Patent ID: 7997371

Claim:
A power installation for conversion of energy of resistance airflow appearing during a movement of a transportation means, said transportation means including power train means, said power installation comprising: a number of box-sections secured on the transportation means in at least one of the following parts thereof: a roof, a bottom, a left wall, and a right wall of said transportation means; at least one of said box-sections containing a turbine unit, said turbine unit including: at least one casing secured to the box-section, said at least one casing has a surface, a number of intake channels arranged in the box-section, each said intake channel having an inlet opening for receiving said resistance airflow and an outlet opening located on the surface of said casing, a number of discharge channels arranged in the box-section for exhaust of the airflow passed through the turbine unit, a pair of support structural members having an X-shape with a central cross point thereof, said support members are substantially secured to the box-section or to the body of said transportation means, a turbine mounted in said casing, said turbine including a turbine shaft rotatably supported by said pair of support structural members in the central cross point thereof, a plurality of blades having a predetermined aerodynamic shape, and a gear means for conveying rotation of said turbine, said gear means associated with said pair of support structural members; an air compressor means arranged on the transportation means, said air compressor means are driven by said gear means; compressed air storage means arranged on the transportation means, said air storage means pneumatically associated substantially with said air compressor means; and a pneumatic motor arranged on the transportation means, said pneumatic motor is coupled with said power train means, and said pneumatic motor is pneumatically controllably associated substantially with said air storage means.