A group of us (now one physicist, two engineers, and myself, all longtime retired) have developed a 'new' wind-powered energy source that works Below wind speeds of 7 mph. We are on our 19th innovation. We are willing to altruistically describe our First innovative (but weak) "demo" prototype so that others can/might follow on a parallel course:
First take some plastic thread spools and imbed short, flexible (hairlike) glass fibers around the spools. (Yes, we used needles to press holes in the spools for the homemade drawn glass fibers, and yes it is hard to do, but that's typical of prototypical work.) At each end of the spools attach (leave center hole clear) homemade wind cups that will catch the wind and spin the spools (if threaded on a teflon shaft, or similar). Arrange the spools on a shaft plus shaft support. Next make a homemade capacitor out of two flat squares of metal (size to be determined by experiment). Mount horizontally outside (but under a roof or awning), and then mount the spool assembly over the top plate of the capacitor so that most of the glass fibers touch/brush that top plate as the wind spins the spools. Finally wrap the top plate with Saran Wrap (TM) or equivalent. The spinning spools/glass fibers will eventually charge the capacitor. How you bleed off the 'charges' is part of our additional prototypes and can't be related here, of course. The rest is up to you. For additional circuit ideas (spark gaps, zener diodes, inverters, etc.) you can start by googling, say, radiant energy. Perhaps more later. We have pursued this project to couple with wind turbine technology that has shortcomings such as expense and not working in light breezes. This system should also be coupled with radiant energy systems(again google radiant energy -- some of the circuitry is applicable to "bleed" off power to charge batteries) for times of no winds. Once each household on the planet is energy independent, many problems will go away. ( And of course an isolated primitive village, cabin, campsite, outpost, etc. can utilize this easy, economical system. . . .) Our ultimate goal is to duplicate the purported output of the Testikica (Swiss) "free" energy device, a goal we now feel is in reach. Are you "listening" DOE?
Future technologists should take note of the above. There is a potential business here. Also keep in mind that other materials do work. Know your Triboelectric series charts. Keep in mind that a unit with what we call "kickers" can also supplement photovoltaic power system during dark hours. If you can innovate to a 15 kilowatt unit, our eventual goal, you can run an average house.
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Additional: We will eventually patent our Final prototypes (one for, say, primitive villages/camping/etc., and one for commercial Household-Power-Supplement use) if for no other reason except credibility. Others pursuing this idea on a parallel course may indeed pass us up in innovative/serendipitous 'kicker' ideas. We are indeed being altruistic here, mostly because of our age--but if I were younger? . . .
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Edwards, FANTASTIC!!! Keep working it and keep us updated, we need as many renewable sources of energy as we can get!!!!
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