Patent ID: 9091269
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: F01C,F03D,F04C,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A device for generating high pressure air, said device comprising: a rotor capable of rotating about an axis of rotation under the influence of wind energy; a block having an external surface and an internal surface, said internal surface defining an internal cavity in said block, whereby the rotor is located inside said cavity and is capable of rotating within the cavity, and said block being capable of moving relative to the rotor in a direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotor so as to vary the position of the rotor within the cavity; a plurality of vanes extending from said rotor, said vanes being coupled to the rotor in such a manner that, in every position that the block is capable of adopting relative to the rotor, the rotor is capable of rotating within the cavity while maintaining continuous contact between each vane and the internal surface of the block so as to maintain a seal between the internal surface and the vane; a gas inlet channel extending from the external surface of the block to the internal cavity so as to permit a gas to enter the cavity; a gas outlet channel on an opposite side of the block to the gas inlet channel, said gas outlet channel extending from the internal cavity to the external surface of the block so as to permit the gas to exit the cavity; a guide constraining the motion of the block to the direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotor; and a position controller for causing the block to move relative to the rotor so as to vary the position of the rotor within the cavity; wherein the block is coupled to the guide; and wherein the guide comprises a housing which has an outside surface and an inside surface, said inside surface defining a chamber inside which the block is located, wherein the shape of said chamber is such that the inside surface constrains the motion of the block to the direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotor, said housing having a housing inlet channel extending from the outside surface of the block to the chamber and a housing outlet channel on an opposite side of the housing to the housing inlet channel, said housing outlet channel extending from the chamber to the outside surface so that, in every position that the block is capable of adopting relative to the rotor, said housing inlet channel at least partially aligns with the gas inlet channel so as to permit a gas to enter the cavity and said housing outlet channel at least partially aligns with the gas outlet channel so as to permit the gas to exit the cavity; said device additionally comprising a dewatering device for dewatering the gas prior to said gas entering the cavity.