WIND TURBINE WITH A MECHANISM FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY VARYING THE PITCH OF A MULTI-BLADE ROTOR

• Main Authors: YUAN, WEI, ZHOU, SHAO JUN, LIU, JIN PENG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 31.12.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

A mechanism for synchronously varying pitch of a multi-blade rotor, such as rotors used in wind or hydraulic generator and helicopter is provided in the present invention. Said sync-pitch-varying mechanism for the rotor mainly comprises a bearing a driver, a transmission, a linkage and a control unit, wherein said transmission includes a shaft coupling, a ballscrew, an intermediate cylinder, a driven shaft and a transition cylinder; said linkage includes a link hub, a guide support and multiple links; said control unit includes a speed sensor, a position sensor, a switch and a programmable controller; a rotatory driving force output by said driver through the shaft coupling is transmitted to the driven shaft through a screw-and-nut transmission between the ballscrew and the intermediate cylinder of said transmission so as to drive the driven shaft to move in a linear motion which is then transferred from the driven shaft to the link hub of the linkage through means of the transition cylinder; said controller is configured to enable the driven shaft to move reciprocally within a predefined range of length in order to move the link hub back and forth along the guide support in an axial direction thereof, and therefore multiple bearings for supporting the blades of the rotor are rotatably movable through the multiple links of the link hub (131). Advantageously, the mechanism of the invention has a simple and compact structure, low cost and high reliability, and the operation is easy to be controlled precisely.