Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow optimiser
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Application No.: US14443730Application Date: 2012-11-19
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Publication No.: US10095245B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Daniel Nutt , Eric Bannister
- Applicant: REVOLUTER LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Derbyshire
- Assignee: Revoluter Limited
- Current Assignee: Revoluter Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Derbyshire
- Agency: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/052862 WO 20121119
- International Announcement: WO2014/076443 WO 20140522
- Main IPC: G05D7/00
- IPC: G05D7/00 ; E04D1/30 ; G05D7/06 ; F03D9/34 ; F03D80/00 ; F03D3/04 ; E04B7/18 ; G05B13/02 ; F03D13/20

Abstract:
A roof 201 has an apex 200. A wind turbine 202 is positioned above the apex 200. Air flows through the gap 204 between the apex 200 and the turbine 202. A flow optimizer 203 diverts a section of airflow close to the apex 200 into the region 205, downstream of the apex. This section of diverted airflow is turned away from the local airflow direction towards the surface of the roof 201, downstream of the apex. This reduces the boundary layer separation and turbulence downstream of the apex 200, which reduces energy loss associated with sub-optimal static pressure recovery downstream of the apex 200, and thus increases the discharge coefficient of the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160062366A1 FLOW OPTIMISER Public/Granted day:2016-03-03
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