Windmill Generator – The Whole Building!
November 12, 2009 by David
Filed under Windmill Generator Design
Just when you think you’ve seen every type of windmill generator – something like this comes along!
It does seems that the windmill generator component may have been more of an afterthought, but if this actually gets built, I’d like to see the generator in action. The whole building using the wind to generate it’s own power – totally fantastic!
Now the average windmill generator does not need to be built on this scale, but any windmill generator can produce power for you, in fact lots of electricity for free
Some serious recommendations on resources to help you build your own windmill generator are coming into the blog soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime , enjoy this computer simulation of the windmill generator building!
Windmill Generator – This is a stunning Helix Design
November 7, 2009 by David
Filed under Windmill Generator Design
Now your average windmill generator does not look like this (see video below). However, whatever the shape of your windmill generator, it’s the power that it creates that is important. Personally, I really like these new windmill generator designs, since they evoke something quite like the shape of DNA strands twisted together. It makes it really easy for me to start saying ‘hippy things’ with a shape like that, but the creation of electricity is the important bit and if this design of windmill generator has anything going for it, it is output!
The average windmill generator relies upon, either a good natural wind position or the use of a tailpiece to direct it into the breeze. Ant windmill generator can work well like this, however the ‘helix’ design claims to focus the wind no matter which direction the wind blows from. It is interesting and I like the windmill generator design just for the sake of looks!
Windmill Generators are back with cutting edge technology
November 2, 2009 by David
Filed under Windmill Generator Design
Funny how the idea of building your own wind generator for power has come around again!
Let’s face it a windmill is NOT new technology – it’s how we use it that’s slightly different. In ‘days of old’ we would use the power of the wind to turn sails for direct power, that is to grind cereals or for a belt drive to power simple machinery
Then, the wind and the power of running water was about all we could harness from natural resources. Then we built the steam engine, fueled by coal and the old technology was put aside for the advanced technology
Fast forward to the present day and we are building wind generators again! Why? Because we discovered that burning tons of fossil fuels such as coal and gas creates millions of tons of excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. All of sudden, the wind generator is good news!
Can we make more use of our natural resources such as wind? Between the passage of time and the development of humanity we are slowly beginning to realize how vital our world is. The benefits of wind power needs to be seen in a broad context
The beauty of a wind generator is that it creates ZERO emissions, even taking account of the materials used and any maintenance over 50 years, it is still almost carbon neutral. Just look at what it can do! Produce 1,000s of Watts of electricity over it’s lifetime – all for free
We all love free and even the knowledge to build a suitable domestic wind generator and the materials involved won’t break the bank. Better still, the payback (the return of money saved versus money spent) is very fast and so you reap the benefits very quickly
Windmill Generator Blade Design
November 1, 2009 by David
Filed under Windmill Generator Design
To understand how your windmill generator will create electricity we need to get a handle on how it works. We don’t need high wind speed if the wind generator is efficient, in fact too much wind can be more of a problem than a help!
What we need to understand is that as the wind speed doubles, it will create 8 Times the power at the wind generator. If the wind speed is tripled, you will get 27 times more output on the windmill generator!
Realistically, a wind speed of around 5 mph (miles per hour) is fine. Couple this with an efficient windmill generator with suitable blade length and you will get a lot of power. Something to understand for calculating, is that the longer the turbine blades – the more power output (you had probably guessed that factor!) By doubling the length of the blades on your wind generator, the power output increase four times! So it’s nice to build blades to a decent length to help the output.
Whatever style of motor you use to generate electricity, it will need some minor maintenance from time to time, so consider the fact that you will need to get to it again the future. If you have space for an 8 foot blade on your wind generator, that’s great, but remember you will need to set this very high indeed and this will put your motor along way away for any maintenance (such as changes brushes or bearings).
OK enough of the technical (honestly, you don’t need to be a genius for some good returns), all you really need is a good plan to work to and ideally a proven design. Then making a sensible windmill generator is easy.
