This vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) uses five 3” PVC pipes cut in half for blades rotating on three kids bicycle wheels to spin an Ametek 38 volt motor or a wind blue alternator.The whole ...

Although there are several vertical axis wind turbines listed on greenterrafirma ... The tools required to make one of these are relatively simple, so this could make this experiment accessible ...

Vertical-axis turbines that can pump 1.5 kW of power into your solar battery bank or feed it to the grid cost less than $500. A wind turbine is a bad investment if you don't get enough wind to make it ...

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science professor Eric Loth, who led a multi-institutional team in ...

There are two basic types of wind turbines: horizontal-axis and vertical-axis. Horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) have a two or three blade rotor that rotates about a horizontal axis. The rotor is ...