Regarding the question on windspeed during filming, it was barely 4.2M/sec (13kmph or 8mph). This is not our best site, have a look at:
The DUC machine produces good power, to date it has peaked at it's specified 10KW. During the week of COP17, it produced close to 1MWH of clean energy!
Hi guys, thanks for your interest. This was our first 10kw installation, and in fact proved to be not so great, with predominently lightish winds. The generation unit is simply a grid-tied, geared-up induction motor, synchronous speed (1500 motor rpm= 54 rpm on the rotor shaft). It's simple, increase the rpm of the rotor above syncronous speed and the motor acts as a generator. Below synch. speed, the unit is disconnected from mains.
Sorry, cant paste the link, search for Dew Catcher 1
Go to pachube.com/feeds/40318
Here you can view real live data off the Dew Catcher turbine
ZimRefugee 2 months ago
Regarding the question on windspeed during filming, it was barely 4.2M/sec (13kmph or 8mph). This is not our best site, have a look at:
The DUC machine produces good power, to date it has peaked at it's specified 10KW. During the week of COP17, it produced close to 1MWH of clean energy!
ZimRefugee 2 months ago
Hi guys, thanks for your interest. This was our first 10kw installation, and in fact proved to be not so great, with predominently lightish winds. The generation unit is simply a grid-tied, geared-up induction motor, synchronous speed (1500 motor rpm= 54 rpm on the rotor shaft). It's simple, increase the rpm of the rotor above syncronous speed and the motor acts as a generator. Below synch. speed, the unit is disconnected from mains.
Wings are intellectual property, sorry.
ZimRefugee 2 months ago
looks lik a high speed unit. Do you know anything about the wings or gen?
itsandbits1 3 months ago
Excellent! What speed of wind was during the filming of this video?
andyflowerss 4 months ago