14 DAY TRIAL // According to recent information with respect to the development of the US wind power industry, bladeless wind turbines might soon be available on the market.
Thus, is seems that Sigma Design Co., a company based in Middlesex, New Jersey which is in the business of taking “smart ideas” and transforming them into “successful products and machinery,” has agreed to test, optimize and even manufacture a new type of bladeless wind turbines.
As you probably know, harvesting wind power by means of traditional turbines might yield positive result as far as cutting down on pollution goes, yet conservationists warn that many bird and bat species are often hurt by them, which means that local biodiversity in the areas where these devices are made to function is negatively affected by them.
Still, engineer Raymond Carver claims to have come up with an innovative solution: a new type of bladeless wind turbines, which can tackle this renewable energy source without having any animal species hurt in the process.
Commenting on the prototypes he has so far developed, Raymond Carver explains that, “Our design does not have any external moving parts to hit the birds. Our unit is easy to see so the birds can avoid it, and all moving parts are internal.”
Furthermore, “The blades are internal, close together and smaller therefore eliminating the sound traditional blades make as they spin and swoop past the tower making the wooping sound that is so irritating to people living nearby.”
The North American Wind Power website provides us with a summary of all the science-talk surrounding these new wind turbines. Apparently, by means of an Inner Compression Cone Technology, the air going inside these devices gets squeezed, which means that it is made to generate more power than it usually would have.
As well as this, this feature allows one to have these turbines installed close to the ground, because optimum wind power can be obtained from relatively small breezed as well.
Naturally, because they can be mounted close to the ground and because they do not require oversized blades, these turbines are also a noteworthy choice from a financial standpoint.