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PATH Report: Wind Power Generators for the Home
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| Submitted by: | marc oppenhuizen (oppenhouse@aol.com) 7/30/2008 9:22:26 AM PT |
| Location: | memphis |
| Occupation: | Real estate |
How do i calculate the needs of a home? We are building 15 villa's approx 2000 sf each and are considering wind generation to each home as it is being built. What does 1.5kw rating mean? I saw one that said it generates 2000kw per year, does this compute? I dont understand the correlcation between a 5 kw rating compared to a monthly usage of say 980 kw which is what my house uses any suggestions on a good learning site manual etc that would be informative to understand.
| Submitted by: | Jay Jay (thousandoakshome@yahoo.com) 8/6/2007 2:42:55 PM PT |
| Location: | Thousand Oaks |
| Occupation: | Thousand Wind Turbines |
Answer to Carol:
Rising hot air from roof tops would not be fast enough to turn a wind turbine. I don''t have the exact figures, but I believe to run a feasible wind turbine, the wind speed should be higher than four or five meters per second. If you were to stand on your roof top, the hot air from your house definitely would not be that fast
| Submitted by: | Jay Jay (thousandoakshome@yahoo.com) 8/6/2007 2:25:29 PM PT |
| Location: | Thousand Oaks |
| Occupation: | Thousand Wind Turbines |
Answer to Chuck:
For wind turbines to work properly, the best condition is to have wind blowing from the same direction and at fairly constant speed. Very high wind speed actually would stall the wind turbines. For tall buildings, tall bridges and other tall structures, the dymanics of the wind are complicated by the surrounding buildings or other nearby structures. The wind, therefore, would probably be blowing in a very random pattern. Under this kind of unfavorable wind condition, the wind turbines would constantly be stopping, starting and turning towards the wind direction, thus creating uneccessary stress on the blades, shortening their useful lifespan.
That's why wind turbines are usually installed either on vast flat areas or on gently sloping hills where winds are fairly predicable.
| Submitted by: | carol K 2/23/2007 9:22:59 PM PT |
| Location: | mpls,mn |
| Occupation: | HUC |
I was wondering if there was a way to put a series of types of a kind of turbines on roof tops ,all of the hot air rising causes the regular turbines to expell hot air as they spin, cant these be used to generate some power if there were more of them ?
| Submitted by: | Robert Laviana (northeastassociates1@yahoo.com) 2/8/2007 8:32:26 AM PT |
| Location: | West Suffield Connecticut |
| Occupation: | Attorney |
Can the author or anyone provide a person of contact guide to reputable manufacturers and/or retailers for mid-size residential units (5-20 KW)? This market is apparently under emphasized.
| Submitted by: | Richard Soderquist (resoderquist@msn.com) 2/7/2007 5:44:34 PM PT |
| Location: | Asheville NC |
| Occupation: | Residental Contractor |
It is encouraging to see alternative power generation going mainstream. Most manufactures boast made in the USA and most installers are knowledgeable and passionate about wind energy. Paying forward is perhaps a small price to pay to become energy independent.
| Submitted by: | David Ali (davjali1@yahoo.com) 2/7/2007 11:08:51 AM PT |
| Location: | PA |
| Occupation: | Builder |
Can the be made to look like one of those tree towers?
| Submitted by: | Bob Murray (bobmurray@sprynet.com) 2/7/2007 11:05:34 AM PT |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH |
| Occupation: | Apartment Development and Mangement |
Mr. Salas,
I would like to try one and can't find any further information on it - can you save me the brain damage by pointing me in the right direction?
| Submitted by: | Chuck Bunyaviroch (cbunyaviroch@verizon.net) 2/7/2007 9:47:09 AM PT |
| Location: | NYC |
| Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
I know the focus of the article was on the home, but why is it that we don't see more of these on skyscapers and tall bridges?
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