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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Chiranjeev Kalra, Glenville, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni, Albany, NY (US);
Gary Lee Leonard, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Chiranjeev Kalra, Glenville, NY (US);
Charles Erklin Seeley, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni, Albany, NY (US);
Gary Lee Leonard, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion system is presented. The system includes a wind passage allowing wind flow. Further, the system includes a reservoir having an opening in communication with the wind passage and configured to hold a liquid. The system also includes an agitator coupled to the reservoir and configured to convert the liquid into droplets. Additionally, the system includes a charging system disposed substantially opposite the reservoir opening and configured to deposit an electrostatic charge on the droplets and draw the droplets into the wind passage. Moreover, the system includes a charge collector disposed at a distal end of the wind passage and configured to collect the electrostatic charge from the droplets.