O/T new style of wind turbine

Nancy Howell · Dec 10, 2009

This is pretty cool. Read the Turbine Technology write up.

http://www.examiner.com/x-31274-Collin-County-Green-Living-Examiner

rhouston · Dec 10, 2009

There was an article in another mag about that turbine. Seems to me the Dutch invented it or one very similar.

Coloken · Dec 10, 2009

Kind of cute. Must be very low wattage compared to the 90 foot blades they use here. What I am saying is a 2 meter circle can't generate the power of our 180 foot props.

ldj · Dec 10, 2009

The post right above this one that tells about the grain fraud. Then the Re: to is said the following. I'm sure that answer applies to this.

As they say "If it sounds to good to be true it probably is!!"

Nancy Howell · Dec 10, 2009

Check out their website for the stats.

The "energy ball" can produce electricity with winds as low as 3 m/s.

Not everyone can install a wind generator with 180 ft. props.

JMOR · Dec 10, 2009

(quoted from post at 13:27:00 12/10/09) Check out their website for the stats.

The "energy ball" can produce electricity with winds as low as 3 m/s.

Not everyone can install a wind generator with 180 ft. props.

Yes, a little bit. Need some real wind to get it's max. & even then 500 watts isn't a whopping bunch.......neighbors Christmas lights are sucking 4500 watts, just a a point of reference and your toaster or hair dryer ~1000 each. But I guess there is a view that every little bit helps.

Nancy Howell · Dec 10, 2009

If I remember correctly, the 200 model can produce up to 2500 watts. Since they are smaller you can have more of them in a small area.

rhouston · Dec 10, 2009

also less noise compared to regular bladed turbines

buickanddeere · Dec 10, 2009

Mostly looks and a little performance.
Does not matter what kind of a super duper space age "Venturi". There is still only so many watts of power from a turbine 7ft in diameter.
100W at 10m/s, sure if you live in a mountain canyon wind funnel.
Typical average power is going to be 10W to 30W average depending on your location.
Makes more sense as dragging a ground driven generator behind an electric car.Not a whole lot more sense however.

Quote" Due to the unusual and exceptional aerodynamics characteristics of the Energy Ball®, it creates a wind flow pattern that converges first and is then accelerated through the rotor, resembling the rapids in a river (the so-called Venturi effect). This translates into a higher aerodynamic efficiency compared to conventional wind turbine designs". Unquote

B.S. Alert

scot in pa · Dec 11, 2009

Instead of the blades going straight out, they are bent back, to make it more compact is all. They still have nearly 3 or nearly 6 meter blade diameters, just bent over into a ball instead of being out straight. So it should work as well as any that size.

Jay Leno has a 3-blade rotor on his garage, the blades are set up as a cylinder, and they are cupped, so while one is cupped catching the wind, the other two are cupped pushing it out off the way. I can't remember how much of his power they said it would make for him, but it was significant. He covered the install in one of his Popular Mechanics columns.
heres the link

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