GB2560881A

GB2560881A - Renewable energy wind funnel for powering of automotive vehicles

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Publication number: GB2560881A
Application number: GB1704048.6A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Hilou Hassan; Wareosh Mustafa; Mohammed Sanba Sarah
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-03-14
Filing date: 2017-03-14
Publication date: 2018-10-03
Also published as: GB201704048D0; GB2560881A8

Abstract

A renewable energy wind funnel apparatus for a vehicle (e.g. automated electric vehicle, car, van, SUV, MPV, bus, train, ship, aircraft), the apparatus including; a wind funnel 1, funnel housing 3, side inlets 4, a turbine 5, a dynamo 6, wiring connectors 7, a Venturi pipe 8, a battery 9, and a DC motor 12. As the vehicle travels forward, wind flow 2 enters the funnel through a main frontal opening and/or side inlets and into the narrowed Venturi pipe to compress and accelerate the air to the turbine, which is rotated by the air flow. The turbine is directly linked to the dynamo/generator, the rotation of which generates electrical energy which is passed through the wiring connectors to the battery which, in turn, may power the DC motor. Therefore, the battery is recharged as the vehicle travels. The wind funnel, Venturi pipe, turbine and dynamo may be enclosed within a roof mounted box. Power generated by the wind funnel apparatus may be used for powering third party devices once the vehicle has reached a destination, e.g. lighting at a camp site.

Description

(71) Applicant(s):

Hassan Hilou

House No.2, Street No.63, Sector 825, Baghdad, Iraq

Mustafa Wareosh

Baslow Drive, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham, NG9 2SR, United Kingdom (56) Documents Cited:

WO 2009/025377 A1 US 7808121 B1 US 3444946 A US 20110309786 A1 (58) Field of Search:

INT CL B60K, B60L

Other: ONLINE: WPI, EPODOC, Patent FullText

Sarah Mohammed Sanba

Baslow Drive, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 2SR, United Kingdom (72) Inventor(s):

Hassan Hilou Mustafa Wareosh Sarah Mohammed Sanba (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:

Patent Protect

The Glass House, 3D Newthorpe Common, Newthorpe, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 2BX, United Kingdom (54) Title ofthe Invention: Renewable energy wind funnel for powering of automotive vehicles Abstract Title: Renewable energy wind funnel for powering a vehicle (57) A renewable energy wind funnel apparatus for a vehicle (e.g. automated electric vehicle, car, van, SUV, MPV, bus, train, ship, aircraft), the apparatus including; a wind funnel 1, funnel housing 3, side inlets 4, a turbine 5, a dynamo 6, wiring connectors 7, a Venturi pipe 8, a battery 9, and a DC motor 12. As the vehicle travels forward, wind flow 2 enters the funnel through a main frontal opening and/or side inlets and into the narrowed Venturi pipe to compress and accelerate the air to the turbine, which is rotated by the air flow. The turbine is directly linked to the dynamo/ generator, the rotation of which generates electrical energy which is passed through the wiring connectors to the battery which, in turn, may power the DC motor. Therefore, the battery is recharged as the vehicle travels. The wind funnel, Venturi pipe, turbine and dynamo may be enclosed within a roof mounted box. Power generated by the wind funnel apparatus may be used for powering third party devices once the vehicle has reached a destination, e.g. lighting at a camp site.

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PATENT APPLICATION

OF

HASSAN WARUSH HILOU, MUSTAFA HASSAN WAREHOSH,

SARAH MOHAMMED SANBA

FOR

RENEWABLE ENERGY WIND FUNNEL FOR POWERING OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a method of providing a renewable power source for automotive vehicles relating to battery energy driven motors.

Background

Wind power is the direct use of air flow through wind turbines to mechanically power generators for electric power or to charge batteries or cells. Wind power, as an alternative to the burning of fossil fuels, is very plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, it produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation, consumes no water and uses little land. The net effects on the environment are far less problematic than those of the other known nonrenewable power sources. Today wind powered generators operate in every size range between tiny stations for battery charging at isolated residences, up to near-gigawatt sized offshore wind farms that provide electric power to national electrical networks, these devices convert the wind's kinetic energy into electrical power. The result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of horizontal axis and vertical axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power. Slightly larger turbines can be used for making small contributions to a domestic power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Arrays of large turbines, known as wind farms, have become an increasingly important source of renewable energy and are used in many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.

Wind turbine design is the process of defining the form and specifications of a wind turbine to extract energy from the wind. A wind turbine installation consists of the necessary systems needed to capture the wind's energy, point the turbine into the wind, convert mechanical rotation into electrical power, and other systems to start, stop, and control the turbine.

The transportation industry is one area that has been looking at the use of renewable energy methods to power motor vehicles without the need to burn fuels. These attempts have included hydrogen power with some commercial application to cars and battery power. A battery electric vehicle (BEV), batteryonly electric vehicle (BOEV) or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead of internal combustion engines (ICEs) for propulsion. They derive all power from battery packs and thus have no internal combustion engine, fuel cell, or fuel tank. BEVs include bicycles, scooters, skateboards, rail cars, watercraft, forklifts, buses, trucks and cars. This relies on the vehicle owner plugging into a charging point, of which there is a shortage at petrol stations and having to wait long periods for the vehicle to re-charge.

The distance life of the vehicle once charged is also limited to much fewer miles or kilometres than that which is provided by petrol or diesel.

Therefore, the driver of the car is quite restricted in how far they can travel before the car requires charging again. This is disruptive and limits the use of the vehicle to short distances with some uncertainty.

The present invention aims to provide a solution to powering vehicles with a renewable energy by harnessing the wind which flows towards the vehicle as it moves forward and turning it into stored battery power by way of a wind funnel, turbine and dynamo.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention there is provided a method for collecting wind and moving air and directing it into a funnel device or number of funnel devices toward a turbine rotator and dynamo. This source of continuous power can be achieved by investing the wind energy that the vehicle is facing while moving forward, this can be conducted by fixing a set of wind funnels that lead the wind stream across a venture pipe towards a turbine connected to a dynamo electricity generator. This can secure electrical power with the movement of the vehicle.

The electricity generation can take advantage from the wind energy by three stages; the first is the moving speed of the vehicle itself against the wind, the second is the air funnel affection on speeding up the wind inside it and the last one being the speed of the wind itself. However, the wind direction can reduce this energy investment and it can be minimised by using air intakes to redirect the wind towards the wind funnel.

This disclosures aim to is to take advantage of wind power that resists the moving body of the transportation object to energise all kinds of transportation methods that use renewable energy (automotives, trains, ships and airplanes) by forcing the wind stream into multiple funnels that end with turbines which will rotate a dynamo electricity generator to recharge the batteries. This can maximise the length of each journey and meanwhile the bare usage of wind funnel itself can increase up the speed of the vehicle due to wind speed variation inside them.

Advantageously, as the driver increases speed and consumes the battery’s energy, the wind speed at the wind tunnels entrance will increase and produces more electricity current to charge up the battery, which can give a continuous source of efficient power. This unit can be portable to be installed on the vehicle roof, as a new or aftermarket product. Wind funnels can be distributed on the roof and all other parts of the car such as beside the doors and on the bonnet and under the bumper (wherever the wind will interact with car body). It can be used as a separate portable power source (even for cars with Internal combustion engines). For example; when camping, the driver can recharge the batteries in this way during the journey to the camp location, to use the electricity when he arrives at his destination. These claims can include all kinds of transportation methods such as automobiles, buses, trailers, trains, ships and aviation.

System components

The system contains many parts that work in coordination as shown in the Figures. These begin with the wind funnel, this part can be located at top, front or the side of the vehicle or moving object to collect the high speed wind stream, to direct it towards the turbo charger. A further component is the venture pipe, this part represents the curvature of the pipe where the diameter will decrease to raise the wind stream speed, which can increase the turbo RPM in comparison with the equal diameter. The installation of the wind funnel can increase the vehicle speed due to the outcome wind speed towards the ground, which can provide more power to overcome the motion resistance power. The turbine is responsible for converting the wind energy to rotation where the wind can rotate the turbine’s blade and the rotation speed is correlated positively to the moving speed of the vehicle or object and to the differential of the diameters between the inlet and the outlet of the wind funnel.

A dynamo electricity generator converts the rotation power to electrical power the conversion efficiency depends on the outcome speed of the turbine thereto.

Batteries supply the motor with electricity power and they are charged by the dynamo. The DC motor provides movement after receiving electricity power from charged batteries.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the Patent Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended fo be limiting as fo the scope of the invention in any way.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved wind funnel battery charging method which has all the advantages of the prior art charging devices and none of the disadvantages.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved wind funnel battery charging method which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved wind funnel battery charging method which is of durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved wind funnel battery charging method which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labour, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a wind funnel battery charging method economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved wind funnel battery charging method which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and detailed descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

Brief description of figures

Figures 1 show a diagram of the wind funnel and components.

Figures 2 show a side view of a car with the wind funnel roof mounted.

Figures 3 show a dimensional view of the wind funnel and the turbine position. Figures 4 show a diagram of the wind funnel with no side inlets.

Figures 5 show the roof and body mounted multiple wind funnels.

Detailed description of figures

A typical embodiment of the renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicle is shown in Figure 1 and comprises a wind funnel 1 which is located to a vehicle roof. This is housed in a wind funnel housing 3 which is affixed using attachment means.

The wind funnel housing 3 has side inlets for air 4 which pass as a through onto the wind funnel 1, as shown.

Wind flow 2 passes into the wind funnel 1 and side inlets 4 as the vehicle travels forward during use. The wind flow 2 passes into the wind funnel through a frontal opening and into a more narrowed venture pipe 8 and further into a turbine 5.

The rapidly moving wind flow 2 rotates a fan inside the turbine 5 which is directly linked to a dynamo 6 which creates energy from the rotation of the turbine 5 thereto.

The power generated by the dynamo 6 is passed through wiring connectors 7 to a battery 9 which in turn is able to power a DC motor 12 to provide further power back to the battery as the cycle continues thus.

In Figure 2 the combination of the wind funnel 1A, the venture pipe 8A, the turbine 5A and the dynamo 6 are housing on the roof of a vehicle.

This ensemble may be disguised by added parts 10 to include enclosing the parts inside what appears to be a roof storage box for a vehicle, indicated but not specifically represented in shape or form in Figure 2.

These extend and send generated power to the DC motor 12A and battery 9A via the power transfer cables 7A and 11.

The wind funnel 1B is show in Figure 3 with its attached turbine 5B to the opposing end to the main wind inlet 13. The wind flow 2B passes through the main wind inlet 13 through the wind funnel 1B into the venture pipe 8B and through the turbine 5B, as shown.

A second embodiment of the wind funnel 1C is shown in Figure 4 wherein, no side inlets are present. Therefore, the main wind flow 2C passes through the main wind inlet 13C into the wind funnel 1C directly.

Smaller wind funnels 1D may be placed in unison across the frontal roof section of a vehicle, shown as a car in Figure 5.

The further components as previously described would be assembled and incorporated in the roof structure and lining with rear venting or other areas of the vehicle as shown, providing suitable uninterrupted wind flow is possible.

Claims

1) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles constituted by:

A wind funnel, a funnel housing, side inlets, a venture pipe, a turbine, a dynamo, wiring connections, a DC motor and a battery.

2) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 wherein, a wind funnel is a suitably sized hollow cone form and has a frontal opening and optional side openings into which wind enters as a vehicle is moving.

3) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 2 wherein, wind entering the opening of the wind funnel is forced into a more narrowed venture pipe which compresses and increases the wind capacity and speed therein prior to entering a turbine section.

4) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 3 wherein, wind which has been compressed and its speed increased by way of a narrowed venture pipe, enters a turbine which is attached to the more narrowed end of the wind funnel and rotates the blades provided within which is located adjacent to a dynamo section thereto.

5) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 4 wherein, wind which enters a turbine is rotated to high speed which in turn rotates a dynamo which is located and attached to the turbine, producing electricity which is passed to connecting wires.

6) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 5 wherein, electricity which is passed from a rapidly rotating dynamo is passed though connecting wires to a battery providing a charging action to the battery which is originally actioned by captured wind in a wind funnel mounted to a motor vehicle such as a car or large vehicle, to include vans, off SUV or MPV vehicles, buses, trailers, trains, ships and airplanes, the battery power then transfers to a DC motor.

7) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 6 wherein, electrical energy provided by a battery is passed to a DC motor which rotates a drive point and a shaft to turn the wheels or other required powering of mechanical areas of a motor vehicle or such as a car or large vehicle, to include vans, off SUV or MPV vehicles, buses, trailers, trains, ships and airplanes.

8) A renewable energy wind funnel for automated vehicles as set forth in claim 1 and claimed in claim 7 wherein, the power generated from a body mounted wind funnel on a vehicle to charge a mounted on board battery, may be used for further powering of third party devices once said vehicle has reached a destination, to include, using the power on a camp site for lighting solutions when the providing vehicle is stationary.

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Application No: GB1704048.6 Examiner: Mr Gareth John