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vertical wind turbines - Fritz - 02-17-2014
http://earthtechling.com/2011/07/vertical-turbines-packed-tight-boost-power/
Re: vertical wind turbines - Speedy - 02-17-2014
Uh-huh, just wait until they build them taller and they blow all our atmosphere into outer space.
Re: vertical wind turbines - OWC Jamie - 02-17-2014
Noticed lots and lots of those being installed in parking lots on the existing light poles last time I was in Italy.
Re: vertical wind turbines - Black - 02-17-2014
billb wrote:
Noticed lots and lots of those being installed in parking lots on the existing light poles last time I was in Italy.
We've got a number of them installed on parkways and parking lot perimeters around Chicago.
Is this something we may see on roofs eventually?
Re: vertical wind turbines - Speedy - 02-17-2014
Black wrote:
Is this something we may see on roofs eventually?
Already has been done for years.
Re: vertical wind turbines - cbelt3 - 02-17-2014
Excellent !
FWIW: Rooftop installation probably requires a stronger structure than the average building will provide. While they are less stressful than the HAWT design, they still reflect a big torque load on their mounting, and a vibration environment. I say this without any experience in VWT's, but experience in radar antenna servomechanism design.
Re: vertical wind turbines - Speedy - 02-17-2014
cbelt3 wrote:
Excellent !
FWIW: Rooftop installation probably requires a stronger structure than the average building will provide. While they are less stressful than the HAWT design, they still reflect a big torque load on their mounting, and a vibration environment. I say this without any experience in VWT's, but experience in radar antenna servomechanism design.
The rooftop ones I've seen are only a handful of feet tall.
Re: vertical wind turbines - Black - 02-17-2014
Speedy wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
Excellent !
FWIW: Rooftop installation probably requires a stronger structure than the average building will provide. While they are less stressful than the HAWT design, they still reflect a big torque load on their mounting, and a vibration environment. I say this without any experience in VWT's, but experience in radar antenna servomechanism design.
The rooftop ones I've seen are only a handful of feet tall.
Yes, I assumed we'd be talking about something more miniature.
I wonder how much juice a garage roof packed full of these could produce and/or how it compares to solar on a square foot basis.
Re: vertical wind turbines - ztirffritz - 02-17-2014
From 2009:
http://youtu.be/Ax68TVYHRBU
Re: vertical wind turbines - Black - 02-17-2014
At this point in the discussion one must conclude that people with fritz in their name are partial to wind turbines.