System and Method for Generating Electrical Power Using a Shrouded Turbine System

Abstract

A system and method for generating electrical power using a shrouded wind turbine system. Specifically, a shrouded wind turbine system can comprise a frame, a turbine mounted to said frame, wherein said turbine comprises a hub, a plurality of blade mounts connected to said hub, said hub rotatable, such that during said rotation said blade mounts move toward a turbine rear when above said hub and toward a turbine front when below said hub. In another embodiment, the shrouded wind turbine system can also comprise a plurality of blades, each connected to a unique one of said blade mounts, and an upper wind shroud comprising a front and a rear, said upper wind shroud front mounted above said turbine front and said upper wind shroud rear mounted above said turbine rear, further wherein said upper wind shroud front is mounted higher than said upper wind rear.

1 . A shrouded wind turbine system comprising
 a frame;   a turbine mounted to said frame, wherein said turbine comprises
 a hub; 
 a plurality of blade mounts connected to said hub, said hub rotatable such that during said rotation, said blade mounts move toward a turbine rear when above said hub and toward a turbine front when below said hub; 
 a plurality of blades, each connected to a unique one of said blade mounts; and 
 an upper wind shroud comprising a front and a rear, said upper wind shroud front mounted above said turbine front and said upper wind shroud rear mounted above said turbine rear, further wherein said upper wind shroud front is mounted higher than said upper wind shroud rear. 
   
     
     
         2 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein said upper wind shroud tilts at an angle between thirty degrees and seventy-five degrees. 
     
     
         3 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 2  wherein said upper wind shroud tilts at an angle of forty-five degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein said upper wind shroud comprises 6061 T-6 aluminum. 
     
     
         5 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein said blade mounts have a ratio of a linear blade length to a curve depth between 15/99 and 17/99. 
     
     
         6 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 6  comprising a plurality of battens, each batten connected to a one of said blades parallel to at least one of said blade mounts, further wherein said battens have a ratio of a batten linear blade length to a batten curve depth between 15/99 and 17/99. 
     
     
         7 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein each of said blades comprises a 6061 T-6 aluminum sheet. 
     
     
         8 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  further comprising a lower wind shroud, wherein said lower wind shroud is mounted to said frame in front of said turbine and mounted at least predominantly below said hub. 
     
     
         9 . A shrouded wind turbine system comprising:
 a frame;   a turbine mounted to said frame, wherein said turbine comprises
 a hub; 
 a plurality of blade mounts connected to said hub, said hub rotatable, such that during said rotation said blade mounts move toward a turbine rear when above said hub and toward a turbine front when below said hub; 
 a plurality of blades, each connected to a unique one of said blade mounts; and 
   a lower wind shroud mounted to said frame, wherein said lower wind shroud is mounted in front of said turbine and mounted at least predominantly below said hub.   
     
     
         10 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 9  wherein said lower shroud comprises a 6061 T-6 aluminum sheet. 
     
     
         11 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein said blade mounts have a ratio of a linear blade length to a curve depth between 15/99 and 17/99. 
     
     
         12 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 6  comprising a plurality of battens, each batten connected to a one of said blades parallel to at least one of said blade mounts, further wherein said battens have a ratio of a batten linear blade length to a batten curve depth between 15/99 and 17/99. 
     
     
         13 . The shrouded wind turbine system of  claim 1  wherein each of said blades comprises a 6061 T-6 aluminum sheet. 
     
     
         14 . A shrouded wind turbine system comprising
 a frame;   a wind turbine comprising
 a hub; 
 a first plurality of first sets of first blade mounts, for each first set, each said first blade mount within said first set parallel to other said first blade mounts, wherein each of said second sets is mounted to a left portion of said hub equally spaced radially from adjacent first sets; 
 a second plurality of second sets of second blade mounts, for each second set, each said second blade mount within said second set parallel to other said second blade mounts, wherein each of said second sets is mounted to a right portion of said hub equally spaced radially from adjacent second sets; 
   a first upper shroud mounted to said frame above said first plurality of said first sets of said first blade mounts; and   a second upper shroud mounted to said frame above said second plurality of said second sets of said second blade mounts.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14  further comprising
 a first lower shroud mounted to said frame in front of said first plurality of first sets of blade mounts, and at least predominantly below said hub; and 
 a second lower shroud mounted to said frame in front of said first plurality of first sets of blade mounts, and at least predominantly below said hub. 
 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15  wherein said first and second upper shroud and said first and second lower shroud each comprise a 6061 T-6 aluminum sheet. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14  wherein said blade mounts comprise 6061 T-6 aluminum.