GB2215292A - Windpowered electric vehicle - Google Patents

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GB2215292A
GB2215292A GB8806046A GB8806046A GB2215292A GB 2215292 A GB2215292 A GB 2215292A GB 8806046 A GB8806046 A GB 8806046A GB 8806046 A GB8806046 A GB 8806046A GB 2215292 A GB2215292 A GB 2215292A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/20—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus
    • F03D9/25—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus the apparatus being an electrical generator
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L8/00—Electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
    • F03D9/11—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing electrical energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/30—Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/32—Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations on moving objects, e.g. vehicles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/10—Alleged perpetua mobilia
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/32—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from a charging set comprising a non-electric prime mover rotating at constant speed
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K7/00—Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/94—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a movable wheeled structure
    • F05B2240/941—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a movable wheeled structure which is a land vehicle
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/728—Onshore wind turbines
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E70/00—Other energy conversion or management systems reducing GHG emissions
    • Y02E70/30—Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/64—Electric machine technologies in electromobility
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

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Abstract

A windpowered electric vehicle which has a suitably rated wind turbine mounted on its roof will keep on charging the batteries so long as the vehicle is in motion.

Description

WINDPOWERED ELECTRIC VEHICLE This invention relates to a self-charging Electric vehicle, independent of solar power.
Presentday electric vehicles are driven by electric motors powered by high capacity, heavy and expensive batteries. These batteries become discharged after using for about an hour or more, thereby limiting the range of the vehicle. These vehicles have drive mechanisms rated between 12.5 and 30KW and the weight of the batteries vary between 200 and 600 Kg. Even solar powered cars cannot run continuously without sunlight.
According to the present invention, there is provided wind driven generator, mounted on the roof of the electric vehicle to charge its batteries, so long as the vehicle is in motion, thereby extending znc range of the vehicle b a' ;Dro)o1-- tional to the output of the generator.
Now, consider a conventional wind turbine, coupled to a genera- tor to give an output of 3 Ml;. Such a turbine will be mounted at a height, of about 75 m above ground level, where the density of air is lower than that at ground level. It will have a rotor of inertia in the order of 25,000,000 Kg/m2, blades o diameter 100m and wiil rotate at a steed 0 about 10. .
If we have a small wind turbine mounted on a vehicle travelling at a speed of 60kmph, which is equivalent to 16.66m/s, the speed of wind falling on the blades of the turbine will be a minimum of 16.6m/s. The actual speed will be the speed of the vehicle plus the speed of the wino. Further, the rotor cf such a turbine will have additional kinetic energy due to th translation of the vehicle.Therefore, it is possible to design and build multibladed, hic sneed turbine having a blade diameter not exceeding 1 meter, with a rotor of low inertia to drive a generator to charge the batteries of an electric vehicle, due to the fact that the power generated is proportional to the Intertia of the rotor, to the square of the angular velocity of the rotor and to the cube of the velocity of the wind and to the density of air. The generator of such a system could be of the variable frequency type so that it is suitable for the varying speed of the vehicle. Another advantage of this systems is that we do not need high capacity batteries as the batteries get recharged when the vehicle is in motion. Therefore, the cost and weight of the batteries could be reduced considerably. 3ut there will be additional weight due to the inclusion of the turbine, generator, charging device, supportina structure an antivibration mounts.
If the rating of the generator of such a system is about 20g higher than that of its drive mechanism, the vehicle could rur continuonsl@ without stopping for reacharging the hatte@@@@ and will be independent of selar energy. The only limitative ed d be the rating. of the drive mechanism which should be suitably rated.
No drawings are attached, as the text is self-explanatory.

Claims (5)

1. An electric vehicle with a wind driven generator mounted on its roof would be self charging.
2. A vehicle as claimed in Claim 1 does not need main supply for charging the batteries,
3. A vehicle as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, is indepen dent of solar energy.
4. A vehicle as claimed in Claim 2 or Claim 3 has an opera ting range depending on the rating of the generator and the rating of the drive mechanism.
5. A vehicle as claimed in Claim 3 or Claim 4 would supply more power to the batteries, the more the vehicle runs.
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US5048864A (en) * 1990-04-23 1991-09-17 Geiger Ervin D Cycle type vehicles
GB2268458A (en) * 1992-07-07 1994-01-12 Dennis Gerald Murray Self-powered electric motor vehicle.
ES2117941A1 (en) * 1996-04-23 1998-08-16 Ramirez Moreno Jose Damian Process for generating the self-powering of vehicle engines moved by means of electric motors
FR2835485A1 (en) * 2002-02-07 2003-08-08 Daniel Savard Electrically powered vehicle with supplementary air-driven generator to extend range to a minimum of 1000 km, uses an air turbine to drive a supplementary generator
US7802641B2 (en) 2008-02-11 2010-09-28 John Friedmann Wind-powered, battery-energized electric vehicle
CN104325900A (en) * 2014-11-06 2015-02-04 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Seat of sightseeing vehicle for scenic spot
CN104325902A (en) * 2014-11-14 2015-02-04 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Electric sightseeing vehicle and back row seat structure of electric sightseeing vehicle
CN104442422A (en) * 2014-11-06 2015-03-25 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Method for improving driving capacity of sightseeing vehicle in scenic spot

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US4019828A (en) * 1974-11-01 1977-04-26 Bunzer George J Wind driven apparatus
US4132282A (en) * 1977-01-17 1979-01-02 Sparks Keith L Automotive electric generator
US4168759A (en) * 1977-10-06 1979-09-25 Hull R Dell Automobile with wind driven generator
US4179007A (en) * 1978-06-01 1979-12-18 Howe Robert R Wind operated power generating apparatus
US4282944A (en) * 1979-05-22 1981-08-11 Trumpy J Walter Wind power system
US4314160A (en) * 1980-04-25 1982-02-02 Leon Boodman Wind turbine generator for electrical powered vehicles

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US4019828A (en) * 1974-11-01 1977-04-26 Bunzer George J Wind driven apparatus
US4132282A (en) * 1977-01-17 1979-01-02 Sparks Keith L Automotive electric generator
US4168759A (en) * 1977-10-06 1979-09-25 Hull R Dell Automobile with wind driven generator
US4179007A (en) * 1978-06-01 1979-12-18 Howe Robert R Wind operated power generating apparatus
US4282944A (en) * 1979-05-22 1981-08-11 Trumpy J Walter Wind power system
US4314160A (en) * 1980-04-25 1982-02-02 Leon Boodman Wind turbine generator for electrical powered vehicles

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5048864A (en) * 1990-04-23 1991-09-17 Geiger Ervin D Cycle type vehicles
GB2268458A (en) * 1992-07-07 1994-01-12 Dennis Gerald Murray Self-powered electric motor vehicle.
ES2117941A1 (en) * 1996-04-23 1998-08-16 Ramirez Moreno Jose Damian Process for generating the self-powering of vehicle engines moved by means of electric motors
FR2835485A1 (en) * 2002-02-07 2003-08-08 Daniel Savard Electrically powered vehicle with supplementary air-driven generator to extend range to a minimum of 1000 km, uses an air turbine to drive a supplementary generator
US7802641B2 (en) 2008-02-11 2010-09-28 John Friedmann Wind-powered, battery-energized electric vehicle
CN104325900A (en) * 2014-11-06 2015-02-04 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Seat of sightseeing vehicle for scenic spot
CN104442422A (en) * 2014-11-06 2015-03-25 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Method for improving driving capacity of sightseeing vehicle in scenic spot
CN104325902A (en) * 2014-11-14 2015-02-04 重庆永淳新能源科技有限公司 Electric sightseeing vehicle and back row seat structure of electric sightseeing vehicle

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