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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (US);
Bat Research and Consulting, Tucson, AZ (US);
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (US);
Paul Michael Cryan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Charles Dalton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paulo Marcos Gorresen, Keeau, HI (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (US);
University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI (US);
Bat Reseach and Consulting, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Abstract
A selectively perceptible wind turbine system provides illumination in a low intensity and wavelength invisible to the human eye, but visible to certain bats. This illumination deters bats and other flying animals from going near the turbine without becoming a nuisance. At least one ultraviolet (UV) illumination source produces at least one UV beam with a wavelength of approximately 200 nm to approximately 400 nm. This UV beam extends between the UV illumination source and at least one turbine blade surface of a turbine blade. Contact between the UV beam and the turbine blade surface forms an illumination interface with a power density of less than 100 μW/cm.