March 19th, 2010 at 7:24 am
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Here’s the new revolutionary, patented, magnetically levitated, magnetic axial flux generator 10kw VAWT Wind Turbine. It’s being pushed by one small fan, the same fan shown in our original demo video. Please visit: www.everwindpower.com for more info.
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thats an incredible idea the lack of friction would prove great for increased energy
can i attach my old generator coil with this , the coil is of 5kva.
Where is your load test result? Without that, other than the maglev idea, this turbine is a piece of shit.
This a generator not an engine. So that’s 10kW produced. A standard pinwheel design 10kW generator MUST EITHER a) weathervane into the wind and lose efficiency or b)PERMANENTLY face the prevailing winds and thus mainly only benefit from directly
oncoming winds.
this is completely levitated via magnetic levitation? If so how do you get it to stay were it is without it being pushed over (off course)? im just wondering..
What does it cost ? How many kilowhatt’s does it produce in a year ? Very good work ! Well done ! Please answer, I’m very interested !
Maglev is basically useless on these things. The losses from bearings might be a few percent total power generatred, not enought to justify extra cost.
Why not start selling generators cheaper? This has been around for centuries.
Good job, keep up the great ideas. May this bring you fortune and fame.
The fan is powered by the turbine.
Perm magnets will last approx 300 – 400 years before losing power…so just about long enough for most people.
By standard fixture do you mean a Danish style HAWT? I don’t think designs like these are meant to compete with industrial sized turbines. They are for areas that 100+m tall towers with huge blades are not appropriate. These would look great on top of tall apartment buildings and the like. Nice work, great ingenuity! MagLev is always cool…
How long do the magnets last before they wear out? And how much maintenance cost does that add? I wonder if it’s worth the extra cost… It looks cool though!
stay tuned, there’s some power tests coming this month
Yes but how much power does the turbine make more than a standard fixture vs the 10kW power usage.
What about collecting electrostatic energy as well? Is it possible to combine it with thisdevice? It must be? It could be usefull when there’s just a little wind for to get electrostatic energy there’s no need to spin so fast…
what about carbon fiber?, much lighter than fiberglass. more expensive in the short term, however the lighter weight would spin easier and produce more power way cool , thanks for the vid
What advantage do you get from tapering the top of the blades like that?
Also it’s normal magnets rather than electromagnets that your using to levitate it, right? What sort of impact does the use of that have on cost/power output with normal bearings?
super usage of magnetic levitation as a frictionless bearing. a major key to keeping your energy produced advantage compared to energy lost in drag. i use magnetic levitation in my magnetic pulse magnetic motor design. it is the way of the future. thanks for posting your video’s…good work!
This version is meant for commercial and apartment buildings. There will be a smaller residential version in the future.
The blades on this model are fiberglass.. and the magnetic mechanism isn’t similar to Inductrack… they’ve got a much more elaborate system than this requires for lifting.
Is this the Inductrack patent? You have a circular halbach array’s on a circular “track” and then extract the induced current from the track?
Wow, that’s pretty massive. Do you plan to sell this to residential customers? If so, they must have a huge yard or house. I assume it is made of fiberglass with grey gel coat. Great job !