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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Walter M. Presz, Jr., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Michael J. Werle, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas J. Kennedy, Iii, Wilbraham, MA (US);
William Scott Keeley, Charleston, RI (US);
Robert H. Dold, Monson, MA (US);
Walter M. Presz, Jr., Wilbraham, MA (US);
Michael J. Werle, West Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas J. Kennedy, III, Wilbraham, MA (US);
William Scott Keeley, Charleston, RI (US);
Robert H. Dold, Monson, MA (US);
FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A fluid turbine comprises a turbine shroud, an ejector shroud, and a means for extracting energy from a fluid stream. The means for extracting energy is located in the annulus between the turbine shroud and the ejector shroud. High-energy fluid can flow through the turbine shroud to bypass the means for extracting energy. Energy is extracted from the fluid passing through the means to form a low-energy fluid stream. The high-energy fluid and the low-energy fluid can then be mixed. The turbine shroud and/or the ejector shroud has mixing lobes to increase the mixing of the two fluid streams.