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| grub Senior Member  Joined: 27/11/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 169 |
Saw this interesting concept online recently and thought it would be good to share it. A different windmill design Don't know how it would go but it would "save" the birds, bats or what ever. |
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MacGyver Guru  Joined: 12/05/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 1329 |
Grub Thanks for that link; very interesting. Unlike they, I'm not looking for funding. What I need is less projects and more fun time to build something along the same lines. A while back, I said I was building a "ginormous" VAWT, but I never got the time as I have too many other things going on as well as the fact I'm edging towards being 70 years old! At any rate, my idea is to build a ring of stationary vertical panels, which gather wind from any direction and redirect the wind towards the center of the thing, creating a vortex. Within that interior space is a wheel with a flat vertical wing made of some lightweight material, like Coreflute or some other plastic and as the wind concentrates inside, it spins. I'd then attach either an alternator or (in my case) an air compressor and it's a done deal. . . . . . Mac Nothing difficult is ever easy! Perhaps better stated in the words of Morgan Freeman, "Where there is no struggle, there is no progress!" Copeville, Texas |
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| MacGyver Guru Joined: 12/05/2009 Location: United StatesPosts: 1329 |
Grub Thanks for that link; very interesting. Unlike they, I'm not looking for funding. What I need is less projects and more fun time to build something along the same lines. A while back, I said I was building a "ginormous" VAWT, but I never got the time as I have too many other things going on as well as the fact I'm edging towards being 70 years old! At any rate, my idea is to build a ring of stationary vertical panels, which gather wind from any direction and redirect the wind towards the center of the thing, creating a vortex. Within that interior space is a wheel with a flat vertical wing made of some lightweight material, like Coreflute or some other plastic and as the wind concentrates inside, it spins. I'd then attach either an alternator or (in my case) an air compressor and it's a done deal. . . . . . Mac Now it's telling me I'm "spamming". What a crock! Nothing difficult is ever easy! Perhaps better stated in the words of Morgan Freeman, "Where there is no struggle, there is no progress!" Copeville, Texas |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Looks like you accidentally posted the same message twice, a couple of minutes apart. That set of the spamming warning. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| electrondady1 Senior Member Joined: 12/02/2009 Location: CanadaPosts: 208 |
i can't help thinking since they are using an oscillation to harvest the energy, that sound is created as a byproduct . we already have windmills that create sound as a bi product. if they have already raised a million dollars shouldn't they have at least one real devise installed somewhere? when i go for a drive in the country i see a lot of solar panels attached to barns , outbuildings, etc. even on their own pedestals tracking the sun. they don't make any sound. |
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