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steamdreamer
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Ok not a great title, but let me try to explain the idea.
Imagine that you have say a parachute attached to the top of a flag pole. In the center of the parachute a hole is cut and connected to a plastic tube that goes to the ground. When the wind comes up the parachute exerts a drag on the air and this tube connects the low pressure backside of chute to the ground. At the ground level inside the tube is a turbine that will spin as a result of the suction created. To enhance the energy transfer there will be a tube concentrically centered around the low pressure tube that transmits the high pressure air to the underside of the turbine on the ground. Essentially its a giant pitot tube with the parachute acting as a flow obstructor, the two line then transmit differential pressure to the ground. So would it an effective way to transfer wind energy?
The pros would be that you could bring all maintenance to a ground level, and eliminate gigantic tower weights and costs.
I am not certain how to proced modeling or thinking numerically about such an idea. Any ideas?
Imagine that you have say a parachute attached to the top of a flag pole. In the center of the parachute a hole is cut and connected to a plastic tube that goes to the ground. When the wind comes up the parachute exerts a drag on the air and this tube connects the low pressure backside of chute to the ground. At the ground level inside the tube is a turbine that will spin as a result of the suction created. To enhance the energy transfer there will be a tube concentrically centered around the low pressure tube that transmits the high pressure air to the underside of the turbine on the ground. Essentially its a giant pitot tube with the parachute acting as a flow obstructor, the two line then transmit differential pressure to the ground. So would it an effective way to transfer wind energy?
The pros would be that you could bring all maintenance to a ground level, and eliminate gigantic tower weights and costs.
I am not certain how to proced modeling or thinking numerically about such an idea. Any ideas?