SheerWind claims its INVELOX wind turbine
produces 600% more power
13 May 2013, by Bob Yirka
wind using wide mouthed funnels and channel it via
ducts to a turbine sitting at ground level. The wind
picks up speed as it is concentrated through a
series of nozzle and pipes before it is delivered to a
turbine, which produces electricity. SheerWind
claims in its announcement that the system is
capable of producing electricity with wind speeds
as low as 1mph.
As an example, they say that tests have
demonstrated that the system operating in natural
wind speeds of 10mph is able to increase that
speed to 40mph before it enters the turbine. After
passing through the turbine, the wind is exhausted
back into the environment, in this case, at 15mph.
In another scenario the company says it tested the
abilities of its system by comparing it with an
identical turbine configured as a conventional
system. They claim they found improvements of 81
to 660 percent.
The company says the unique design is scalable,
making it suitable for use in both wind farm
applications and smaller deployments. And
because of its smaller physical size, they claim the
INVELOX is also more environmentally
friendly—fewer are birds killed and there's less
noise. They also claim that installation capital is
less than $750 per KW and that once up and
running, the system costs just 1 cent per
KWH—making it cost competitive with natural gas
and hydroelectric plants. They also note that the
system can be put in place and run without
(Phys.org) —SheerWind Inc. of Chaska, Minnesota government subsidies and still be profitable.
is claiming in a press release that its newly
Amid the optimistic clamor there is one dark
developed funnel-based wind turbine system is
capable of producing 600 percent more power than cloud—no one outside of SheerWind has been
conventional wind turbines. The new design uses allowed to test the system. For that reason, the
funnels to channel wind to a ground-based turbine. claims made by the company are at this point, still
just that. But, should the claims hold, the INVELOX
could be a game changer. Such a system could be
The idea behind the INVELOX system is to capture purchased and put into use by virtually anyone
wishing to produce their own electricity with the
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expectation of much higher production than
conventional systems.
More information: sheerwind.com/technology
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