[HN Gopher] Application of automotive alternators in small wind ...
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       Application of automotive alternators in small wind turbines[2012]
        
       Author : rolph
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-09-05 20:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | simonebrunozzi wrote:
       | Title should include (2012).
        
         | rolph wrote:
         | thnx , being a ~ factually based piece not prone to change over
         | time, i skipped out on that, however things such as efficiency
         | rating, parts availability etc. will change. [title modded]
        
       | GeorgeTirebiter wrote:
       | Gosh, well-considered analysis of each of the major contributors
       | to efficiency -- if you are at all interested in this kind of
       | stuff, it's worth it to just page though the 77 pages.
       | 
       | Besides being able to scavenge alternators from junked cars,
       | potentially lowering the cost-per-watt, there must be economies
       | of scale that are pushing toward absolute garagutan wind power
       | converters (there is nothing 'generated' here, that's a bad term.
       | Power is converted.)
       | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/business/GE-wind-turbine....
       | GE Haliade-X 13MW Wind Turbine, 722 ft diameter, 853 ft high.
       | (The 86th floor observatory on the Empire State Building is at
       | 1,050 ft)
        
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