New Wind Turbine FloDesign

http://www.devicedaily.com/environment/flodesigns-revolutionary-wind-turbine-...

Jet engine inspired FloDesign boosts wind turbine output Green Tech CNET News I got this off of cnet.com. Thanks from Martin LaMonica from cnet news. Here is the article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10350718-54.html I have never liked wind turbines, because they are noisy, ugly, and it takes 10,000 of them to equal the power of a medium sized coal plant. This new design is a major improvement in my opinion.

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[willettgarrett2]

That's so COOL!

[Gautam6396]

@joekid842 I need to write a report on this. Can u help me or guide me.

[Gautam6396]

@johnsaintwillie I need to write a report on this. Can u help me or guide me. 

[johnsaintwillie]

We used to have two windmills on the farm but we didn't have enough wind for both of them and had to take one down. :)

[TOMHBOMB1963]

this is so hot, viktor schauberger would be so pelased that other people have seen the power of the vortex. this is thinking well outside the square and should be applauded. I did lot sof units about fluid dynamics is 25 years ago at uni and well sometimes our teaching institutions "blinker us" and dont helps us see outside the square.

Dont believe all you are taught is right.

[SvenSkiS06]

Power generated by the wind can be calculated by : air density * swept area (circular area created by the rotating blades) * wind velocity cubed. A wind turbine with many blades is better at picking up energy from slower wind speeds, which has less potential energy (remember the velocity cubed part?).

ALSO, for those of you talking about efficiency. The Betz Limit (theoretical limit of wind energy capture) is around 59.3%. You can't pull more more than that.

I'm learning about this currently.

[ThinkStage]

Very cool

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[sirtom68]

Interesting. Would love to see a small scale model in comparison with a traditional prop and a VAWT turbine with the same size generators.

[owfped]

My view is that this type of design will not offer large area because this design is so bulky. Wind is only 1/1000 density of liquid, such as water, so area is critical. So what is the point to build this type of turbine if you can not make it large? What is the cost difference when you build a product like this compare with a normal three blades?

[joekid842]

I think your mixing up different physical concepts, where the standard prop design acts as more of a wind blocker, the design proposed here shows a modified venturi intake which utilizes pressure differences that accelerate the air moving through the turbine also known as amplifying (similar to the dyson fan but in reverse). Diffusers actually become less efficient as their area increases (due to surface losses) but can be optimized based on the properties of the medium that travel through it.