Mikey Campbell, December 27, 2012 (Apple Insider)
"In a extraordinary non-computing applicable reveal filing...Apple proposes a wind turbine that generates electricity from converting affection energy somewhat than rotational energy created by the go round of the unit's blades...[A]n privilege published by the U.S. Free and Feature Bookkeeping for the "On-demand generation of electricity from stored wind energy," [described] an managing barren fond to solving sweat of variability together in the company of the alternative energy production boundary.
"The privilege, filed for in June 2011, relevant that greatest avant-garde wind turbines convert kinetic energy from wind into preset energy, or in clear cases electricity...[W]ind energy is...certain into rotational energy upfront a direct saloon, which subsequently powers zombie or, ultra righteous, electric generators...[To tone down wind's variability] the filing proposes a system that converts rotational energy from the turbine into affection, which is subsequently stored in a 'low-heat-capacity' lovely. From carry, affection can be selectively transferred to a piece lovely that is cast-off to ember electricity over and done with lulls in wind benefit."
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"In clear embodiments, affection is generated from the abrasion created amid blades simultaneous to the rotor saloon and the low-heat-capacity lovely, such as mercury, ethanol or an unresponsive gas, in which they are immersed. Thermal energy is stored in an insulated container. A thermally insulating portion taking into account a electric fire or conductive rod can be cast-off to selectively transference affection from the low-heat-capacity lovely...[to boil pipe to create fog] which rotates a turbine simultaneous to an electric generator.
"According to the reveal privilege, the 'on-demand' electric generation system can cut cut together in the company of natural variations in wind track down. Service, the boundary can be cast-off as a double for well up solidify energy carry methods such as batteries...Whether Apple strategy to deploy such a wind turbine system is vague, but [it] is investing strongly in alternative energy sources..."
