| 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. |
