Wind Turbines
The need to obtain energy from renewable sources is becoming more clear to all levels of civilization each passing year. In alignment with this need, many ideas have been developed and there continues to be a sharp rise of wind energy production. As supporting technology continues to improve, improvements and new approaches will continue to produce more wind energy. There are still many opportunities awaiting development. Here are some we are working to bring to market.
Light Tactical Wind Turbine (LTWT™)
Across commercial, industrial, and government projects, remote power needs currently introduce challenging requirements to developing technologies.
The light tactical wind turbine (LTWT™) design is a renewable energy power dense, efficient system that supplies direct wind power generation, conversion, and energy storage designed for required remote loads, simplicity of installation and operation, reliability even in harsh environments, system independence, portability, and a low profile. This results in diversity and longevity of power supply missions through an extended life of the LTWT™. LTWT™ supplements or replaces energy supplied by common electric generation means and power output sizes by implementing accordingly a single unit or a matrix set of connected LTWT™ units working in tandem for an efficient power boost. For a remote system where connection to the grid is impractical or undesirable this results in a reduction of engine and generator usage that leads to savings on fuel, maintenance, and financial and time costs while decreasing pollution. Partial to complete energy independence provides enormous economic savings over time. Mobility provides many advantages for a remote location where flexibility to change or disaster is required for any particular need whereas a pure static emplacement may incur a loss of capital investment or inability to use due to proximity or mission limitations. Therefore LTWT™ is designed to be 2 person assembled and disassembled for a Tricon military specified small scale container to assist portability needs.
LTWT™ focuses on development of sustainable eco-friendly technology addressing affordable energy independence for a tactical remote or mobile emplacement such as a rural or disaster struck location or Forward Operating Base (FOB). Remote LTWT™ system candidates include remote government sites, personnel mobile or static locations, emergency equipment including shelters and disaster relief, general portable equipment inventory, and general residential and corporate power needs.
Mounted Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (mVAWT™)
A horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) is a more efficient renewable energy system than a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) when operating under optimal wind speed conditions. Yet a VAWT can operate over a far wider range of wind speed inputs than an equivalent HAWT. This is because a VAWT safely operates from very low to high wind speeds whereas a medium to large sized HAWT is designed and required to operate for only a tight operational wind speed bandwidth and turns off below or above that optimal wind speed. The HAWT turns off below the optimal wind speed due to the inability to readily create the aerodynamic lift for turbine operation. The HAWT turns off above the optimal wind speed for HAWT safety reasons since the wind load can damage the device. This leads to an extremely inefficient HAWT wind turbine system outside of the optimal operational range and why an HAWT device is only placed where optimal wind conditions exist. Therefore unless placed in a location with constant wind speeds, over time a VAWT can capture far more renewable energy than an equivalent HAWT.
The modified VAWT (mVAWT™) design is an efficient renewable energy system that supplies direct wind power generation, conversion, and energy storage from established customer locations without the need of an optimal wind location or specialized emplacement.