Tickoo Wind Turbine

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The increased use of gasoline for powering automobiles has raised concern for environmental issues such as pollution, global warming, depletion of ozone layer, and so on. Moreover, running the gasoline-powered vehicles causes exhaustion of natural resources. As a possible solution to these problems, some companies have introduced electric-powered and hybrid vehicles. However, these vehicles also have some limitations or drawbacks due to limited power storage capacity of the batteries.

According to some published reports, several automobile companies are working on developing vehicles that will be powered by batteries or hybrid engines and will run 40-100 miles on a single initial charge. And when the batteries completely run out of the charge, the gasoline engine will kick in to run the car and charge the batteries at the same time. However, this will again require gasoline for running the vehicle. As mentioned earlier, the electric powered vehicles can also be used as an alternative to gasoline powered vehicles, but these vehicles also have certain limitations. One of the limitations of these vehicles is that the batteries used in them can last for a limited time; after that, the batteries need to be recharged. This gives rise to the need of a system that can constantly charge the batteries, so that the vehicle runs uninterruptedly.

Keeping all these limitations in view, some companies have designed devices that harness the wind power to generate power to charge the batteries. However, these devices also have some drawbacks and therefore lot of research is being done to improvise upon them and come up with new devices to charge the batteries. In continuation to these efforts, I have come up with a device called ‘Tickoo Wind Turbine’ that will be mounted at the top of the car. In this device, the wind strikes the blades of the turbine, thus generating power that can be used to charge the batteries of the car.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
When the car travels, especially at moderate to high speed, the wind will enter the turbine with high kinetic energy from the front in the horizontal direction and strike the blades of the wind turbine. This will make the blades rotate at high RPM. In this device, the blades are mounted on the rotor coupled with the generator/alternator through a shaft. The power thus generated will charge the batteries.

Tickoo Wind Turbine primarily consists of the Bottom Plate, Top Plate, Top Deflector, Front Deflectors, Side Deflectors, and Rear Deflectors. These components, when assembled, form an enclosure wherein the turbine blades rotate. This design is such that it divides the enclosure in two sections, Left Section and Right Section. The wind that enters into the Right Section of the wind turbine directly hits the blades at high speed and thus causes the rotation of the blades in the counterclockwise direction. The wind that enters the wind turbine in the Left Section is deflected towards the right side and exerts additional pressure on the blades, thus reinforces the rotation in the counterclockwise direction. Also, the Front Deflectors prevent the wind from entering into the Left Section of the turbine and therefore the wind does not create any resistance to the rotation of the turbine. The Front Deflectors actually deflect the wind at an angle that further pushes the blades in the counterclockwise direction. This pressure starts building at about -20 degrees angle and thus increases the effective power cycle.

In addition to the wind entering from the front, the side deflectors will also facilitate the entry of wind from the sides of the wind turbine. Moreover, the slots in the side deflectors will guide the wind to enter the turbine in such a way that the blades can rotate speedily.

Apart from the wind entering the turbine from the front and the sides, part of the wind moving out of the turbine will also be deflected back into the turbine with the help of the Rear Right and Rear Left deflectors. Consequently, the blades will be pushed not only from the front and the sides but also from the back side. This will make the blades rotate much faster and more power will be generated.

The proposed device, Tickoo Wind Turbine, overcomes the deficiencies that exist in the devices bearing the US Patent numbers 7,135,786 and 5,920,127. This device will be placed in the horizontal plane, and therefore, only a small area of the wind turbine will be in contact with the flow of the wind. As a result, this device will cause less resistance to the wind flow and the amount of drag developed will be significantly less. In this device, the wind energy will be used to drive the turbine and the power thus generated will be used to charge the batteries. So, as long as the car moves, its batteries will get continuous supply of power.

It is evident that some drag will be developed in this device also, but it will be comparatively less and its special design features will further minimize it. Consequently, this device will produce more power to charge the batteries

ADVANTAGES OF THE TICKOO WIND TURBINE
The Tickoo Wind Turbine has numerous advantages over a conventional turbine. This has been made possible by designing the mechanisms that deflect the wind in the desired area of the turbine and over a larger angle. Also, the drag component of the wind force is drastically reduced and the design maximizes the utilization of the wind. Following are some of the key advantages of this wind turbine:

This wind turbine is designed in such a way that the wind can enter and strike the turbine blades from several sides and in different directions. In addition to utilizing the wind that directly enters from the front, the wind will also enter the turbine through the slots on the sides that will further accelerate the blade rotation.
The wind turbine will continue generating power and charge the batteries even if the car is parked, provided there is sufficient wind to rotate the turbine blades.
If more power is needed, the width of the turbine blades can be easily increased. Any increase in the turbine blade width will create greater torque and therefore more power.
The scaled up version of this wind turbine can be mounted under the trucks that have sufficient ground clearance to accommodate it.
It can also be used to produce the power for home use by mounting the turbine on a tall structure like a turbine tower.
The design of the turbine makes it possible to mount several turbines on the same structure, thus producing more power economically.
The turbine design utilizes the low pressure regions created at the back of a moving automobile to increase the wind speed through the turbine and thus produce more power.
The unused power that is accumulated in the batteries can be converted into 110V with an inverter and sold to the utility companies or used at home.
The design of this turbine can be easily modified to fit on the sides, front, back, or in the trunk area of an automobile.
Like the wind, the flow of water can also be utilized to rotate the turbine.
The turbine has been designed in a way that drastically reduces the drag component of the wind force and maximizes the utilization of the wind.
As the equipment used in this design is inexpensive, the manufacturing cost will be significantly low.
The curved shape of blades in the wind turbine helps to increase the impact of wind on them. As a result, maximum kinetic energy of the wind is converted into mechanical energy, thus making it much more efficient.
The blades are arranged in staggered manner on the rotor. This is to ensure that all blades receive the wind and produce maximum possible energy.
The simple design of the device and its parts reduces the need of skilled operators as well as drastically reduces the transportation cost. Moreover, individual components of this device can be easily assembled, and their servicing and maintenance is much simpler.