Build a wire mesh Wind Turbine

With parallel Catamaran supports, this turbine can be setup horizontally over running river water, with just one blade immersed at a time. Therefore it is a wind turbine and also a river turbine. Water will deliver more torque. You will need a screen that prevents floating debris from hitting the fragile blades.

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• wire
• mesh
• wind
• turbine
• CATAMARAN
• VAWT
• HAWT
• WIND
• POWER
• TURBINE
• GARDEN
• FENCE
• PRPaul1
• generatorblue

[YoLninYo]

another great design which can be utilized in the developing world with materials available!

Do you think adding a pvc pipe or a wooden rod connecting the two wheels at the center would help give more rigidity to the whole structure?

[generatorblue]

YoLninYo

I want to say yes. Instead I prefer to say that wire meshes come in different strengths. If you choose the right wire mesh, you will not need to add additional parts. Initially I had plant to add a center pole but discovered that I did not need one.

The fewer parts the better

[davidrrrd]

don't know, it's just almost all vawt designes seam to be that way

[generatorblue]

@davidrrrd

Hi!

I just posted "Wire mesh wind turbine." It is the same turbine spinning for 5 minutes in stronger wind gusts, today. I think that the turbine looks better enclosed. But the wind will push on that large profile and possibly topple a tower. There is a gap between the strips that are not part of the blade. Tape was added inside the blades.

[HobbyVAWT]

Good job! Keep up the inovation

[generatorblue]

@HobbyVAWT

Thank you!

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@davidrrrd

I tried not to enclose the "bird cage" but soon I realized that the wind that was passing through was actually slowing down the turbine. The Lenz2 and other VAWT turbines have the wind passing through help the turbine rotate in the same direction, because that wind hits the back side of a blade (set at the right angle) that diverts it in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation. The back of my blades was just a curved wall.. Thanks!

[HobbyVAWT]

@davidrrrd David, has there been any emperical test to show the torque vs speed difference between an open center and a closed center?

[davidrrrd]

i think you need to alow the air to enter the inner core to get speed, any plans to add a small electric motor as a generator?

[generatorblue]

@1111atreides

Thank you for the invitation. Keep in mind that the wind itself can do damage. Let us milk it when we can.