PatentsALERT
5531567
VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE
WITH BLADE TENSIONER
Hulls John Point Reyes Station, CA,
UNITED STATES assigned to FloWind
Corporation
A Darrieus-type vertical axis wind turbine
with tensioned blades is disclosed, along with
various mechanisms for tensioning the blades.
When the wind turbine is stationary in high
wind conditions, the blades are tensioned to
resist buckling. When the wind turbine is
coming up to operational speed, or slowing
down to a stop, the blades may also be
tensioned to change the dynamic resonance
characteristics of the rotor to avoid operation
at resonant frequencies.
5531969
SOLAR ENERGY INSTALLATION
FOR CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS
Tamme Rainer; Huder Karin Ostfildem,
GERMANY assigned to Deutsche
Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt
eV
To improve a solar energy installation for
chemical conversions comprising a receiver
assembly for solar radiation and a chemical
reactor which is supplied with solar radiation
energy by the receiver assembly and in which
chemical reactions take place due to the action
of the solar radiation energy, such that
optimum coupling of the solar radiation
energy into the reactor is possible and, in
addition, the reactor design is as simple and
variable as possible and the reactor is
connectable to the necessary supply devices in
as easy a way as possible,it is proposed that
the receiver assembly include several
concentrators which each couple the solar
radiation into one light guide respectively and
that the light guides feed the solar radiation
energy to the chemical reactor.
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5536325
METHOD OF TREATING
BIOMASS MATERIAL
Brink David L Berkeley, CA, UNITED
STATES
Two stage hydrolysis of lignocellulosic
material, conditions during the first stage
being such as to hydrolyze or depolymerize
the hemicellulosic component without
substantial degradation of resulting
monosaccharides, conditions during the
second stage being such as to hydrolyze the
cellulose to glucose without substantial
degradation of the glucose. The solids left
after first stage hydrolysis are disintegrated
mechanically thereby greatly facilitating
second stage hydrolysis. Hydrolysis in both
stages is preferably accomplished by the use
of nitric acid. The pH retention time and
temperature in both stages are selected to
maximize production of the desired
monosaccharide or monosaccharides.
5536333
PROCESS FOR MAKING
PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND
RESULTANT PRODUCT
Foote James B; Kaake Steven A F; Meyers
Peter; Nolan James Toledo, OH, UNITED
STATES assigned to Solar Cells Inc
A process and apparatus for making a large
area photovoltaic device that is capable of
generating low cost electrical power. The
apparatus for performing the process includes
an enclosure providing a controlled
environment in which an oven is located. At
least one and preferably a plurality of
deposition stations provide heated vapors of
semiconductor material within the oven for
continuous elevated temperature deposition of
semiconductor material on a sheet substrate
including a glass sheet conveyed within the