Patents by Inventor Gustave Corten

Gustave Corten has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060232073
    Abstract: Turbine farm comprising at least a first turbine and at least a second turbine for energy extraction from a flowing fluid, wherein when the second turbine is on the lee side of the first turbine, under nominal power, the axial induction of the first turbine is lowered with respect to the second turbine, to reduce turbulence mainly at the location of the at least second turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Gustave Corten, Pieter Schaak
  • Publication number: 20060131889
    Abstract: Method and assembly for extracting energy from a flowing fluid. It is proposed to regard all devices of the assembly together as one flow body. In particular those devices on the upstream side of the assembly are set such that they exert lateral (horizontal and/or vertical) forces on the fluid flow, as a result of which flows are produced that guide fast fluid through the energy-extracting devices and guide slow fluid precisely away therefrom. The assembly includes a wind farm and the devices that generate the lateral forces are a type of vortex generators for the atmospheric boundary layer; more particularly they are horizontal or vertical wind turbines positioned at an angle to the wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Gustave Corten, Koert Lindenburg, Pieter Schaak