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On the flip side could these replace conventional wind turbines to generate electricity?
by mrfusion 8y ago
On the flip side could these replace conventional wind turbines to generate electricity?
- gpm 8y agoHard to imagine how. They use wind to generate a linear force. We like to have rotational forces to feed generators.
- mrfusion 8y agoWe have lots of ways to turn linear force into rotational. My car engine would like to have a word with you. Off the top of my head. Hook it up to a crankshaft. On the push stroke turn the motor on and capture the wind. On the pull stroke turn off the spinning and let it return to vertical.
- carapace 8y agoMagenn Power, Inc. (now defunct maybe?) was building tethered aerial generators. Just search for "Magenn" with two 'n's.