| 摘要 |
There is provided an electric power generation system utilizing wind power, being excellent in maintainability, and capable of reducing in size and weight a nacelle provided at an upper portion of a tower. An electric power generation system W includes a wind turbine 10, a conductor 20 rotating as the wind turbine 10 rotates, a heat transfer medium vessel 30, a magnetic field generator 40, a heat accumulator 50, and an electric power generation unit 60. The wind turbine 10 is attached to a nacelle 102 provided at an upper portion of a tower 101, and the conductor 20, the heat transfer medium vessel 30 and the magnetic field generator 40 are housed in the nacelle 102. . Furthermore, the heat accumulator 50 and the electric power generation unit 60 are provided in a building 103 built at a lower portion (or a base) of the tower 101. The magnetic field generator 40 is operated to generate a magnetic field and therein the conductor 20 is rotated and thus heated through induction, and the conductor's heat is transmitted to the water in the heat transfer medium vessel 30 to generate steam which is in turn supplied to a steam turbine 61 and thus drives an electric power generator 62 to generate electric power. |
