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Vertical Or Horizontal? Wind Power Design

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Keri Hilson - Energy

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Ups and Downs of Wind Power Designs

The downside to the vertical wind turbine is that it is noisy. You probably have to place it far away from your main residence if you want to get any sleep at night. That means you have got to have lots of land. An acre or more, at least. It might rule out your small lawn with the rose bushes. Another bothersome thing is that any vibration along the vertical axis tends to affect the wind power. The structure can seem a bit rickety if it is banged on pretty hard.

On the other hand, the horizontal wind power design is not affected by hard knocks on its axis. But the wind direction affects the efficiency of the horizontal turbine big time. It needs to re-orientate itself to the new wind direction every time there is a change in the way the wind blows. That cuts down its ability to generate electricity reliably. Without a steady wind, the horizontal wind power design does not function as well as the vertical wind turbine.

The blades of vertical and horizontal design spin at different rates. The vertical wind turbine rotates at a lower velocity compared to the horizontal blades. There is also a much narrower space for the blades to cover in a vertically designed wind turbine. That spells good news for nature lovers because birds do not get caught and sliced in two by the blades of a vertical wind power design. However, horizontal turbine blades are known to be merciless to birds. You will find plenty of feathers around the base of the turbine to prove my point.

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