This is the first silent home wind turbine that destroys solar panels - 1500 kWh of free electricity
Wind power is gradually rising to the challenge, and in the residential market, it is as popular as solar power. Meet the Liam F1 Mini Urban Wind Turbine by Archimedes – a miniature wind turbine specially developed for city use.
This small and revolutionary product delivers energy to home roofs and generates up to 1500 kWh of free electricity per year — and it is silent. The Liam F1 is quickly proving to be a strong contender for solar energy solutions and a worthy contender for solar panels for consumers who are concerned about sustainability and the environment.
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/liam-f1-mini-urban-destroys-wind-turbine/8130/Open linkView original on slrpnk.net
The article triggers my hype meter, which is a bad thing if the product actualy delivers what it claims.
The design is new and looks neat, so I searched for an article with more information, and found this:
https://newatlas.com/the-archimedes-liam-f1-urban-wind-turbine/32263/
They do firmly claim a very high energy extraction rate (a power coefficient of 0.8):
The downside is a rotor with great surface area, and thus mass. It doesn't weigh 20 kilograms like a bladed 1.5 meter turbine might be expected to weigh, it weighs 75 kilos.
For now, sadly, the cost is ridiculous. But I guess they need to recover their development cost somehow, and the manufacturing cost is considerably higher than with bladed turbines.
How to find a cheaper manufacturing method? Good question. Printing one is probably very slow. It looks unsuitable for conventional blade-making technologies (glass fiber + resin). They seem to have made it from metal (I'm not 100% sure), but is there a better way?
The headline does seem a little like clickbait. Thanks for looking into it and sharing what you found.
Yeah this website seems to be all about click bait
honestly smaller scale to me is perfect. I would love something small enough for a condo balcony in both corners. Combine that with the railing solar and who knows.
While it's neat that it can automatically adjust for varying wind directions, does it have any way of adapting to very high wind speeds without exploding from too much wind force, like in a hurricane?
Harmony Turbines suffers neither of these problems...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p4dfGDPUsGM
Looks like its also a helix design made for high wind, so the answer is likely yes.
I did read that part, but it only mentions self-adjusting the direction. It mentions nothing about furling up or any other self protective measures during dangerously high winds.
Very cool! Is it printable?
"Micro" still means a 1.5m diameter.
They have a smaller 0.75m one as well. Lower power, but 2ft vs 5ft if you need to save the space on your roof.