Windbelt Micro-wind Generator
Third-World Wind Power First Look Windbelt Micro-wind, 10 Times Cheaper Wind Energy Revolutionary Wind Generator – Air elastic flutter
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Third-World Wind Power First Look Windbelt Micro-wind, 10 Times Cheaper Wind Energy Revolutionary Wind Generator – Air elastic flutter
any updates on this?
benboarder09
March 3, 2012 at 3:49 pm
re: tuning to wind speed — would be reasonably easy to adaptively tune the tension in the strips. Would cost a bit more than $2-5, but not that much if electronics were made in quantity
Re: scaling up to larger sizes The slick part is the(I suspect) inventor’s intuitive realization that the best solution changes if you move to a different regime of Reynolds number.
Think “science says bumble bees can’t fly,” this is true, in terms of Reynolds number, bees don’t fly – they swim)
dhosk
March 3, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Please post url to details on how to build one of these 😉
mikegrey28
March 3, 2012 at 4:34 pm
How does he tune it to resonate at the constantly changing wind speed? What minimum wind speeds are we looking at? haha.. I WANT SOME FIGURES!
Siewperman
March 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm
At least you are thinking, but this is bogus science. On a large scale, no way.
myprimemover
March 3, 2012 at 5:47 pm
well done – very creative. What is the intellectual property status. Patent that thing quick…
jsugar72
March 3, 2012 at 5:51 pm
This wouldnt work in the real world. For the string to vibrate as it did in the video, the wind needs to be at the same frequency as the natural frequency of the bow. THis would be incredibly rare outside without fan presets.
nicksalegend
March 3, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Cool. Does your prototype rotate to turn with the wind?
sapper680
March 3, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Awesome! If only we would use this and other clean energies the planet would be a much better place. But a group of rich fat pigs would not like the idea of FREE energy now would they? heh.
Neo1ehT
March 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Nice concept. Wonder if you could also add the coils and magnets to both sides of the belt. Then for more power, several of those units hooked up in parallel will give you more amperage. Series and parallel for more voltage and amperage as you would connect with batteries and solar panels. Great idea! Keep it up.
jphdg
March 3, 2012 at 7:15 pm
@AAAjohn123
he appeared to be lighting 2- 1 watt leds not sure though
firedude201234
March 3, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Freaking genius.
btl53
March 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm
This is good, it “makes some energy”. Maby if you try some “wind directors” you can effectively “funnel” an extra volume of wind past the mylar strip and maby have a larger output.
trailkeeper
March 3, 2012 at 8:22 pm
pretty sure there is no tuning to do as wind speed changes. you tune it to the frequency of the material used. the wind speed will change the output not the frequency.
arkangl67
March 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Ya’ll aint listenin.
derman077
March 3, 2012 at 8:57 pm
very very good design
screamingskullsg
March 3, 2012 at 9:24 pm
I would love to see the design specs and power output specs! Wonderful idea, I hope it creates an energy revolution.
IntimidatedDotOrg
March 3, 2012 at 10:13 pm
How much energy did you get out of that unit????
AAAjohn123
March 3, 2012 at 10:16 pm
very nice!
angurisloud
March 3, 2012 at 10:59 pm
Because that is who I am (CZECH), not all that I am.
SABubba
March 3, 2012 at 11:01 pm
i don’t get how is the poster of this video is related to czech reepublic,because that’s the national emblem in his avatar.
635574
March 3, 2012 at 11:19 pm
It shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out an automatic tuning system to dynamically adjust the tension for the optimal energy generation.
This could possibly be an electronic, ‘active’ system, or perhaps even some sort of passive system using variable resistance elastic bands.
MiamiBeachMan
March 3, 2012 at 11:56 pm
i guess u would need to constantly tune it to the different wind speeds? Seems interesting but how is it on a cost per watt on a higher output level?
Gromitdog1
March 4, 2012 at 12:40 am
A good idea, what’s the sound level of such a device though?
DuncanSho
March 4, 2012 at 1:09 am
Not just goow, it is fantastic in its simplicity, only if it could be produced comercialy in large quantities so we would have cleaner planet.
Only thing is how much noise does this make, I think that it is heard like bunch of insects…
Consigpal
March 4, 2012 at 1:43 am