TURWIND, Magnus and Venturi effect driven wind turbine

This is a prototype of the wind turbine we called TURWIND. We expect to go into production within 2010.
TURWIND is a lift-and-drag principle based turbine. The prototype is expected to produce around 600w at 5m/s wind speed.
At present we are after making some adjustements about the turbine shell shape, especially we want to build up the left and right sides to enclose the rotating turbine. Moreover, we are investigating what the best slope for the front shell is to let the air flow be smooth until it reaches the turbine.
We think TURWIND take advantages againt competitors because it's very easy to be manifactured, mounted and maintained. This means low costs per produced Kwh.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• turbina
• eolica
• turwind
• energia
• wind
• energy
• renewable
• lift
• drag
• turbine
• venturi
• VAWT
• magnus
• windturbine
• vertical
• axis
• achilli
• turin

[eagle003]

we are 2011 now .. were is it?

[chrach]

@eagle003 thank for your comment. I abandoned the project. Don't know more.

[eagle003]

@chrach shame! I don't have the knowledge nor the material to build something like it but i'm sketching a venturi chamber with a windturbine in the narrow bit (a horizontal spiral). The first advantage is the speed that boosts up but what also can be a big advantage (in urban enviroments especially) is when the turbine is located in that chamber is sound isolation ... but yeah, just sketching :-)

[chrach]

@eagle003 good luck with your sketching! Personally I believe that not far from now the Rossi E-Cat will rule.

[PsychoticusRex]

Food processor for pigeons?

[chrach]

@PsychoticusRex oh no no indeed! it's much more scalable! can feed any bird!!

[Rowplaya]

thank you, this helped me a lot

[chrach]

Ok, finally i got the tesla turbine.I didnt know that. It's intresting. By thinking on it i think i'll take the suggestion from emagnets to block the incoming aur flow with plywood right on the turbine. I hope to post something sonner or later, but it'll take time...there's lot of work to carry on.

[chrach]

hi sam,

can u please give me some link to tusla turbine if u have...i didn,t fine nothing interesting yet. tks

[chrach]

yes, could be good, because easier for assembling and because ...it's free :). I'll think abt that. I hope to provide some update sooner or later.