Tim Grindley Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I am looking for a suitable place to build a novel wind turbine with a hoped for output of 2KW. It will be experimental and I will build it to be movable to avoid plannimng laws. I want to build it quickly rather than weight years. Size about 3m wide by 6m high. The site will need to be in a windy location with reasonable acces to grid power/some sort of building connected to the grid. And, hopefully, not too many neighbours who would cmplain about it. Some people do the lottery. Others, more mad types, do this sort of thing. Thanks Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Let me guess, it's for mining Bitcoin? ---------- Post added 11-12-2017 at 21:03 ---------- Have you thought about building it on some kind of mobile platform, a trailer or a vehicle for example? Would that be feasible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thats quite high, about at the roofline of an average house. Might you need insurance for that if it falls over and damages something on your neighbours property?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen 7 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 How about the derbyshire moors but you will need a long extension lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phili Buster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I am looking for a suitable place to build a novel wind turbine with a hoped for output of 2KW. It will be experimental and I will build it to be movable to avoid plannimng laws. I want to build it quickly rather than weight years. Size about 3m wide by 6m high. The site will need to be in a windy location with reasonable acces to grid power/some sort of building connected to the grid. And, hopefully, not too many neighbours who would cmplain about it. Some people do the lottery. Others, more mad types, do this sort of thing. Thanks Tim I quite understand why "want to build it quickly rather than weight years", that's heavy man Try one of the farms up High Bradfield area, plenty of wind up there. Or you could try the town hall, plenty of hot air blowing round there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdoctor Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Asking a farmer is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENG601PM Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 It will be experimental and I will build it to be movable to avoid plannimng laws. I don't think that will help you to avoid planning laws and enforcement by the council will be expensive. It's almost guaranteed that neighbours will be on your case within minutes of it appearing. It might not be as difficult as you think to get planning but you'll need to be compliant with the microgeneration scheme, which I assume you will be aiming for anyway if it's ultimately going to be commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemcewan Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) Tim Grindley, I'm really interested in your design. Could you please describe it in more detail?If at any time in the future you are interested in building a more permanent structure. You can find the construction details for a Michell -Banki Turbine. I posted the construction details under my name on the thread Micro Hydro. Good luck with your project. Edited December 14, 2017 by petemcewan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Grindley Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Tim Grindley, I'm really interested in your design. Could you please describe it in more detail?If at any time in the future you are interested in building a more permanent structure. You can find the construction details for a Michell -Banki Turbine. I posted the construction details under my name on the thread Micro Hydro. Good luck with your project. I failed to find the thread you posted in. But here are the basic ideas of my design; I am using a cowel to direct the air flow down, induce a spin and then to a centrifugal turbine which has a vertical axis. The exhaust is taken from the centre of this (obviously) and directed upwards and out of the back of the cowel. The cowel turns to face the wind slowly. This will need a powered system. It also has louvres on the front face to allow control of wind when it would be too fast or when snowing. I have not worked out a way to get it to work with snow comming in. Rain is OK but not snow. So far I have built a small model and straped it to the roof of my van to test it. At 35mph it is spinning faster than my wife can count and starts spinning at 15mph. The next step is building one which will produce some comercail electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemcewan Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Tim Grindley. Thank you for that description. https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAP285.pdf Will you be producing low voltage single-phase or three -phase AC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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