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In the world of electrical power there is a growing niche market for small scale, micro level green energy components. These components would theoretically have a renewable energy source that feeds into the normal power grid on a small voltage amount that enables the grid to draw on all the smaller generators connected to it to mitigate high and low power fluctuations within a static power grid. A simple way to begin the addition of smaller portions of smart technology is through machines such as the jellyfish wind turbine. This generator will be discussed for the remainder of the article.
Wind turbines are a broad class of renewable energy that is being explored in relation to the ability of a grid to be made “smart.” Wind turbines run by a variety of names including, aerogenerator, wind energy converter, wind power unit, and wind generator. These names all denote the same thing, which is that a series of fan blades are moved mechanically by the wind to spin a turbine which houses the proper coil to magnet turbine to generate electricity. The turbine is a real life example of the foundational physics that stand behind all of the turbine based generators that exist today. The primary exception to this rule is the photovoltaic solar collector system of energy which is run in the absence of any turbine. In the turbine process, a magnet is oscillated around a large series of coiled wire in order to generate electricity. A jellyfish wind turbine is a micro sized version of the turbine method that uses a specific style to capture as much power as possible without requiring an overabundance of aerodynamic engineering.
There are several subcategories of wind-based generators which all utilize the turbine method of electrical production. Two of the major forms of production are the vertical axis wind turbine and the horizontal axis wind turbine. Although the jellyfish wind turbine uses the vertical ax wind method, the advantages and disadvantages of both will be discussed in order to completely understand the utility of the small device.
The horizontal axis wind turbine is the exceptionally larger turbine that can be visible from many miles away as they can get as tall as one hundred and fifty meters. The Horizontal axis wind turbine is always point into the wind and is therefore perpendicular to the wind, for this reason it requires some aerodynamics engineering to understand where to place the foundation and the tower, so that it can be always positioned for the optimal wind. During the spinning of the fan blades, since they are perpendicular to the wind, they are always receiving the full power potential of the wind, which is unlike the jellyfish wind turbine and other vertical axis turbines which will be discussed later. The blades can also be angled into the wind for an optimized method of generation. However, certain drawbacks do exist. At higher altitudes the potential energy generation is high, and for this reason the towers are massive which has a high cost associated with it. This cost can be attributed to as much as twenty percent of the total cost of the turbine, as the blades can be as long as ninety meters, and most towers have three blades. As shown, these towers are massive, but they also produce a lot of electricity.
The jellyfish wind turbine follows the engineering present in the vertical axis wind turbine. Because of its small size, the jellyfish turbine can be installed anywhere where there is a light socket, and could be attached to the grid at any point. For example, you could theoretically place them on the top of all of the light poles in a city which would generate a substantial amount of energy. The draw back of this tower type is that the blades, because they are on the z axis move contrary to the wind for 180 degrees of a full revolution, making them less efficient that their horizontal counterparts. However, the availability and cheapness of the jellyfish format enable this turbine to have an extremely minimized setup cost structure, which makes them a supreme choice in the effort towards a greener, smarter electrical grid.
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