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Here's another one, Ventum VX175: https://ventumdynamics.com/ https://ventumdynamics.com/ Regarding what you said about ducting, I don't think that's a fair as

by goda90 2y ago

Here's another one, Ventum VX175: https://ventumdynamics.com/ https://ventumdynamics.com/ Regarding what you said about ducting, I don't think that's a fair assessment. Really big turbines are the biggest bang for your buck, but they aren't exactly duct-able. And on the flip side, really big turbines can't be built in a lot of places. So the question is, does ducting help smaller scale turbines, and will placing smaller scale turbines where big turbines won't fit going to be worthwhile?

Animats 2y ago
> So the question is, does ducting help smaller scale turbines, and will placing smaller scale turbines where big turbines won't fit going to be worthwhile? Simple ducting does help some. A group at Clarkson has been working on this. They have a wind tunnel, so they can get solid data. [1] They have a simple duct around a standard wind turbine. This gives the effect of more intake area, and they get almost twice the output power. Unclear if this is cheaper than just increasing the blade length. Many people have been down this road. There are many, many variants on experimental ducted wind turbines. Just search for "ducted wind turbine". There are very few installations. Here's one of the few.[2] They're demo installations on college campuses. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxA-RkwuRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxA-RkwuRY [2] https://www.ductedwind.com/blog https://www.ductedwind.com/blog