The Robinson Wind and Water Turbine - Patent Pending

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Hey Hammer, you're kind of right. I've accomplished two things from what the engineers say. I've improved cost efficiency and achived scalability. Going public none the less in the next several months, hopefully by March and have a number of major large scale power purchase contracts in the works. Hydro Alternative Energy, LLC is the company that bought me my IP interests.

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The concept has been around for centuries except no one could make it work well enough to be practical. I improved both efficiency and made it scalability Let's see what the patent office says. It really doesn't matter since we a nearing both an IPO and PPA's to take it to the market. First come first served is the real world.

[ABthehammer]

ENDLESSSOLUTIONS

Thanks for showing, and it is something to look at, but it is not original. You can find it in Leupold's, Theatrum Machinarum from around 300 years ago. When you find it you will see several things that people are trying to pass off as new invention and they probably don't even know it had already been done. Good luck and hope you have a good market.

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@ABthehammer Hey Hammer, your kind of right. I've accomplished two things from what the engineers say. I've improved cost efficiency and achived scalability. Going public none the less in the next several months, hopefully by March and have a number of major large scale power purchase contracts in the works. Hydro Alternative Energy, LLC is the company that bought me out.

[alternativisrelativ]

Love the innovation to measure the torque. You might be interested in the SRM cranks that cyclists use on their bikes to measure the power they put through their pedals. It is a small strain gauge array built into the crank. Last post being ten months ago you may be way ahead of this but good luck anyway.

[alternativisrelativ]

sorry - 7 months ago

[eyesoverskies]

THIS is exactly what ive been looking for.

and HATS OFF to the inventor for the fact of needing LESS WIND!

so, THANK YOU for posting this and to the creator! thank you.

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Just curious. Why have you been looking for this design?

Thanks, I've put a lot of time into it. I've done everything so far.

I know it will work pretty well, I just have to prove it. Either prototype or engineering.

Need probably $25K - any ideas

[KanineKruizer]

Very nice idea, I like the way you've installed the vanes so that they can change with the direction of the wind.

However, it does look "rickety".

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It's handmade and is way out of balance. The three structual arms aren't even 120degrees apart any longer and a 1/8" springy steel center spindle was used to help evaluate various forces.  Need to build a big one now and all my funds are alocated for the water tubine project. A full size system would be pretty cheap to build. If anyone wants to help me build a larger full size working system please let me know.

[sjh7132]

It's nice to see someone actually doing measurements on their turbine. You showed torque. How was the power output?

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I think that it ended up at around 0.38 kW. The hydrodynamic efficiency can be increased and a four panel could be added to acheive even greater output.

The wind turbine has not been tested or computor modeled but because of some proprietary elements in the design I believe that it will be superior in actual output but water generally flows 24/7 and wind is at best 39% daily output.

The key to my wind turbine is the 50% lower wind speed to run it with the decent power output.

[DeanC993]

looks good do u have a generator?

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I finally JV'd with a group of engineers on the water turbine so I'm pretty much a spectator from here on as far as engineering. The enhancements that they've made and preliminary numbers are pretty spectacular. I think we'll end up below $0.05 per kW installed. Now all we need is a pile of money and permits. Still looking for partners on the wind portion.

[DeanC993]

cool it will do good!

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I've had the due diligence done by both an engineering firm who has now entered into a JV agreement with me and two patent attorneys have done research.

[texfly1]

What exactly makes your VAWT superior to those already in manufacturing? I see nothing here except someone has an idea and fails to do due diligence in determining all that currently exists.

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Hey texfly1,

Cost efficiency is obviously the key to electrical generation.  No computer modeling has been done as engineering costs estimates are very high. Three engineers have recomended building one because it would be cheaper and would give engineers a good starting point to improve efficency. From my 2.5 years of research, what makes the wind system different is the panel control system and how it effects the operational forces. You can not see the system in the video, but it is there.