Facebook Twitter Linkedin

  • Home
  • News Center
    • Latest News
    • Events
  • Publications
  • Education
    • Education Home
    • Calculation Examples
    • Online Historical Database of Civil Infrastructure
  • Networking
  • Jobs
  • Software
  • Maps
  • Advertising Services
  • Home
  • News Center
  • Latest News
  • News on Products & Services
  • A collapsible lightweight wind turbine ideal for outdoor adventures

A collapsible lightweight wind turbine ideal for outdoor adventures

Written by  TheCivilEngineer.org
Published in News on Products & Services
  • Media
A collapsible lightweight wind turbine ideal for outdoor adventures
10
March

It can operate day and night, having an output of 5W.

The designer Nils Ferber has created the ‘Micro Wind Turbine’, a renewable energy source alternative to solar panels when in the great wide open, as it can operate in harsh weather conditions and even at night. The ‘Micro Wind Turbine’ is extremely light and unfolds telescopically within seconds, making it very portable. Having a vertical axis rotor, its function is based on the principle of tension and compression, capturing the wind from all directions. A generator axis is placed in the lower part of the shaft and the produced energy can either be stored in an integrated battery pack or used directly to charge devices from the built-in USB port. All necessary components are packed together in one small unit, and can easily be transported on a backpack. The prototype can produce a constant output of 5W when a gentle breeze is blowing (18km/hr) and can be used for smaller USB devices. The current design has a fixed size and can be handled by a single person; however versions of a larger scale might be developed in the future depending on the intended use.

 

collapsible wind turbine 1

 

collapsible wind turbine 2

 

collapsible wind turbine 3

Media

More in this category: « This device turns smog into art An innovative sponge may help save our oceans from oil spills »
Read 2046 times Last modified on Friday, 10 March 2017 15:15
  • Social sharing:
  • Add to Facebook
  • Add to Delicious
  • Digg this
  • Add to StumbleUpon
  • Add to Technorati
  • Add to Reddit
  • Add to MySpace
  • Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Tagged under
  • Environmental Engineer
  • wind turbine
  • micro wind turbine

Latest from TheCivilEngineer.org

  • Challenges for sustainable road networks in UK
  • Different urbanization patterns in large cities worldwide
  • Recycled aggregate concrete as an alternative to conventional concrete
  • Remarkable underwater tunnel featuring stunning roundabout in Faroe Islands
  • Crane collapses onto a building in London

Related items

  • A Chinese tidal energy project qualifies as ‘world record’
  • These shoes are not just made for walking, but from discarded plastic bottles too!
  • The inspection of solar farms with drones opens a new market for small unmanned aerial systems
  • UK pilots Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project
  • A test project to improve detection of plastic pollution on the sea surface, using drones and satellite imagery technology
back to top
Place your ad here - Reach throusands of Proffesionals!

Search News

Filter By Category

More News On

bridge China Climate Change Earthquake Environmental Engineer Infrastructure Landslide Newsletter Structural engineer USA

Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin

Sign up for our newsletters

Our Resources

Contribute

Services

Advertising Kit 2020

Contact Us

Copyright © 2002-2021 Elxis s.a.
Powered by ARGO-E LLC. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer - Copyrights & Permissions - Cookies

TheCivilEngineer.org uses third party cookies to improve our website and your experience when using it.

To find out more about the cookies we use and how to delete them visit our Cookies page. Learn more

I understand
Latest News