GB2278645A - Wind energy from vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

A plurality of turbines (fig.1) are located adjacent, roads, motorways, railways or airport runways to be driven by the wind from passing vehicles. The energy derived may be used to power a lighting system, to provide power for industry or to power lasers which in one embodiment are stated to be capable of charging the batteries of electric vehicles having conductors on their roofs. The turbines are also stated to be capable of cooling passing vehicles, and dispersing fog. <IMAGE>

Description

Using Traffic Generated Airflow to Create Electrical Energy Wind energy blades are put on motorways, trunk roads, etc.

airports, and various types of rail systems. Wind forces are created by traffic going past at speed.

The energy collecting blades are coupled up to turbines creating an energy field that would be harnessed up to industry, and could be set up anywhere in the world.

If required it could also be set up for private consumers.

The specific type of blade design can be utilized on the above type of traffic systems, which are all in use 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year giving an unlimited flow of energy.

The energy blades would be placed at intervals 60 ft apart, which would give per 100 miles of motorway 8600 turbines which if one takes into account the thousands of motorways throughout Britain, without taking into account trunk roads, A and B class roads, the potential energy created would be colossal.

When one takes into account that wind energy farms are very few on the ground, due to there complexity and size the much smaller wind energy blades can be mass produced and therefore cheaper and easier to maintain.

Specification Wind Enerav Blades Drawing (1) shows the blade as a lighting system.

Drawing (2) ' laser power source.

Drawing (3) " power source for industry.

Construction location would differ, taking into consideration different types of toads, rail systems and airports. On motorways. Construction would be on the central reservation area, enabling the wind energy blades to collect energy from both sides of the motory traffic.

Drawings 2.3.4. shows the various aspects of the machines as they would be placed in their various forms.

Wind Energy Machines on Motorway Systems (2) With A Charging Electric Unit System (Electric Vehicles) As electric vehicles move on the motorways, they are charged by a laser charging type system, as vehicles pass, "laser" beams of electricity "shoot" down on the vehicles, which have electric conductors on the roof and connected to the batteries.

(Drawings 1 and 2).

The charging areas would have a count down system and informative road signs, so that drivers would know when they are approaching the "charging areas" which would be one mile (or kilometre) long.

The charging lane, would be the one next to the hard shoulder.

This example shows a two lane with hard shoulder. It would work the same as a three lane with hard shoulder. Tolls would operate on the electic eye system at charge arms along motorways.

Main drawing shows wind machines on the central reservation and alongside the hard shoulder it shows charging pylons aimed at the slow lanes were cars and wagons would go through to re-charge as they move along the motorway.

Claims (1)

1. Claims

   To create a man made wind energy force by traffic going past the blades at high speed.

   In this way electrical energy is produced chearply giving our industry a mich more competitive edge.

   The system of blades can be erected on any traffic system in the world.

   The design fits into the environment, it is constructed on, and does not encroach into the country side, but fits into an area that has already been constructed, or built into a traffic system as it is constructed.

   The machines are environmentally friendly.

   The system has three working functions and possibly six.

   (1) As a lighting system.

   (2) it collects wind forces turning it into electrical energy for industry.

   (3) It has a laser firing system that re charges electric vehicles on the move.

   Possible (4) the blades when turning at speed, in winter stops ice and frost forming on motorways, roads, airports, and rail tracks.

   (5) In summer the blades act as a cooling system that would cause less overheating of vehicles as they travel at speed.

   (6) The blades rotating at speed could disperse fog.

   The claim that cheap electricity is achieved, is one of the unique features of this invention, the usual problem in this type of industrial venture, is how the system is set up and payed for.

   In this instance, industry pays for the building and setting up of the wind energy blades, in return all electricity generated, is metered through the national grid, and would come off industries electrical charges and would be a profit making business all round.

   If the electricity generated, can't be put through the national grid then industry would set up it's own electrical power system.

   Example The standing charge to industry for using motorway facilities is the lighting systems installed on top of the energy blades.