Imbali wind-turbine overview

[@rickholden4824]

This seems a great design and a very clear explation of how to make one with a little bit more research. Many thanks

[@PP.EKOTECH]

Hi. Nice wind turbine ! :) We are waiting for tests ... ;) Regards - Paul P. 👍+SUB ! 😉

[@patrickhackett3878]

Brilliant.

[@felixthoma-miniature-machining]

Thank you

[@josem.8159]

Boa noite, Qual a tensão e amperes fornecidos pelo aerogeradore ?🇧🇷

[@davidpotter9462]

I have one on my channel. Just a short video

[@ajarivas72]

I will watch it

[@josefstora3529]

Dobře napájený ventilátor větvičky se ani nehnou tak proč si neudělat vítr na sušení sena.

[@gaveales9883]

I love your creation and would love to build my own - how did you modify your alternator? Is it a car alternator?

[@felixthoma-miniature-machining]

It is a custom-built alternator. More details can be seen in the other video-clips on this channel.

[@drsproc]

Excellent design. Was wondering, do you rectify near the turbine? The reason I ask, is that alternating current Power travels better in thinner gauged wire. Also saves a heck of lot of cost then. This naturally comes from the days of Edison versus Tesla in the early days of public power distribution. Anyway - noice!

[@ajarivas72]

It is the voltage not the wave shape. In fact DC current is more efficient to transmit than AC current at the same RMS voltage level. DC does not suffer from the skin effect that reduces the efficiency of AC transmission

[@drsproc]

@@ajarivas72 sounds like you haven't heard of Edison vs Tesla

[@ajarivas72]

@@drsproc Direct current travels better than alternating current. There is no skin effect in direct current. The joule losses in a wire depends on the amount of current (i^2 x R, square current times the resistence). The higher the voltage, the lower the joule losses because the current is lower. It is much easier to increase and decrease AC voltage (transformer) than DC voltage. If you increase the DC voltage with a booster circuit, then you can transmit DC current with lower losses than AC voltage (no skin effect in DC current). Look into it, please.

[@drsproc]

That is just it... direct current has much higher losses due to resistance of the wire. By stepping up with a transformer even at the source, the transmitted power would be more efficient, the wires could be much smaller too. Look at even modern solar panels and the reasons for micro-inverters. Its fundamental electricity. Let's ask the wind turbine maker to test it for us? Lol

[@ajarivas72]

@@drsproc DC can be stepped up too. High voltage DC transmission is more efficient than high voltage AC transmission because AC is affected by the skin effect which increases the wire resistance.

[@UseUsernameNotInUse]

Did you use a commercial slip ring?

[@ajarivas72]

Get rid of the slip ring, get a 90 degrees gear box ⚙️ and mount the generator shaft vertically

[@felixthoma-miniature-machining]

A slipring is not used. The electrical wires are fed down the tube. They can then obviously twist. Experientially (over msny years), the turbine is moved left/right into the oncomming wind about equally and thus the twisting/untwisting of the wires does not present any issues.