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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Brandon L. Ennis, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Joshua Paquette, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 3/06 (2006.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.01); F03D 7/06 (2006.01); F03D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 3/062 (2013.01); F03D 3/005 (2013.01); F03D 3/064 (2013.01); F03D 7/06 (2013.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.05); F05B 2240/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to towerless vertical-axis wind turbines with pre-tensioned rotors. The present disclosure is further directed to a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) with supported blade ends (e.g., Darrieus type) which replaces the center tower with tensioned supports, such as tensioned guy wires, and blade pre-load.