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At 9:19am on March 26, 2009, Lyn W. said…: The project is looking much better Adam!

I love the new pics!!

At 1:25pm on March 11, 2009, Lisa Walker said…: Wow, sounds great. I would like to see it some day up close. Can't wait for the new video.

At 9:25am on March 11, 2009, Lisa Walker said…: I loved the video and have posted it to my facebook and myspace pages telling all my friends what a good idea you have.

If ever you want to try out one of your turbines, I have property that might be very suited for this design. The huge typical wind power turbines will not fit I am afraid since I am located to close to a populated area. We do have 14+ acres bordering two major highways though.

Good luck on your idea. I am sure someone with the funding is out there.
Lisa

At 4:40pm on March 1, 2009, Andrew Little said…: Hi Adam,

I just watched your YouTube video. Pretty impresive.

There are a lot of hairbrained ideas out there about wind power, but I don't think this is one of them. I want to take a closer look at it. Once my schedule frees up in July I will be able to spend more time on this stuff.

Perhaps we could get together before then. I would have to work something into my schedule if we did.

Andy

At 3:52am on February 27, 2009, Theodore Omtzigt said…: I have been looking at some of the failure modes of windmills and high-wind collapse is clearly something that needs to be addressed. In a rotational design the blade control can minimize the surface area of the windmill and brakes are used to protect the gears.

How would your design deal with this? No need to write about it on this website, if you have solved it it would be good patentable ideas.

Also, I checked out your youtube video in the hope to find some information about power generation efficiency of your design compared to a traditional windmill. For example, compare the power generation capability of that other windmill in the background with yours.

At 11:44am on February 24, 2009, Kevin Turman said…: Hi Adam,

Thanks for the video. I actually blogged about your and your wind turbine design a couple of weeks ago here:

http://www.greentechgazette.com/index.php/wind-energy/adam-fullers-vertical-axis-wind-turbine-is-big-idea/

At 5:56am on February 24, 2009, Lou De Frog said…: Thank You Adam
I also am a fan of vertical design. Think that sails running out from the unit to control the air entering would be handy. Three curved sails would capture more of the available or could be used to spoil the wind and slow the thing in high winds.

Don't agree with your reason for the cause of the downturn. I believe it is because there are just too many people getting paid for doing nothing. Any business mind will tell you that when you have 10 Chiefs and one Indian, the Indian will complain that he is being picked on.

At 9:41pm on February 23, 2009, WALTER REED said…: Hi Adam:

You mill is looking real good. 'Have passed this along. Have you done any calculations on the forces required for structure of the swept area fins? There may be an answer for captital.

Walter

At 7:02pm on February 23, 2009, W. Dan Chance said…: What are baffles? What do you call the wind catchers?

At 5:10pm on February 23, 2009, Theodore Omtzigt said…: The $20k is a bit steep for not getting results, but it is too low to come from the big CFD experts (FLUENT, CD-Adapco, Exa). CFD is a special kind a engineering analysis, but it is done on much more complex structures than vertical windmills with phenomenal accuracy so I would not dismiss it as useless quite yet. The power of that type of analysis is that it can provide you with insight in how the system operates and then provide very productive what-if mechanisms. Do you have the ability to do shape optimization and parameter sweeps, that is, do control your own CAD/CAE pipeline?

I was thinking to suggest to bring in an academic team with an interest in this area. A grad student would work for free as long as they could publish the results, and if your design is good, that is what you want anyway, providing free publicity for the performance, assuming you got the patents filed and locked up.

At 3:29pm on February 23, 2009, W. Dan Chance said…: Hi Adam, I noticed that it is moving very slowly. Could it be the weight is presenting Too much of a "challenge" to the wind force in the form of inertia? If you might make each level of wind catchers independently rest on it's own bearings and not on the whole column. Design some kind of drive mechanism so that each level will add to the rotational force and never present a drag on the system. I don't know how, ....you're the engineer. But hey, it looks good. How much power do you get out of it so far?

At 3:02pm on February 23, 2009, MISTER MIKEST said…: ADAM
DUDE
I am behind you 100%
I have passed you DEMO
on to many folks
I shall keep doing so
Stay in touch
MR MIKE
mrmiket@comcast.net

At 2:56pm on February 23, 2009, Rick said…: Hi Adam,

Thanks for sending me the links to your new video and the article. I posted them above the fold at WLAB.com and LibertyIsGreen.com.

Good luck,

Rick

At 7:09am on February 23, 2009, Theodore Omtzigt said…: Very interesting design. Have you done a CFD analysis on your design? It would be a lot cheaper as compared to physical prototyping to get the performance and stresses in high winds.

At 3:52pm on February 15, 2009, South Dakota Wind Energy said…: Adam,

Please call me at your earliest possible. 832-865-9688
I may have a lead to financial assistance for you.

Moty

At 4:42pm on February 14, 2009, South Dakota Wind Energy said…: Adam,

Please give me a call if you would. 832-865-9688.
I have talked to a money type person that I think you should meet as well.

Monty and Debbie

At 8:28pm on February 11, 2009, South Dakota Wind Energy said…: Adam,

How have you been?

Monty and Debbie

At 8:08am on February 2, 2009, South Dakota Wind Energy said…: Adam,

I was looking through my friends list and realized, Adam and I have not talked in a long time.

How have you been my friend?

We hope things are better than last we spoke, Ours has deteriorated but so has many peoples situations. We are not alone!

Keep your faith and spirits high, what else can we do?

Monty and Debbie

At 7:10am on January 10, 2009, MISTER MIKEST said…: ADAM
HANG TIGHT
We MAY be able to help
Peace MR MIKE

At 2:54pm on January 3, 2009, Allen R. Gale said…: Adam -

I am not sure how to get this under way, but I have some ideas... Perhaps we can find someone that can run with it. Please email me directly at argale@comcast.net and we can discuss it.

A. Gale
Atlanta, GA