Patent ID: 6155047
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: F03D,F03G,Y02E

Abstract:
An apparatus for generating energy which employs the use of a bore of a well wherein the well has pressured gas and the apparatus includes:a first gas line through which gas enters said well bore;a second gas line through which gas exits said well bore;a gas trapping member having a first conduit through which gas from said second gas line enters said gas trapping member and a second conduit through which said gas exits said gas trapping member, said gas trapping member being rotatably disposed adjacent the well bore and having a drive shaft fixedly connected thereto, said trapping member having a plurality of gas trapping pockets radially peripherally disposed thereon and disposed in an manner such that as gas enters said gas trapping member through said first conduit and exits said gas trapping member through said second conduit, gas is trapped in at least one of said trapping pockets to aid in rotation of said gas trapping member;a wind turbine operably disposed adjacent the well bore;an air compressor operably connected to said wind turbine and to said gas trapping member wherein the exiting said gas trapping member through said second conduit is recirculated through said first gas line; andan electric generator operably connected to said device shaft such that, as said drive shaft.