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  Apparatus and method for cooling of airUSPTO Application #: 20070204633Title: Apparatus and method for cooling of air Abstract: A wind turbine apparatus for cooling of air having a wind turbine axially connected to a refrigeration compressor arranged to compress refrigerant, at least one tube for conducting compressed refrigerant centrifugally outwards, a construction for causing the compressed refrigerant to lose pressure so as to cool fades of the wind turbine, and a conduit for returning spent refrigerant centripetally to the compressor. (end of abstract)
Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. - New Haven, CT, US Inventor: Maxwell Edmund Whisson USPTO Applicaton #: 20070204633 - Class: 062093000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Refrigeration, Processes, Circulating External Gas, With Removing Of Moisture The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070204633. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for cooling air. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0002] In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a wind turbine apparatus for cooling of air characterised by comprising a wind turbine axially connected to a refrigeration compressor arranged to compress refrigerant, means for conducting compressed refrigerant centrifugally outwards, means for causing the compressed refrigerant to lose pressure so as to cool blades of the wind turbine, and means for returning spent refrigerant centripetally to the compressor. [0003] In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of condensing water from ambient air, which comprises driving, by means of ambient wind, a wind turbine apparatus in accordance with the present invention mounted in a duct by ambient wind so as to cause blades of the wind turbine to be cooled and to thereby cool ambient wind air passing through the duct and the wind turbine, and causing water vapour in the ambient wind air to condense to form liquid water, and collecting the liquid water. [0004] In accordance with a yet further aspect of the present invention there is provided a wind turbine having at least one blade mounted to a compressor housing mounted on a shaft for axial rotation relative to the shaft, and means for conducting compressed refrigerant outward centrifugally and means for returning the refrigerant centripetally through the or each blade with loss of pressure and change of phase from liquid to gas so as to cool the or each blade. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0005] The present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: [0006] FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a wind turbine of the present invention showing a single turbine blade; [0007] FIG. 2 is a further schematic plan view similar to FIG. 1 showing a plurality of turbine blades; [0008] FIG. 3 is a schematic side elevation of a first embodiment of an apparatus to convey air in accordance with the present invention; [0009] FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing a second embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention; [0010] FIG. 5 is a side elevation of a third embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention; [0011] FIG. 6 is a plan view of a further embodiment of a wind turbine of the present invention as used in the third embodiment of apparatus illustrated in FIG. 5; [0012] FIG. 7 is a side elevation of a fourth embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention; [0013] FIG. 8 is a plan view of a yet further embodiment of a wind turbine of the present invention used in the fourth embodiment of apparatus illustrated in FIG. 7; [0014] FIG. 9 is a schematic side elevation of a compressor used in the air cooling apparatus of the present invention; [0015] FIG. 10 is a schematic side-elevation of a further embodiment of a compressor used in the air cooling apparatus of the present invention; [0016] FIGS. 11a, b, c and d are various views of the compressor of FIG. 10; [0017] FIG. 12 is a schematic side elevation of a yet further embodiment of a compressor used in the air cooling apparatus of the present invention; [0018] FIG. 13 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing a fifth embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention; [0019] FIGS. 14A, 14B and 14C show schematically a scroll refrigerant compressor useful in the present invention in various positions; [0020] FIG. 15A is a plan view of an alternative form of scroll compressor useful in the present invention; and [0021] FIG. 15B is a side view of the scroll compressor of FIG. 15A. Continue reading... Full patent description for Apparatus and method for cooling of air Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Apparatus and method for cooling of air patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Apparatus and method for cooling of air or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Multi-bath apparatus and method for cooling superconductors Next Patent Application: Ball valve apparatus having a moisture indicator Industry Class: Refrigeration ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Apparatus and method for cooling of air patent info. IP-related news and info Results in 8.75215 seconds Other interesting Feshpatents.com categories: Qualcomm , Schering-Plough , Schlumberger , Seagate , Siemens , Texas Instruments , |
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