Systems and methods for interleaved synchronous propeller system

Abstract

A system with a first turbine rotating in a first direction and a second turbine rotating in a second direction, wherein there is negative clearance associated with blades of the first turbine and the blades of the second turbine.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wind turbine system comprising:
 first blades positioned on a first axis, the first blades being configured to rotate in a first direction at a first speed around a first axis of rotation;   second blades positioned on the first axis, the second blades being configured to rotate in a second direction at the first speed around a second axis or rotation, wherein negative clearance is created between the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation.   
     
     
         2 . The wind turbine system of  claim 1 , wherein the first blades and the second blades have a first length, and a distance from the first axis of rotation to the second axis of rotation is less than double the first length. 
     
     
         3 . The wind turbine system of  claim 2 , wherein the first blades and the second blades rotate within a same space created within the negative clearance. 
     
     
         4 . The wind turbine system of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 third blades positioned on the first axis, the third blades being configured to rotate in the second direction at the first speed, wherein the first blades are positioned between the second blades and the third blades.   
     
     
         5 . The wind turbine of  claim 1 , wherein a first phase associated with the rotation of the first blades is offset from a second phase associated with the rotation of the second blades. 
     
     
         6 . The wind turbine of  claim 5 , wherein the offset between the first phase and the second phase is a fixed angle such that the first blades and the second blades do not interfere with each other when traveling through the negative clearance. 
     
     
         7 . The wind turbine of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 third blades are positioned on a second axis, the third blades being configured to rotate in the second direction at the first speed, wherein the first blades are positioned adjacent to the second blades and the third blades.   
     
     
         8 . The wind turbine of  claim 7 , wherein the third blades are positioned adjacent to the first blades along the second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis. 
     
     
         9 . The wind turbine of  claim 1 , wherein there are an equal number of first blades and second blades. 
     
     
         10 . The wind turbine of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a vertical shaft extending from a bottom of a foundation upward to a beam, the beam extending along the first axis, the vertical shaft being positioned perpendicular to the beam; and   a first generator coupled to the first blades and the second blades.   
     
     
         11 . A method for utilizing interleaved blades:
 rotating first blades and second blades on a first axis, the first blades rotating in a first direction at a first speed around a first axis of rotation, the second blades rotating in a second direction at the first speed around a second axis or rotation;   creating negative clearance between the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first blades and the second blades have a first length, and a distance from the first axis of rotation to the second axis of rotation is less than double the first length. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 rotating the first blades and the second blades within a same space created within the negative clearance.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 rotating third blades on the first axis, the third blades rotating in the second direction at the first speed;   rotating the first blades between the second blades and the third blades.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 offsetting a first phase associated with the rotation of the first blades from a second phase associated with the rotation of the second blades.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the offset between the first phase and the second phase is a fixed angle such that the first blades and the second blades do not interfere with each other when traveling through the negative clearance. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 rotating third blades on a second axis, the third blades rotating in the second direction at the first speed, wherein the first blades are positioned adjacent to the second blades and the third blades.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the third blades are positioned adjacent to the first blades along the second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein there are an equal number of first blades and second blades. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 coupling a vertical shaft extending from a bottom of a foundation upward to a beam, the beam extending along the first axis, the vertical shaft being positioned perpendicular to the beam; and   a first generator coupled to the first blades and the second blades.