New wind turbine

littleharbor2
littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Wind Power Generation #1
Just came across this on facebook. I'm not sure how new it actually is but from looking at the video I have to say it looks like a maintenance nightmare at the very least and just plain dangerous  in severe winds. Wonder if it's quiet, Probably not the way it is wobbling all over in the video.

https://www.facebook.com/DavidAvocadoWolfe/videos/10154213865741512/

2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

· Share on Twitter

Comments

  • Marc Kurth
    Marc Kurth Solar Expert Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭✭
    #2
    Watching that thing gyrate almost violently, and the resulting tower flex -  just doesn't give me a lot of confidence in terms of longevity. I'm hoping it is satirical...........
    I always have more questions than answers. That's the nature of life.
    · Share on Twitter
  • littleharbor2
    littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #3
    It's so ridiculous you'd think so. It looks to me like an engineering  project gone horribly wrong.  

    2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

    · Share on Twitter
  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
    #4
    well the 'dish' doesn't rotate but the axle does.... how soon before the bearings if there are any implode?
     
    KID #51B  4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
    CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM 
    Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
    2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
    Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
    West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
    · Share on Twitter
  • mcgivor
    mcgivor Solar Expert Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2017 #5
    The way it flexes that pole, metal fatigue comes to mind,  followed by law suit, looks ridiculously over complicated, if anything it might get a spot in a TV series, like A 1000 ways to die, who knows.
    1500W, 6× Schutten 250W Poly panels , Schneider MPPT 60 150 CC, Schneider SW 2524 inverter, 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Battery Bodyguard BMS 
    Second system 1890W  3 × 300W No name brand poly, 3×330 Sunsolar Poly panels, Morningstar TS 60 PWM controller, no name 2000W inverter 400Ah LFP 24V nominal battery with Daly BMS, used for water pumping and day time air conditioning.  
    5Kw Yanmar clone single cylinder air cooled diesel generator for rare emergency charging and welding.
    · Share on Twitter
  • mvas
    mvas Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭✭
    #6
    They have been "fine tuning" the Saphonian Wind Turbine for 5 years now.
    Still, no independent labs tests supporting their claim of exceeding Betz Law.
    They also claim, their Wind Turbine is 2X more efficient than existing wind turbines.
    This scam will persist as long as they can get new suckers to invest in their so-called "research".

    · Share on Twitter
  • littleharbor2
    littleharbor2 Solar Expert Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #7
    This David Wolf guy has a lot of these questionable RE products on his website. I just had to post this one because I thought it was so amazing. I can't believe anybody capable of designing it would put that much effort into such a ridiculous design.

    2.1 Kw Suntech 175 mono, Classic 200, Trace SW 4024 ( 15 years old  but brand new out of sealed factory box Jan. 2015), Bogart Tri-metric,  460 Ah. 24 volt LiFePo4 battery bank. Plenty of Baja Sea of Cortez sunshine.

    · Share on Twitter
  • Iceni John
    Iceni John Solar Expert Posts: 103 ✭✭
    edited February 2017 #8

    This is a joke?   I like the way the blurb at the end says that it "could" be the future of wind energy.   Yeah, right.   "Could" here is a euphemism for "I would like to think it may possibly, but it almost certainly won't . . ."

    It reminds me of that old B/W footage of that weird spiral helicopter/plane thing bouncing up and down as it tries in vain to take off.   Wonderful!

    John

    40' Crown bus with 2kW of tiltable panels on the roof:

    Eight Sharp 255W, two Morningstar TS-MPPT-60, Magnum MS2000, Champion C46540 generator converted to propane, eight golfcart batteries, and maybe a small Exeltech inverter for the fridger.

    Southern California

    · Share on Twitter

Categories