Patent ID: 9382165
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B01D,C05C,C05D,C05G,F03D,F05B,Y02C,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A wind turbine comprising: a rotating surface of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) operatively connected to a driven mechanism which performs a useful task; said surface including a pollutant-removing construction or component which removes at least one pollutant from substantially ambient air impacting said surface; wherein said surface includes a fabric readily removably covering a vane of said VAWT, said fabric having a pollutant-removing material associated therewith; and wherein said fabric has a coating, film, impregnation, integral fiber, or other integral material associated therewith selected from the group consistent essentially of CaOH, NaOH, magnesium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, soda lime, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydrooxycarbonate, CaO, calcium carbonate, and combinations thereof.