Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Monday June 02 2014, @06:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-answer-is-blowin-in-the-wind dept.

A Dutch company has launched a new type of wind turbine that is small enough to fit onto the roof of a house. The turbine looks like a Nautilus shell, and their website explains how it works:

Most today's wind turbines require that a difference in pressure between the front and the rear side of the rotor blades be maintained in order to be effective. However, this difference in pressure also has a negative effect called "drag".

Our turbine rotor captures the kinetic energy of the wind due to its speed, and, by reversing the wind and reducing it to almost zero Beaufort converts it into mechanical energy. By doing this the wind speed's effect (in kinetic energy) on the rotor is maximized and "lift" is obtained by the wind's acceleration over the rotor plane.

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by egcagrac0 on Tuesday June 03 2014, @02:49AM

    by egcagrac0 (2705) on Tuesday June 03 2014, @02:49AM (#50501)

    It will be completely developed as soon as they can run it through a meter.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2