Patent ID: 7573148
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A wind turbine comprising: a) a stator assembly having a plurality of stator blades for tangentially redirecting wind into an enclosure formed by the stator blades; and b) a rotor assembly positioned within the enclosure formed by the stator blades, the rotor assembly having a plurality of stacked disks connected to a shaft means, the stacked disks being closely spaced from each other so as to create, in use, a boundary layer effect on surfaces of the disks that contributes in rotating the disks, each disk having a plurality of rotor blades disposed on an outer circumference thereof, each disk defining at least one opening thereon for redirecting the wind axially through each of the disks; whereby, in use, the stator blades redirect the wind tangentially to the rotor assembly and entirely within the enclosure formed by the stator blades before the wind is redirected axially through each of the disks.