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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Lightning Suppression Systems Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Lightning Suppression Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A wind power generation facility capable of realizing a lightning strike suppression effect while maintaining power generation efficiency by maintaining a blade shape that greatly affects power generation efficiency. An erected support column, a generator G provided at an upper portion of the support column, a hub H provided on a drive shaft that rotationally drives the generator, a plurality of blades radially provided to the hub about the drive shaft, charged bodies provided at tips of the blades, and a capacitor provided in an inner space of the hub are provided, and the capacitor includes a first electrode body that is grounded and a second electrode body that faces the first electrode body with an electrically insulating layer interposed therebetween and connected to the charged bodies.