Wind Fence Could Be the Future of Power Generation

RE: Wind Fence Could Be the Future of Power Generation

michaelkellett — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 10:18:55 GMT

2200kW of power per year means nothing.

The W is a unit of power and is 1J per second.

So think about it - what does n joules per second per year mean ?

Perhaps they mean 2.2MWh/year.

But without a LOT more info - at best it's an idea for a wind turbine but looks pretty duff.

Closely spaced turbines interact - so the power extracted per turbine is reduced. There is a reason that real wind turbines have three thin blades and are spaced many blade lengths apart.

Then putting turbines at ground level is a bad idea. less wind, affected by buildings, safety etc..

A fence with multiple rotors is just a mad idea - you would do much better to generate the same power with 1 correctly sized rotating blade set.

RE: Wind Fence Could Be the Future of Power Generation

DAB — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 18:10:05 GMT

Could be useful if they ran them between high rise buildings where they could tap into the wind tunnel effect of city streets.

RE: Wind Fence Could Be the Future of Power Generation

beacon_dave — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 10:57:21 GMT

It might be more suited to long elevated structures like highway flyovers.

1 unit = 4 blades (14 ft x 7 ft)

1 fence = 2 units = 8 blades (28 ft x 7 ft) (20% generation)

5 fences = 10 units = 40 blades (140 ft x 7ft ) (100% generation)

How does 140ft of fence compare with the size of the average American household ?

For maximum generation it will likely have to be located at roof-top level, so perhaps looking at flat roof buildings with a parapet fence.

Architects are perhaps going to have to start getting more creative to accommodate alternative technology like this.

RE: Wind Fence Could Be the Future of Power Generation

kmikemoo — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 03:07:39 GMT

Great idea.