It's a vexing obstacle that I have to overcome
to make my 'unique' wind-turbine concept work
under changing conditions [changing wind vectors, etc]
(1) The diagram sketching: no problem.
(2) The basic energy conversion calculations: no problem.
(3) The sheet metal-cutting & bending: no problem.
(4) The welding: no problem [I've picked up on arc-welding skills lately] .
(5) The assembly and integration of the other components:
no problem [I finally have access to a complete tool-kit, including allan wrenches].
(6) The problem is?....The faster the wind-turbine spins,
the exponentially greater is the gyroscopic-effect...and its angular momentum force.
That's not always good news, especially when the whole contraption
has to turn horizontally to meet changing wind directions.
The wind-vane helps, but not good enough; The device loses a lot of useful energy
when the wind turbine has to slow down considerably for the wind-vane
to effectively turn the wind-turbine to face changing wind directions.
Any advice?
Pro engineers here on HZ can certainly kick in their advice and expertise too.
Jacob
It's frustrating trying to overcome this obstacle; I could use some 'armchair' engineering advice.
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- It's frustrating trying to overcome this obstacle; I could use some 'armchair' engineering advice.
- If the moment of inertia is so high that gyroscopic forces prefent rotation by a vane in the plane of the Earth's surface,
- Governor
- re: It's frustrating trying to overcome this obstacle; I could use some 'armchair' engineering advice.
- Thanks. (n/t)
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