Internal Pressure Reduction Mechanism for an Open Turbine Used for Power Production

摘要

A device for reducing the internal pressure between the turbine blades of a transverse axis or fluid-flow-aligned axis, power-producing turbine, such as a wind turbine, by exhausting fluid out the top or bottom of the unit using a mechanical fan or pump. A moving fluid, such as air, can be forced through a conduit, as in FIG. 1 within the Tower 108, by a mechanical fan 102, for further processing to remove valuable constituents, such as carbon dioxide for use in zero-carbon fuel production, or rare gas harvesting. As there is a necessary energy cost for moving the fluid in such applications, the device improves the overall efficiency. This has the effect of increasing the power conversion efficiency past the Betz' Limit for turbines that harvest renewable energy and collect chemical constituents of air.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
A Transverse-Axis or Fluid-flow-aligned Axis Turbine for energy production in a fluid flow field; One or more Mechanical Fans or Pumps oriented or established so as to provide a means of exhausting fluid from a flow field along the axis of said Transverse-Axis or Fluid-flow-aligned Axis Turbine to a region outside of the general region enclosed by said turbine, thereby creating a region of pressure lower than the ambient pressure.