Patent ID: 8894386
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: F03D,F04B,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A system for releasing head pressure on a wind driven compressor, the system comprising: a wind driven compressor having a propeller section with a propeller and an air compressor rotationally combined to the propeller section, and a storage tank in fluid communication with the air compressor for storing a compressed air therein; a speed sensor associated with the propeller section for sensing a predetermined condition of the propeller; an actuator for actuating in response to a signal from the speed sensor that the speed sensor has sensed the predetermined condition of the propeller; and a valve combined to the actuator that moves between an open position and a closed position in response to the predetermined condition, wherein in the open position the head pressure from the compressor is released to an atmosphere.