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Low-speed Wind Improvements?
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| Scott Willing 2005-07-29, 5:21 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:28:54 -0400, William P. N. Smith wrote:
>Danno <TOOmuchSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Sounds good, but like all things in the RE space that sound good, it's
>a "coming soon" improvement.
Annoying that the article is not crystal clear on the difference
between turbine and controller. It appears that the good doctor is
talking about controller technology only, but I couldn't tell for
sure. (Took a minute to give the author heck, too.)
-=s
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| Anthony Matonak 2005-07-29, 11:21 pm |
| Scott Willing wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:28:54 -0400, William P. N. Smith wrote:
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> Annoying that the article is not crystal clear on the difference
> between turbine and controller. It appears that the good doctor is
> talking about controller technology only, but I couldn't tell for
> sure. (Took a minute to give the author heck, too.)
It does appear he's talking about a controller that will squeeze
a bit more juice out of a wind turbine. I would suppose this would
fill the same sort of niche that maximum power point controllers do
in the solar PV world.
Just how much energy is contained in "low speed" wind anyhow? Is it
worth spending more money to harvest?
Anthony
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| John W. Hall 2005-07-29, 11:21 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:52:28 -0700, Anthony Matonak
<anthonym40@nothing.like.comcast.net> wrote:
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>Just how much energy is contained in "low speed" wind anyhow? Is it
>worth spending more money to harvest?
Why did nothing ever happen with "ducted fan" technology? IIRC this
increases the wind speed through the blade disc. Perhaps benefits
don't exceed the cost.
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John W Hall <wweexxsseessssaa@telus.net>
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"
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| John P. Bengi 2005-07-30, 12:21 am |
| There was a German one on eBay a few month back but the capacity claims and
the price were outrageous. Didn't sound real enough and they wouldn't answer
my questions.
"John W. Hall" <wweexxsseessssaa@telus.net> wrote in message
news:bnnle19344h9n9sl6f42j43p7pivrq37fk@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:52:28 -0700, Anthony Matonak
> <anthonym40@nothing.like.comcast.net> wrote:
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> Why did nothing ever happen with "ducted fan" technology? IIRC this
> increases the wind speed through the blade disc. Perhaps benefits
> don't exceed the cost.
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> John W Hall <wweexxsseessssaa@telus.net>
> Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
> "Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"
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| dances_with_barkadas@yahoo.com 2005-07-30, 2:21 am |
| i'm a lawyer who's putting together a class-action suit by the kite
enthusiasts.
the demonstrations will begin outside your residence shortly.... as
soon as the TV crews show up.
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| On 2005-07-30, dances_with_barkadas@yahoo.com <dances_with_barkadas@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> i'm a lawyer who's putting together a class-action suit by the kite
> enthusiasts.
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> the demonstrations will begin outside your residence shortly.... as
> soon as the TV crews show up.
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Really? I get to be on TV? Kewl!
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Slackware 9.1, 2.4.31, A7V333-XP1800+, Ti4200
RLU #272755
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| phlegmatico@yahoo.com 2005-07-30, 12:21 pm |
| > Really? I get to be on TV? Kewl!
slow down, hushpuppy. You don't have enough elbows to push Jesse
Jackson away from hogging the camera
If you give us a better cut on donations than he's offering, you're in
like flynn.
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