Patent ID: 7679209

Claim:
An electrical power generating system adapted for use with a vertical wind deflector cylinder fixed to a ground surface that divides a flow path of wind impinging the structure into two separate accelerated wind flow paths around the cylinder, the cylinder having a solid outer surface, the system comprising: a spindle configured to be mounted to a top surface of the cylinder; a cross member configured to be supported on the spindle and to extend from a location on the top surface of the cylinder and terminate beyond an outer periphery of the cylinder; a turbine mounting shaft suspended from the cross member at a first end distal from the spindle; a turbine coupled to the turbine mounting shaft, wherein the turbine mounting shaft positions the turbine in proximity to a perimeter of the cylinder such that the turbine is driven by one of the two accelerated flow paths; and an energy converter coupled to the turbine that converts rotary motion from the turbine into electrical energy.