Does anybody have any experience(technically or otherwise.....positive or negative) with Optiwind? http://optiwind.com/ Regards, John ...
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ein_hawk
Aug 1, 2008 1:34 pm
Hello, I am new to this group and wind energy. I have a big (12 pound) AC/DC servo motor and I am wondering if I can use it in wind generator? It has the...
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Tyree, Mel
meltyree1
Aug 1, 2008 1:34 pm
Hi all, I took time out of my day-job to finish this quickly, which means I have to work on Saturday to make up lost time on my real job. As many of you know...
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ahlo@...
haiyelou
Aug 1, 2008 1:34 pm
Hi Kelly, I think that to install an anemometer on site is the best way. But you need time to get enough data to make conclusion. I saw the deadline for the...
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Julian
maisanoys2
Aug 1, 2008 1:34 pm
Hello folks We've been testing our own model (low RPM high torque) versus a traditional 3 blade rotor. Both of the prototypes have 0.25m radius. Hopefully...
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Ian Woofenden
ianwoofenden
Aug 4, 2008 1:11 pm
Hi Jennifer, ... There are many variables, and a free-ish market. Quality, longevity, and warranty play into it, as do import costs. ... Look at the real...
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Forsyth, Trudy
trudy_forsyth@...
Aug 4, 2008 1:11 pm
I too would like to add my congratulations to Paul Gipe, he's been a long time consumer advocate and educator on small wind. And now he's picked up the...
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Nando
nando37@...
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
Brian: You lack information to give you an intelligent answer. For one, describe the servo motor well with the parameters of it,that sometimes are shown on the...
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Frank Leslie
fleslie_fit_edu
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
Julian, Go directly for electrical power measurement, not torque times speed. (Don't use a torque strain gage on the rotor housing.) Use a small permanent...
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roger dixon
roger.dixon@...
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
Ahlo, he isn’t putting up a utility sized turbine, nor a wind farm. An anemometer study for a residential wind turbine does not make any sense. It will...
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Paul Gipe
pgipe2000
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
John, That's Al Weisbrich's idea from the 70s, TARP. We can all comment after someone builds it, tests it, and publishes the results. Paul ... ...
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tom mack
tbhpmci
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
Hello John- No experience here. I strongly doubt any prototype has been manufactured/installed. The concept is not entirely unplausible ... but the cost of...
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dougselsam
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
yes it is called WARP technology and it sucks and it is a joke. Doug S. ... otherwise.....positive or negative) with Optiwind? ... intended solely for the use...
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Eric Chaffee
ericofalden
Aug 4, 2008 1:12 pm
This may be the big one we've all been waiting for! (via Discover Magazine and Christian Science Monitor.) http://tinyurl.com/6mtuzh...
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Neil Dennis
wombat_eagle
Aug 5, 2008 1:22 pm
If this is some kind of "steered" VAWT with vanes to control the wind, does anyone remember the big VAWT somewhere in southwestern NY that was built many years...
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Nando
nando37@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:22 pm
Eric: Not a panacea at all -- just from the beginning , the hydrolysis conversion. process is energy expensive that may require more energy that is produced. ...
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Nando
nando37@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:22 pm
Jennifer: One needs to see what type of wind mill you may have, if all are furling type then the production at some higher wind velocities may be lower due...
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Raul Verastegui
raulv@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:22 pm
Just for info: No comments http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/wind-turbine-concept-jet-engines/ Raul Verastegui [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Raul Verastegui
raulv@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Bahrain World Trade Center: First modern Architecture-wind turbine integration http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/938/ Raul Verastegui [Non-text portions of...
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tom mack
tbhpmci
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Thanks , Eric- Fuel cells are still considered at least an order of magnitude "too expensive" , but this could be a very significant step forward. In the 1970s...
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Ron G
oregondallas
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
I was looking at the stuff on the net relating to this and I remember that as a kid we used water injection on our farm tractors. John Deere D's for example...
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hugh spencer
Hugh@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
It may be what we are looking for - but all that has changed is that the electrodes don't disintegrate (did they ever??) - and uses a stable catalyst (so the...
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dougselsam
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
For wind turbines, that is? Thanks. Doug S....
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dougselsam
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Ah, back to turbines as anemometers. Can't someone figure out a cheap way to assess a wind resource? A scientist perhaps? ;) Lots of folks find that putting...
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shah kamal
qtxpk
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Please to know if some one kn ow the best data logger for wind velocity and other parameters instaled at 180 ft height to calculate wind velocity direction,...
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slshwg
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Hello! I am very interested in a small system that I can peddle (either hand peddle, or bike peddle) electric use into my home, and also have the system...
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Mike Bergey
mbergey@...
Aug 5, 2008 1:23 pm
Ian, FYI, in a side-by-side test in Montana, I believe the Elotec produced less energy than a Bergey Excel-S, in spite of Elotec's predictions to the contrary....
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vgrobayo@...
Aug 6, 2008 1:20 pm
Hello group, I would like to know the opinion you have about the transverse flux pmg concept. Victor Robayo...
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Scot Mc Pherson
scotlfs
Aug 6, 2008 1:21 pm
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION THIS IS ONLY A DISCUSSION TOPIC. Ron, Well firstly. HHO is a mixed gas. Also informally called Brown's gas. It is the...
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Richard Averett
averettr@...
Aug 6, 2008 1:21 pm
With a projected retail cost of 15 cents per kwh, who needs nuclear power? ________________________________________________________ ...
