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Vortex Bladeless Wind Turbine

Vortex Bladeless is developing a novel bladeless wind turbine called the Vortex that harnesses wind energy through vortex shedding rather than blades. The elongated cone-shaped turbine vibrates and oscillates in the wind, with magnets and an alternator converting the kinetic energy into electricity. It has no gears, bolts or mechanically moving parts. Testing shows the Vortex captures 30% less power than conventional turbines but two can fit in the same space as one. The company claims it is less expensive, completely silent, and safe for birds. The founders saw an opportunity in "vorticity" that others viewed as a problem to avoid.

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Vortex Bladeless Wind Turbine

Vortex Bladeless is developing a novel bladeless wind turbine called the Vortex that harnesses wind energy through vortex shedding rather than blades. The elongated cone-shaped turbine vibrates and oscillates in the wind, with magnets and an alternator converting the kinetic energy into electricity. It has no gears, bolts or mechanically moving parts. Testing shows the Vortex captures 30% less power than conventional turbines but two can fit in the same space as one. The company claims it is less expensive, completely silent, and safe for birds. The founders saw an opportunity in "vorticity" that others viewed as a problem to avoid.

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VORTEX BLADELESS WIND TURBINE

Even wonder how to harvest wind energy from our conventional


blades or fines method? Be ready to get your mind blown
because now when you travel, don’t be astonished spinning in
the breeze as you drive down the highway. A Spanish company
called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to
generate wind energy that will once again upend what you see
outside your car window. If you are wondering what the word
vortex means (sound cool), it is a whirling mass of fluid or air.

Vortex Bladeless Wind Turbine

Their idea is the Vortex, a Bladeless Wind Turbine that looks like
a gaint Baseball bat shooting into the sky. The vortex has the
same goals as conventional wind turbines : to turn breezes into
kinetic energy that can be used as electricity. But it goes about in
an entirely different way for enlightining you with the
difference , here is how a regular wind turbine works – wind
turbines operate on a simple principle, Vortex Shedding effect
which is an oscillating flow that takes place when a fluid as air or
water flows past a bluff body as certain velocities, depending on
the size and shape of the body. In the flow, vortices are created
at the back of the body and detach periodically from either side
of the body.

The elongated cone is made from a composite of fibreglass and


carbon fibre, which allows the mast to vibrate as much as
possible. At the base of the cone are two rings of repelling
magnets, which acts sort of like a non-electroical motor. When
the cone oscillates one way, the repelling magnets pull it in the
other direction, like a slight nudge to boost the mast’s
movement regardless of wind speed. This kinetic energy is then
converted into electricity with help of an alternator that
multiplies the frequency of the mast’s oscillation to improve the
energy-gathering efficiency.

What is even more amazing is that its makers boasts about the
fact that there are no gears, bolts, or mechanically moving
parts!! The founders claim that Vortex Mini, which stands at
around 41 feet tall, can capture upto 40% of the wind’s power
during ideal conditions. On testing, the Mini ultimately captures
30% less wind power than conventioal wind turbine but that is
compensated by that we can put double vortex turbines in same
area as a propeller turbine. The Vortex Team says that it’s less
expensive, totally silent and safe for birds since no blades are
there.
Vorticity has long been considered the enemy of architects and
engineers. Where designers see danger, Vortex Bladeless
Founders -David Suriol, David Yanez and Raul Martin- see
opportunity. “We said, why don’t we try to use this energy, not
avoid it” Suriol says.

By : Lokesh Kumar Gupta

ME, 2nd Year

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