An Electric Fan Into a Wind tunnel?

12 Jan 2020

For anyone out here, I am wondering if this guy is for real? Is his statements based on true electrical fact or just a lot of fiction? Please comment below.

Thanks for checking this out.

Clem

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michaelkellett over 5 years ago +4

The Fan to Wind Turbine generator vid seemed straight to me. Simple and reasonable steps and a disappointing conclusion - that's real life ! MK
dougw over 5 years ago +1

I don't see anything wrong with his work - moving magntetic fields through coils like that will generate AC. It was interesting, although it was a foregone conclusion that it would have poor performance…
colporteur over 5 years ago +1

Something MacGyver in the 90's TV series of the same name, would do. His TV fan moto would generate enough energy to arc weld:)

clem57 over 5 years ago in reply to colporteur

Only in TV would this make any sense. LOL
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colporteur over 5 years ago

Something MacGyver in the 90's TV series of the same name, would do. His TV fan moto would generate enough energy to arc weld:)
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clem57 over 5 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

Good eye Jan Cumps, I did not see that one.
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Jan Cumps over 5 years ago

That DC-DC converter looked familiar. It's the one michaelkellett tried to tame for a customer, I think: LTC3780 buck boost converter
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DAB over 5 years ago

As he pointed out, yes you can, but no you should not.

It is all about efficiency and power transfer and you just are not going to get much usable power, even if you have a fairly windy location.

Compare what he builds to the big megawatt turbines being used around the world.

If you want a good wind turbine, you need to buy a good wind turbine. Building your own is doable, but you are wasting a lot of efforts others have done to do the job right.

DAB
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