade tips. This large clearance facilitates the use of articulated rotor hubs to reduced damaging structural dynamic loads. Major components of the turbine can be assembled at the shore and transported to an offshore installation site.

The invention provides a method and structural member for securing a roof or an outer wall of a building against wind forces tending to lift the roof or outer wall off the building. A structural member has a panel, said panel comprising a plurality of spaced apart beam members, and a sheathing having an inner side and an outer side, the sheathing spanning a space between adjacent beam members and being attached to the beam members such that the inner side of the sheathing is in juxtaposition with the beam members. A layer of a rigid, closed cell foam comprising a polymer adhesive composition is on substantially the entirety of said beam members and substantially the entirety of the inner side of the sheathing such that the layer on the sheathing and the beam members is substantially continuous, and adheres the sheathing to the beam members.

A floating wind turbine system with a tower structure that includes at least one stability arm extending therefrom and that is anchored to the sea floor with a rotatable position retention device that facilitates deep water installations. Variable buoyancy for the wind turbine system is provided by buoyancy chambers that are integral to the tower itself as well as the stability arm. Pumps are included for adjusting the buoyancy as an aid in system transport, installation, repair and removal. The wind turbine rotor is located downwind of the tower structure to allow the wind turbine to follow the wind direction without an active yaw drive system. The support tower and stability arm structure is designed to balance tension in the tether with buoyancy, gravity and wind forces in such a way that the top of the support tower leans downwind, providing a large clearance between the support tower and the rotor blade tips. This large clearance facilitates the use of articulated rotor hubs to reduced damaging structural dynamic loads. Major components of the turbine can be assembled at the shore and transported to an offshore installation site.

This invention provides a wind power friction nanometer generator comprising a first part and a second part which can perform elastic bending deformation. The first part comprises a first conducting element and a first friction layer which is directly attached to the upper surface of the first conducting element; the second part comprises a second friction layer and a second conducting element which is directly attached to the upper surface of the second friction layer; at least one of the first part and the second part is relatively fixed, and the first friction layer and the second friction layer are opposite to each other; at least part of the upper surface of the first friction layer and the lower surface of the second friction layer form a contact-separate circulation under the action of the wind force, and electric signals are outputted to an external circuit through the first conducting element and the second conducting element. When tangential periodic external forces are applied on the sliding friction nanometer generator, alternating current pulse signal output is formed between the first conducting element and the second conducting element.

A wind turbine (30) comprising: a rotor (36) having a plurality of blades (38); and a controller (100). The controller (100) is arranged to independently control each of the plurality of blades (38) and / or one or more components of each blade (38) in order to increase a driving moment of each blade (38) independently of other of the blades (38) when speed of wind acting on the wind turbine (30) is below rated. The controller (100) is also additionally or alternatively arranged to independently control each of the plurality of blades (38) and / or one or more components of each blade (38) independently of other of the blades (38) when wind force acting on the blades (38) is above cut-out in order to reduce a mechanical load experienced by at least a part of the wind turbine (30).

A photovoltaic panel mounting system utilizes rubber tires to anchor and position photovoltaic panels to face the sun and resist wind forces. The shaded interior cavity of the rubber tires physically and thermally protects electronics and batteries. The tires may be filled with soil, concrete, water, or aggregate to provide further ballasting, enabling a photovoltaic mount system to withstand high velocity winds. Telescoping conduits may house wiring for the system and allow for resizing and reshaping of the mounting system. The mounting system decreases used tire waste and provides low cost components and portability.

A system for covering (i.e., closing) various types of sites where waste is deposited comprises a composite of one or more geotextiles that are tufted with synthetic yarns and an impermeable geomembrane, which is comprised of a polymeric material. The cover can include wind-resistant textured synthetic blade-like elements, such as vertical filaments, secured over a low-permeable polymer liner backing. Advantageously, the system does not rely on piled-on weight to resist wind forces and the cover can be deployed over a large area with little or no ballasting or anchoring. Optionally, the cover includes vertical filaments attached to the liner to break the wind aero-dynamics on the exposed cover.

A blade for a windmill disposed around a rotation center (M) in a vertical direction so as to receive wind force, comprising a front surface (26) including;a front nose surface (26F) being disposed at front of a traveling direction, also having a greatest average curvaturea low speed airflow passing surface (26L) disposed on a closer side to the rotation center, and formed continuously from the front nose surface to rearward of the traveling direction, anda high speed airflow passing surface (26H) disposed a distant side from the rotation center, formed continuously from the front nose surface to rearward of the traveling direction with a curved surface swollen greater than the low speed airflow passing surface, and having length as viewed from the vertical direction greater than the low speed airflow passing surface.

The wind mill generator includes wind machine, seat and power generator. The wind machine consists of bell-mouthed wind collecting hood, eddy blades distributed inside the wind collecting hood and extending to the wind outlet longitudinally, wind turbine, airflow separating cone, after wind canal, etc. Inside the cylindrical pipe connected to the wind outlet, there are airflow separating cone, tripod and turbine with one shaft connected to the airflow separating cone in one end and the power generator in the other end. The wind mill generator of the present invention can form strong eddy current in the wind outlet to drive the power generator and has very high wind force utilization, 19 times that of three-blade paddle one.

The invention discloses a method for disturbing and resuspending underwater sediments with simulated wave in circular sink, which is characterized in that: place the sediments collected without disturbance at the bottom of the circular sink; plant submerged plant over the sediments and overlaying water; use a plurality of blowers to simulate different wind forces and apply it on the overlaying water, so as to generate water flow; adjust the position of the blower port and its included angle with the overlay water surface to make basically even flow field in the sink; the sediments at the bottom of the sink is resuspended under the action of hydrodynamic force, so as to realize the simulation for the resuspension of sediments under the disturbance of wave with different forces in the water body of lake and river where submerged plant grows. The invention has the flowing advantages: simulate the resuspension process of sediments due to the motion of flow field under the disturbance of wave with different forces in natural water body of lake and river where submerged plant grows; realize the collection of samples in water body of different depths under relative stable condition for the resuspension of sediments; meet the requirements for the study over the ration relations among wave disturbance-motion of flow field-resuspension of sediments; simple structure, low cost and convenient application of relevant device.

The invention discloses a fully-sealed wind power slagging gas-drainage deep well drilling system and method. The fully-sealed wind power slagging gas-drainage deep well drilling system comprises a drilling rod with inner holes, an inverted-spinning smashing dust-collection drill is arranged at the front end of the drilling rod, and the rear portion of the drilling rod is connected to a drilling machine. An orifice-sealed pipe, sealing fillers and a sealed pressing cover are arranged on the drilling rod. An air inlet portion with annular section is formed between the orifice-sealed pipe and the outer wall of the drilling rod, and the air inlet portion is connected with a movable type air compressor through a first connecting pipe. The rear end of the drilling rod is connected with a second connecting pipe through a pneumatic rotary connector, the second connecting pipe is connected with a drainage conveying pipeline slagging device, and the slagging port of the slagging device is connected with a slagging cylinder. The air outlet of the slagging cylinder is connected with a gas drainage pump through a third connecting pipe, and the gas drainage pump is connected with a gas drainage pipe. According to the fully-sealed wind power slagging gas-drainage deep well drilling system and method, pressing feeding type wind force in the outer annular space of the drilling rod and the drainage type wind force of the inner holes of the drilling rod can be utilized to discharge the coal scraps smoothly to carry out solid-gas separation, fully-sealed type wind power scrap discharge is achieved, the fact that hole-drilling operation is conducted continuously and safely is ensured, and working efficiency is improved.

A device and method for applying a wind force to a plurality of plants in an agricultural environment is provided to screen for selected wind-resistance traits in the plurality of plants. In one embodiment of the present invention, a device is provided including a generating device for creating a moving fluid stream to provide the wind force, a directing device, such as a duct and / or movable vane, for precisely and selectively directing the wind force towards a portion of at least one plant, and a controller for adjusting one or more parameters of the fluid stream. The device and / or method embodiments of the present invention may thus be used to selectively apply the wind force to one or more plants (or portions thereof) such that the plants may be evaluated with respect to one or more wind-resistant physical characteristics.

Provided is a full-automatic multifunctional solar life-raft which can not be overturned when being unfolded, and comprises a survival capsule, an automatic extension arm, a divided storage chamber and counterweight. The survival capsule is composed of pluralities of annular air sacs, arc air sacs and double-layered outer covers. The roof of the survival capsule is provided with a solar cell panel cover, the bottom of the survival capsule is provided with a power bay and the divided storage chamber, the middle of the survival capsule is provided with the automatic extension arm for supporting. A dismountable counterweight chamber is arranged under the storage chamber, sail lift-off balloons which can be folded for storage are installed in the solar cell panel cover, cabin doors and sail balloon bags are in interval arrangement by pluralities of double-layered outer covers, folded sail balloons are arranged inside the sail balloon bags, and an engine, an electric air pump, a sea water purifier, a divided storage box and pluralities of lifesaving articles are arranged inside the sail balloon bags. The life-raft is a multifunctional lifesaving appliance which can automatically advance, travel by wind force and even lift off, being powered by solar energy, the sea water purifier and the pluralities of lifesaving articles can prolong the survival time of casualties as long as possible, and the life-raft which is just a spheroid after being deflated and recovered is easy to be placed on boats.

The invention discloses a walnut shelling and picking device which comprises a rack, wherein a case is arranged on the rack; a compression grinding device is arranged in the case; the discharge port of the compression grinding device is provided with a stirring device; the discharge port of the stirring device is provided with a sorting unit; a power device is fixed on the lower wall of the case, and is respectively connected with the sorting unit and the compression grinding device through a V-shaped belt; and the compression grinding device is firstly used for cracking the walnut, then through the hammering of the stirring device and the wind force separation, velvet strip adhesion and other functions of a separating device, the kernel is shelled out, so the automatic kernel-husk separation is realized. A height-adjustable device is adopted, the device can be adaptive to treatment of different types of walnuts, thus the walnut shelling and picking device can be used for mass production, so the labor time is shortened, the labor is saved, the processing cost is lowered, and the problems that the walnut is difficult to shell and depends on manual shelling are better solved; and moreover, the shelling rate and kernel yield are improved, so efficient low-consumption low-cost green and clean production is realized.

The invention relates to a multi-propeller wind driven generator which is an energy-collection wind driven generator which is powered by joint forces generated by the working of a plurality of wind propellers and can generate electricity by using a multi-stage transmission mechanism to transmit the joint forces to a rotator in the generator. The generator enhances the wind power quality and improves conversion and utilization rate of wind energy in a joint working way in the situation of small wind force and is superior to the traditional wind driven generator. The wind driven generator is characterized in that the frame of the wind driven generator is a multi-layer frame type; more than two wind propeller sets are evenly distributed on the crossbeam of the frame; the frame, the crossbeam and an inner end are arranged on turntables of each layer; and a drawbench (pull rod) is arranged at an outer end and used for adjusting direction along with wind direction. More than one row of wind propeller set is arranged as required to greatly improve the windward area of the wind propellers and improve the power of generating. The wind driven generator has simple structure, flexible running and reliable working and no environment pollution generated during the development and utilization and is convenient to the utilization of wind energy which is a clean energy.

The invention discloses a non-grid-tied wind electricity hydrogen production device which comprises a fan, a hydrogen production device body and a control device. The output of the fan is connected with the input of the control device, and the output of the control device is connected with the input of the hydrogen production device body. The non-grid-tied wind electricity hydrogen production device further comprises a storage battery. The storage battery is connected with the input of the hydrogen production device after parallel connection with the output of the fan. When the output voltage of the fan is larger than the voltage of the storage battery, the fan supplies a power source to the hydrogen production device and charges the storage battery at the same time. When the output voltage of the fan is smaller than the voltage of the storage battery, the storage battery outputs power and the fan and the storage battery simultaneously supply a power source to the hydrogen production device. When the output of the fan is larger than the upper limit for normal working of the hydrogen production device or smaller than the lower limit for the normal working of the hydrogen production device, the control device controls the hydrogen production device to be shut down. Wind forces are fully utilized, environment is not polluted, the utilization rate of resources is high, hydrogen can be conveniently and continuously produced only by adoption of the smaller storage battery, and cost is saved.

The invention relates to a retractable long-distance suspension wind-energy parasail device for ship navigation, which comprises a suspension parasail, a parasail retracting and releasing device, an inflatable and evacuating device and a parasail inhaul cable, wherein the suspension parasail is connected with the parasail retracting and releasing device through the parasail inhaul cable; a parasail surface inflatable air bag and a parasail top inflatable air bag are arranged in a parasail surface, and an inflatable direction wing and an inflatable stabilizer are also arranged in the parasail surface; gas lighter than the air, such as helium, hydrogen and the like, can be inflated into the air bags; and the parasail surface is also provided with a plurality of parasail in-series structures. The suspension wind-energy parasail device realizes the release and retraction of the parasail through inflation and air suction. The long-distance suspension wind-energy parasail device provided by the invention has the characteristics of stable parasail suspension position, fixed parasail shape, large wind areas, high wind position, high utilization rate of wind energy, simple and convenient operation of release and retraction and the like, can be used as both a wind-force device of ship navigation and a wind-force replenishing power device for the navigation of the conventional fuel oil power ships.

An antifreezing paint for the blades of wind-driven electric generator is prepared from epoxy resin, graphite powder, diluent, modifier and solidifying agent through proportionally mixing. Its advantages are high adhesion and high hydrophobicity.

A landfill method for strengthening ventilation and reducing the drainage of methane by taking advantage of wind power relates to a quasi-aerobic garbage landfill process. The landfill method is characterized in that a wind housing (1) is mounted at the tail end of a percolating liquid collecting main pipe (4), wherein, the ratio of an inlet diameter and an outlet diameter equal of the wind housing (1) ranges from to 8:1 to 4:1; a wind cap (2) is mounted at the top end of a vertical air duct (3) and rotates under double drive of external natural wind and difference between internal temperature and external temperature of a landfill body, so as to generate negative pressure and centrifugal force, continuously draw out landfill air in the air duct (3), drive the wind cap (2) at the tail end of the percolating liquid collecting main pipe (4) to continuously suck outside air into a garbage body, thereby forming a sustaining and efficient ventilating system, promoting aerobic decomposition and stability of garbage, and greatly reducing methane discharge. The method consumes no power, thereby greatly reducing the discharge of the quasi-aerobic garbage landfill methane and achieving the energy conservation and the drainage reduction. The invention has the advantages of simple process, convenient disassembly and assembly, low cost, and can be widely applied to domestic garbage landfill yards.

The invention relates to an interaction control technique applied between intelligent devices. The invention discloses a kitchen device intelligent interaction system and an interaction method, so that problems that information interaction and cooperative working between kitchen devices can not be carried out in the prior art are solved. According to the invention, an intelligent refrigerator, an intelligent gas-cooker and an intelligent smoke ventilator are connected through a household router. A user can select dish types and menus on the intelligent refrigerator. The intelligent refrigerator sends fire power control data according to the menus selected by a user. The intelligent gas-cooker executes an automatic cooking mode to automatically adjust the fire power. The intelligent smoke ventilator executes the automatic cooking mode to automatically adjust a wind force, and carries out self-adaptive wind power adjusting according to a present oil smoke concentration detected by an oil smoke concentration sensor. The kitchen device intelligent interaction system and the interaction method of the invention are applicable to household kitchens.

The invention relates to a large-wind sail vertical rotation type wind power generation tower, and solves the problems of the existing wind driven generator, such as difficult effective matching between wind wheels and a generator and low wind wheel power. The large-wind sail vertical rotation type wind power generation tower comprises impellers composed of an upright shaft and a wind sail blade,and wind control shells arranged outside the impellers. The large-wind sail vertical rotation type wind power generation tower is characterized in that multiple impellers and wind control shells are arranged and are mounted in multiple frames respectively and installed together vertically; the upright shafts of all impellers are connected with each other; and the upright shaft of the downmost impeller is connected with the main shaft of a variable-power generator, thus forming the large-wind sail vertical rotation type wind power generation tower. The invention has the advantages that as the variable-power generator is connected with the upright shafts of the impellers, the problem of difficult effective matching between the generator and the impellers is solved, and the impellers can be matched with the generator under any wind force, thereby reducing dependence on wind and improving the wind wheel power and the generating efficiency.

Disclosed herein is a reinforced structure for collapsible and wind resistible umbrella comprising a telescoping backbone, an upper and a lower nests, a plurality of multi-sectionalized main umbrella ribs and auxiliary ribs, a first and a second umbrella covers, and a plurality of resilient bands. An elaborately designed jointing technique is applied to joint these main and auxiliary ribs so as to substantially reinforce the mechanical strength of the umbrella to withstand the wind force. The last section of each main rib divided into parallelly laid, shorter first subsection and longer second subsection makes it possible to lay two umbrella covers in a manner leaving a fissure therebetween so as to release the wind flowing out. Furthermore a resilient band is provided between each first subsection of the main rib and the second umbrella cover that contributes to keeping a definite separation between the first and second subsections of the main rib so as to prevent the umbrella from overturning.

The invention discloses an orientation-adjustable solar LED street lamp comprising a lamp rod, a mounting seat fixed to the top of the lamp rod and supporting arms fixed to the left and right sides of the mounting seat. A protective shell body is arranged on the mounting seat. An upper cavity and a lower cavity are formed in the protective shell body. A fixed partition plate is arranged between the upper cavity and the lower cavity. An outer gear rotating table is fixedly arranged below the protective shell body. A coupling shaft is rotatably connected with the middle of the bottom of the outer gear rotating table and the middle of the top of the mounting seat. First gears are in engaged connection with the left and right sides of the outer gear rotating table. First motors are rotatably connected with the bottoms of the first gears and fixedly connected with the mounting seat in an embedded mode. A second motor is arranged in the middle of the bottom of the lower cavity, and a second gear is rotatably connected with the top of the second motor. Slave gears are in engaged connection with the left and right sides of the second gear. According to the orientation-adjustable solar LED street lamp, the structure is simple, operation is convenient and fast, the situation that the device is damaged caused by being affected by climate factors such as wind force and sand dust is not liable to occur, the service life is prolonged, and using efficiency is improved.

Disclosed are wind turbines comprising a turbine shroud and optionally an ejector shroud. The shrouds are segmented, or in other words have longitudinal spaces between segments. Such wind turbines have reduced drag load, particularly those loads due to off-axis wind forces.