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Wind Energy Reasonable Power
Wind Energy Reasonable Power
About wind powered generators:
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS !
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Calculations and Considerations (from a wind energy study):
The following is my own personal opinion. Check out the facts for =
yourself. I give direct references.
Specifically, the study was about the reasonable power capacity of =
multi-bladed wind energy sources.
This was not started by some humongous, large corporation trying to cram =
foolishly designed three-bladed "wind turbines" down the public's =
throat.
I have studied the concept of wind powered generaors. Multi-bladed. Low =
wind capacity. Reasonably designed. Logically considered.
Many years ago, farmers built windmills. As we all know, farmers are =
extraordinarily gifted in the arts of "do it yourself," and "make it =
work." They are personally driven by production. They built windmills to =
lift water out of the ground for their cattle and for irrigation. They =
did not use silly, three bladed, passively turning windmills. They did =
build multibladed windmills which agressively captured the wind and =
agressively converted the wind to torque energy.
The farmer needed POWER:
Power to lift water, a long way up from a well, consistently for their =
cattle or irrigation. Water weighs a lot. Just lift a gallon of water =
and see what it weighs. Consider lifting all of the water in a well pipe =
50 feet up inside of that well pipe. There was a steel rod transversing =
all of that distance to lift the water, so to the weight of all that =
water add the weight of the steel lifting rod. That is a lot of weight. =
The farmer needed enough power to lift the entire length of that water. =
Yes, the entire weight every time. The water valve is at the bottom of =
the pipe, down in the water. And NO they did not set the valve 32 feet =
up, because the seal might not hold. So, they needed a lot of power, =
every time that the well pump shaft was lifted by the windmill.
Now, think about this. How many times have you seen three bladed =
windmills out west, were the water table is a long way down? Never. You =
never saw that. You always saw multibladed windmills. Never three bladed =
ones.
Now, think about this. Wilber and Orville Wright invented the airplane =
[Reference or Reference] in 1903. There was publicity about that at the =
time. There were other people trying to utilize the Wright Brothers' =
designs for wing shapes for themselves after that. Lots of talk. Lots of =
plans. Lots of designs. 1903. That is over 100 years ago. Lots of people =
doing lots of thinking for over 100 years. But, no airplane wing =
windmills EVER became popular with the farmers. Nope. None. Did not =
happen. You go look again at the windmills out west pumping water. No =
airfoils using passive air lift. Not for the farmer. Remember the farmer =
needs power to help on his farm. He is not some silly teenager buying =
the latest fad advertised at the mall. He demands production. He demands =
power. He builds a windmill to work. You say, "But! But that is not the =
way it is done! All of the other lemmings are building airfoil 'wind =
turbines.'" Go talk to the farmer; the average farmer today. Yes today's =
farmer, with his Global Positioning System on his big turbocharged =
Electronically Fuel Injected tractor, and ask him what he thinks about =
the three bladed "wind turbines." Go. Ask. He will probably smile and be =
nice to you. But when you ask him why he does not invest in them, he =
will probably simply get back on his state-of-the-art, GPS equipped, =
self-navigating, air-conditioned tractor and go back to plowing, =
thinking that you are some city-slicker idiot that will never learn. Get =
this: Farmers are smart. Probably a lot smarter than the average big =
city lawyer. Lots of farmers these days have a four year college degree =
in agriculture, which means that they study a lot about their business. =
A lot. And to top it off, they have direct, hands on experience with an =
extraordinary range of electrical and mechanical equipment. A farmer =
using a windmill to pump water is wise. The rest of the U.S. should =
learn from them.
Before your irritation at a blatant disregard for current standards and =
engineering expertise and even government spending get you upset, think =
about it.
The average house has a 100 amp service with 120 volt capacity. That =
is 100 x 120 = 12,000 watts (12kw). I looked on the net and found a =
range of 10kw "wind turbines" which require from 22.5 mph to 31 mph. =
That is a lot of wind. Are you willing to wait for a tornado to go past =
your house for the "wind turbine" to work? Probably not.
Can you afford even one of the homeowner sized three bladed, airfoil =
imitating, "wind turbines" like your tax dollars are being wasted upon? =
Waiting for that rare blast of wind might be a silly investment. So, it =
is probably not in your current budget.
OK, so what do you do? You think like a farmer. Remember, farmers are =
smart. Get yourself a multibladed wind powered generator. Get a bumper =
sticker that says, "Think like a farmer." Remember, just because the =
other lemmings are dashing into the sea does not mean that there is any =
true logic to three bladed "wind turbines." Whatever it takes, get your =
head straight. Think.
What can you do now?
Go to reasonablepower.com.
Look at the page.
Purchase a wind powered generator from me today.
Not enough logic?
Really?
You say, "But the engineers . . ."
Archimedes, about 287-212 BC is quoted as having said about the use of a =
lever, "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth." And =
guess what, a blade on a windmill, or on a wind powered generator, or =
even on a "wind turbine," is lever. Remember that Physics class that you =
took, where you should have learned more. Here is a refresher: (force) x =
(distance) = torque. So, if you want a lot of power from your "wind =
turbine," it is a good idea to make the blades capture lots of wind. Got =
it? You want a lot of the force to be directly on the blades, not wasted =
in aerodynamic "lift." Got that? And, you want to capture most of the =
wind passing through the blade area. See? That was not so difficult to =
understand. Think about what you have seen. Farmers need mechanical =
power. Multi-bladed Windmills produce lots of power. Three bladed, =
aerodynamically "lifted" "wind turbines" do not produce much power. The =
laws of physics are not wrong. Wind Powered Generators, based upon the =
laws of physics are the best way to go. You should purchase one from me =
this week.
A blade that is wide at the furtherest part away from the hub should =
give better torque and thus more power.
A blade that is wide close to the hub and skinny way out from the hub is =
exactly backward. That is an idiotic way to design them (unless you =
don't want them to work???). Think. Think. Think. Look at the blades on =
this link: "wind turbines," and here: here.
. . .Lemmings. . .
. . .The sea. . .
You have seen "wind turbines." Something is definately not right about =
them.
Think. Use your own brain. Do not be afraid to think. Something is not =
right with those "wind turbines." Look at them again. They are just not =
right. Archimedes was not wrong about levers. Farmers are not wrong =
about pumping water with windmills. Physics 101, where you should have =
studied, was not wrong about force x distance. Those "wind turbines" are =
just plain idiotic. Think. For yourself, think.
Take a piece of paper. Go ahead. Hold two corresponding corners in your =
hands, make that section flat and horizontal, and blow across the top =
surface. Sometimes, the back of the sheet rises, if you blow hard =
enough, and get the air flow in exactly the right place. It is called =
"Lift." Now take the same piece of paper and hold a large width of both =
ends and blow directly onto the middle, with the same amount of air. =
Yeeooow! What a discovery! You do not need and engineering degree and =
calculus to see that direct air pressure against the side of a flat =
surface produces far more force than over the edge with "lift." "Wind =
turbines" work on lift. Windmills work on air flow pressure. Lift vs =
direct flowing air pressure? You have no excuse for thinking that "wind =
turbines" work well now. Physics does not lie. That paper in your hand =
did not lie. That was a pretty simple example. Those farmers' windmills =
were built right. Think for yourself.
You tell your children to think for themselves. You tell them of =
examples of people that did not think for themselves. There is even a =
famous tale of an emperor, being duped by lies, when he did not think =
for himself. Remember when you were young and your parent's read you the =
story of The Emperor's New Clothes? Think about it. Think for yourself. =
Look around you and observe reality for yourself. "Wind turbines," as =
they are now, are like the Emperor's New Clothes. A little child, being =
innocent of the vanity of adults, simply asked "Why is the Emperor not =
wearing any clothes," and the truth was set free. Think. Think. Think.
Here is the situation:
I started this to replace purchased fuel with natural energy.
I looked at solar and found that the solar panels created such a tiny =
trickle of power that they were actually a waste of space. I could get =
more energy, in one day, from a black copper water filled pipe looped =
across my roof than the solar panel provided in a week. Solar panels are =
literally a waste of space. Thousands of dollars to trickle charge a few =
batteries, when I could get far more heat energy out of a simple black =
copper pipe filled with water? No way. Not with my money. Remember, I am =
not some money sucking large corporation. I am not trying to deceive the =
public. I am not trying to sell a lie. I am selling logical, reasonable, =
wind powered generators.
I looked at wind powered energy sources and quickly found that they =
were not well designed. The commercially produced wind powered energy =
sources were incredibly inefficient. But, in their inefficiency, they =
were more efficient than the solar panels. Thus, I decided to analyze =
them and potentially build my own. I looked at the parts for wind power =
sources and studied each part incrementally. This has taken me a few =
months, about a year now. An airfoil [or here] on edge, in a steady =
stream of air, does create lift. Albeit, very little lift unless there =
is a lot of air flow, but lift none the less, and measured in joules of =
energy per volume of air flow, it is very little. A flat plate, =
perpendicular to a steady stream of air, has the maximum mechanical =
advantage, and has far greater joules or energy per volume of air flow. =
But, we do not want to totally blow away our wind powered generator by =
making it flat to the wind, so we set the flat plate on a 45 degree =
angle. Maximum force perpendicular to the direction of the wind. And =
that force is against the blades of the wind powered generator to make =
it turn! Yes, there is drag. But drag, in this case, is transferred to =
the mechanical structure of the wind powered generator. Maximum turning =
force. Maximum torque on the shaft that turns the wind powered =
generator.
Having difficulty envisioning this?
(Look at the NASA example of a kite. Click on "select view" then =
"side" then Click on "Trim." Adjust the "B-Bridle" and the "K-Knot" =
until the "lift" is maximized. It is a simple visual representation, but =
it gets the point across. More information from NASA at "Kindergarten =
through 12th grade" explanations: Kites, and general Aerodynamics. Get =
it? Flat plate. 45 degree angle to the wind. Maximum torque for energy =
generation.
Thus, I considered flat plates as a logical starting point for the =
design of a wind powered energy system. From fluid dynamics we know that =
an attack angle of 45 degrees is the most efficient for angular energy =
conversion of flowing air against a flat plate. At 45 degrees, it spills =
the energy depleted air flow in preparation for the upstream air flow, =
as it has to because it is wind power. Stay with me on this. Focus. =
Think.
I started this to replace the purchasing of fuel with the using of =
natural energy. I have studied solar and wind as alternative energy =
sources. I am giving you a report of my findings. I am giving you direct =
references to physics and direct examples from NASA. I have made some =
discoveries of products being offered, their technologies, their logics, =
their benefits, and their shortcomings. I am building wind powered =
generators based upon logic and the laws of physics. I have heard from =
the sales personnel of "wind turbines." I have read and listened =
carefully to the lemming followers of the "wind turbine" fad. I have =
studied their calculations and their conclusions and found them lacking. =
The laws of physics are not false. Flat plates, even if they are =
slightly curved for structural strength, are far better than aerofoils =
for a wind powered generator.
Now I am offering to sell to you a wind powered generator.
OK. So you are sold on this idea. You want to purchase wind powered =
generators from me. The wind is free. The wind is absolutely totally =
free. The wind will blow no matter what fad is current. The wind will =
continue to blow as it has commonly done. The wind blows day or night. =
When there is a storm and you need energy for lights and heat, the wind =
is usually blowing. When a blizzard is blasting through, the wind is =
blowing it. Did I mention that the wind is free? I do not claim specific =
percents of results for anything. That will, of course, vary. This is =
not a grid tie. We can work with electricians, and have them hook it up =
for you. This is a basic wind energy conversion package. Wind to energy. =
Think about it. You know that you could continue to get those horrendous =
energy bills for the rest of you life. You could spend your time =
listening to "wind turbine" salesmen. You could spend your time reading =
the reports of lemmings discussing the mysterious calculus of aerofoil =
and "lift." But now that would be tough since you now have the physics =
references that slam the "wind turbine" idea into the dirt. Oh, what to =
do? You could go get a double cheezeburger with onions and mayo, top it =
off with a big milkshake, and try to forget that you read this. Or maybe =
not. When you pay that heating bill or electric bill, you will remember =
this. The physics is true. The examples are true. Purchase a wind =
powered generator from me. Results will vary. The wind may blow or it =
may not. You might get energy from this or you might not. You know all =
of that. Have me build one for you anyway, and watch the results.
NOTES:
* No lemmings were harmed in the making of this web page.
* Links to other web pages do not mean anything other than a reference.
* Think.
What can you do now?
Go to reasonablepower.com.
Look at the page.
I am asking you to purchase a wind powered generator from me today.
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Power</B></FONT></CENTER><BR><BR>
<CENTER><FONT size=+2><I>About wind powered
generators:</I></FONT></CENTER><BR><BR>
<CENTER><FONT size=+3>YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS
!</FONT></CENTER><BR><BR>
<HR>
<BR><BR>Calculations and Considerations (from a wind energy
study):<BR><BR><I>The following is my own personal opinion. Check out the facts
for yourself. I give direct references.</I><BR><BR>Specifically, the =
study was
about the reasonable power capacity of multi-bladed wind energy
sources.<BR><BR>This was not started by some humongous, large corporation trying
to cram foolishly designed three-bladed "wind turbines" down the =
public's
throat.<BR><BR>I have studied the concept of wind powered generaors.
Multi-bladed. Low wind capacity. Reasonably designed. Logically
considered.<BR><BR>Many years ago, farmers built windmills. As we all know,
farmers are extraordinarily gifted in the arts of "do it yourself," and =
"make it
work." They are personally driven by production. They built windmills to =
lift
water out of the ground for their cattle and for irrigation. They did =
not use
silly, three bladed, passively turning windmills. They did build =
multibladed
windmills which agressively captured the wind and agressively converted =
the wind
to torque energy.<BR><BR>The farmer needed POWER:<BR>
<DL>
<DD>Power to lift water, a long way up from a well, consistently for =
their
cattle or irrigation. Water weighs a lot. Just lift a gallon of water =
and see
what it weighs. Consider lifting all of the water in a well pipe 50 =
feet up
inside of that well pipe. There was a steel rod transversing all of =
that
distance to lift the water, so to the weight of all that water add the =
weight
of the steel lifting rod. That is a lot of weight. The farmer needed =
enough
power to lift the entire length of that water. Yes, the entire weight =
every
time. The water valve is at the bottom of the pipe, down in the water. =
And NO
they did not set the valve 32 feet up, because the seal might not =
hold. So,
they needed a lot of power, every time that the well pump shaft was =
lifted by
the windmill.<BR><BR>Now, think about this. How many times have you =
seen three
bladed windmills out west, were the water table is a long way down? =
Never. You
never saw that. You always saw multibladed windmills. Never three =
bladed
ones.<BR><BR>Now, think about this. Wilber and Orville Wright invented =
the
airplane [<A =
href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Wright/discoveries.htm"
target=_blank>Reference</A> or <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers"
target=_blank>Reference</A>] in 1903. There was publicity about that =
at the
time. There were other people trying to utilize the Wright Brothers' =
designs
for wing shapes for themselves after that. Lots of talk. Lots of =
plans. Lots
of designs. 1903. That is over 100 years ago. Lots of people doing =
lots of
thinking for over 100 years. But, no airplane wing windmills EVER =
became
popular with the farmers. Nope. None. Did not happen. You go look =
again at the
windmills out west pumping water. No airfoils using passive air lift. =
Not for
the farmer. Remember the farmer needs power to help on his farm. He is =
not
some silly teenager buying the latest fad advertised at the mall. He =
demands
production. He demands power. He builds a windmill to work. You say, =
"But! But
that is not the way it is done! All of the other lemmings are building =
airfoil
'wind turbines.'" Go talk to the farmer; the average farmer today. Yes =
today's
farmer, with his Global Positioning System on his big turbocharged
Electronically Fuel Injected tractor, and ask him what he thinks about =
the
three bladed "wind turbines." Go. Ask. He will probably smile and be =
nice to
you. But when you ask him why he does not invest in them, he will =
probably
simply get back on his state-of-the-art, GPS equipped, =
self-navigating,
air-conditioned tractor and go back to plowing, thinking that you are =
some
city-slicker idiot that will never learn. Get this: Farmers are smart. =
Probably a lot smarter than the average big city lawyer. Lots of =
farmers these
days have a four year college degree in agriculture, which means that =
they
study a lot about their business. A lot. And to top it off, they have =
direct,
hands on experience with an extraordinary range of electrical and =
mechanical
equipment. A farmer using a windmill to pump water is wise. The rest =
of the
U.S. should learn from them.<BR><BR></DD></DL>Before your irritation =
at a
blatant disregard for current standards and engineering expertise and =
even
government spending get you upset, think about it.<BR>
<DL>
<DD>The average house has a 100 amp service with 120 volt capacity. =
That is
100 x 120 = 12,000 watts (12kw). I looked on the net and found a =
range of 10kw
"wind turbines" which require from 22.5 mph to 31 mph. That is a lot =
of wind.
Are you willing to wait for a tornado to go past your house for the =
"wind
turbine" to work? Probably not. <BR><BR>
<DD>Can you afford even one of the homeowner sized three bladed, =
airfoil
imitating, "wind turbines" like your tax dollars are being wasted =
upon?
Waiting for that rare blast of wind might be a silly investment. So, =
it is
probably not in your current budget.<BR></DD></DL>
<DL></DL>OK, so what do you do? You think like a farmer. Remember, farmers are
smart. Get yourself a multibladed wind powered generator. Get a bumper =
sticker
that says, "Think like a farmer." Remember, just because the other =
lemmings are
dashing into the sea does not mean that there is any true logic to three =
bladed
"wind turbines." Whatever it takes, get your head straight. =
Think.<BR><BR>What
can you do now?<BR><BR>Go to <A href="http://www.ReasonablePower.com"
target=_blank>reasonablepower.com</A>.<BR><BR>Look at the page.<BR><BR>Purchase
a wind powered generator from me today.<BR><BR>Not enough
logic?<BR><BR>Really?<BR><BR>You say, "But the engineers . . ."<BR><BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes" =
target=_blank>Archimedes</A>,
about 287-212 BC is quoted as having said about the use of a <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever" target=_blank>lever</A>, =
"Give me a
place to stand on, and I will move the Earth." And guess what, a blade =
on a
windmill, or on a wind powered generator, or even on a "wind turbine," =
is lever.
Remember that Physics class that you took, where you should have learned =
more.
Here is a refresher: (force) x (distance) = <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque" target=_blank>torque</A>. =
So, if you
want a lot of power from your "wind turbine," it is a good idea to make =
the
blades capture lots of wind. Got it? You want a lot of the force to be =
directly
on the blades, not wasted in aerodynamic "lift." Got that? And, you want =
to
capture most of the wind passing through the blade area. See? That was =
not so
difficult to understand. Think about what you have seen. Farmers need =
mechanical
power. Multi-bladed Windmills produce lots of power. Three bladed,
aerodynamically "lifted" "wind turbines" do not produce much power. The =
laws of
physics are not wrong. Wind Powered Generators, based upon the laws of =
physics
are the best way to go. You should purchase one from me this =
week.<BR><BR>A
blade that is wide at the furtherest part away from the hub should give =
better
torque and thus more power.<BR><BR>A blade that is wide close to the hub =
and
skinny way out from the hub is exactly backward. That is an idiotic way =
to
design them (unless you don't want them to work???). Think. Think. =
Think. Look
at the blades on this link: "<A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turbine_aalborg.jpg" =
target=_blank>wind
turbines</A>," and here: <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:WindPropBlade.jpg"
target=_blank>here</A>.<BR><BR>. . .Lemmings. . .<BR><BR>. . .The sea. .
.<BR><BR>You have seen "wind turbines." Something is definately not right about
them.<BR><BR>Think. Use your own brain. Do not be afraid to think. Something is
not right with those "wind turbines." Look at them again. They are just =
not
right. Archimedes was not wrong about levers. Farmers are not wrong =
about
pumping water with windmills. Physics 101, where you should have =
studied, was
not wrong about force x distance. Those "wind turbines" are just plain =
idiotic.
Think. For yourself, think.<BR><BR>Take a piece of paper. Go ahead. Hold =
two
corresponding corners in your hands, make that section flat and =
horizontal, and
blow across the top surface. Sometimes, the back of the sheet rises, if =
you blow
hard enough, and get the air flow in exactly the right place. It is =
called
"Lift." Now take the same piece of paper and hold a large width of both =
ends and
blow directly onto the middle, with the same amount of air. Yeeooow! =
What a
discovery! You do not need and engineering degree and calculus to see =
that
direct air pressure against the side of a flat surface produces far more =
force
than over the edge with "lift." "Wind turbines" work on lift. Windmills =
work on
air flow pressure. Lift vs direct flowing air pressure? You have no =
excuse for
thinking that "wind turbines" work well now. Physics does not lie. That =
paper in
your hand did not lie. That was a pretty simple example. Those farmers'
windmills were built right. Think for yourself.<BR><BR>You tell your =
children to
think for themselves. You tell them of examples of people that did not =
think for
themselves. There is even a famous tale of an emperor, being duped by =
lies, when
he did not think for himself. Remember when you were young and your =
parent's
read you the story of <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor 's_New_Clothes" =
target=_blank>The
Emperor's New Clothes</A>? Think about it. Think for yourself. Look =
around you
and observe reality for yourself. "Wind turbines," as they are now, are =
like the
Emperor's New Clothes. A little child, being innocent of the vanity of =
adults,
simply asked "Why is the Emperor not wearing any clothes," and the truth =
was set
free. Think. Think. Think.<BR><BR>Here is the situation:<BR><BR>
<DL>
<DD>I started this to replace purchased fuel with natural =
energy.<BR><BR>I
looked at solar and found that the solar panels created such a tiny =
trickle of
power that they were actually a waste of space. I could get more =
energy, in
one day, from a black copper water filled pipe looped across my roof =
than the
solar panel provided in a week. Solar panels are literally a waste of =
space.
Thousands of dollars to trickle charge a few batteries, when I could =
get far
more heat energy out of a simple black copper pipe filled with water? =
No way.
Not with my money. Remember, I am not some money sucking large =
corporation. I
am not trying to deceive the public. I am not trying to sell a lie. I =
am
selling logical, reasonable, wind powered generators.<BR><BR>I looked =
at wind
powered energy sources and quickly found that they were not well =
designed. The
commercially produced wind powered energy sources were incredibly =
inefficient.
But, in their inefficiency, they were more efficient than the solar =
panels.
Thus, I decided to analyze them and potentially build my own. I looked =
at the
parts for wind power sources and studied each part incrementally. This =
has
taken me a few months, about a year now. An <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PSU-90-125.PNG"
target=_blank>airfoil</A> [or <A =
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil"
target=_blank>here</A>] on edge, in a steady stream of air, does =
create lift.
Albeit, very little lift unless there is a lot of air flow, but lift =
none the
less, and measured in <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule"
target=_blank>joules</A> of energy per volume of air flow, it is =
very little.
A flat plate, perpendicular to a steady stream of air, has the maximum =
mechanical advantage, and has far greater joules or energy per volume =
of air
flow. But, we do not want to totally blow away our wind powered =
generator by
making it flat to the wind, so we set the flat plate on a 45 degree =
angle.
Maximum force perpendicular to the direction of the wind. And that =
force is
against the blades of the wind powered generator to make it turn! Yes, =
there
is drag. But drag, in this case, is transferred to the mechanical =
structure of
the wind powered generator. Maximum turning force. Maximum <A
href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/torque.html"
target=_blank>torque</A> on the shaft that turns the wind powered
generator.<BR><BR>
<DL>
<DD>Having difficulty envisioning this?<BR><BR>(Look at the NASA =
example of
a <A =
href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kiteprog.html"
target=_blank>kite</A>. Click on "select view" then "side" then =
Click on
"Trim." Adjust the "B-Bridle" and the "K-Knot" until the "lift" is
maximized. It is a simple visual representation, but it gets the =
point
across. More information from NASA at "Kindergarten through 12th =
grade"
explanations: <A
href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortk.html"
target=_blank>Kites</A>, and general <A
href="http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/short.html"
target=_blank>Aerodynamics</A>. Get it? Flat plate. 45 degree =
angle to the
wind. Maximum torque for energy generation. <BR><BR></DD></DL>Thus, =
I
considered flat plates as a logical starting point for the design of a =
wind
powered energy system. From <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamic" =
target=_blank>fluid
dynamics</A> we know that an attack angle of 45 degrees is the most =
efficient
for angular energy conversion of flowing air against a flat plate. At =
45
degrees, it spills the energy depleted air flow in preparation for the =
upstream air flow, as it has to because it is wind power. Stay with me =
on
this. Focus. Think.<BR><BR>I started this to replace the purchasing of =
fuel
with the using of natural energy. I have studied solar and wind as =
alternative
energy sources. I am giving you a report of my findings. I am giving =
you
direct references to physics and direct examples from NASA. I have =
made some
discoveries of products being offered, their technologies, their =
logics, their
benefits, and their shortcomings. I am building wind powered =
generators based
upon logic and the laws of physics. I have heard from the sales =
personnel of
"wind turbines." I have read and listened carefully to the lemming =
followers
of the "wind turbine" fad. I have studied their calculations and their =
conclusions and found them lacking. The laws of physics are not false. =
Flat
plates, even if they are slightly curved for structural strength, are =
far
better than aerofoils for a wind powered generator.<BR><BR>Now I am =
offering
to sell to you a wind powered generator.<BR><BR></DD></DL>OK. So you =
are sold on
this idea. You want to purchase wind powered generators from me. The =
wind is
free. The wind is absolutely totally free. The wind will blow no matter =
what fad
is current. The wind will continue to blow as it has commonly done. The =
wind
blows day or night. When there is a storm and you need energy for lights =
and
heat, the wind is usually blowing. When a blizzard is blasting through, =
the wind
is blowing it. Did I mention that the wind is free? I do not claim =
specific
percents of results for anything. That will, of course, vary. This is =
not a grid
tie. We can work with electricians, and have them hook it up for you. =
This is a
basic wind energy conversion package. Wind to energy. Think about it. =
You know
that you could continue to get those horrendous energy bills for the =
rest of you
life. You could spend your time listening to "wind turbine" salesmen. =
You could
spend your time reading the reports of lemmings discussing the =
mysterious
calculus of aerofoil and "lift." But now that would be tough since you =
now have
the physics references that slam the "wind turbine" idea into the dirt. =
Oh, what
to do? You could go get a double cheezeburger with onions and mayo, top =
it off
with a big milkshake, and try to forget that you read this. Or maybe =
not. When
you pay that heating bill or electric bill, you will remember this. The =
physics
is true. The examples are true. Purchase a wind powered generator from =
me.
Results will vary. The wind may blow or it may not. You might get energy =
from
this or you might not. You know all of that. Have me build one for you =
anyway,
and watch the results.<BR><BR>NOTES:<BR>* No lemmings were harmed in the =
making
of this web page.<BR>* Links to other web pages do not mean anything =
other than
a reference.<BR>* Think.<BR><BR><BR><BR>What can you do now?<BR><BR>Go =
to <A
href="http://www.ReasonablePower.com"
target=_blank>reasonablepower.com</A>.<BR><BR>Look at the =
page.<BR><BR>I am
asking you to purchase a wind powered generator from me
today.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BODY></HTML>
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