tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post5138759688444041174..comments2023-10-01T05:03:12.919-04:00Comments on From: Brown To: Green: Why Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine Probably Won't WorkWilliam M. Brown, AIA, LEED APhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479501043988105513noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post-64332074308323149852011-09-14T18:53:37.441-04:002011-09-14T18:53:37.441-04:00I think you might find that this is not a 'dra...I think you might find that this is not a 'drag' based design, that the verticals are aerofoil shaped, and therefore based on lift principals. otherwise as you say the returns would be really minimal. see Turby and Vertical Wind Energy for other lift based vawts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post-84489721230201325282009-04-07T14:39:00.000-04:002009-04-07T14:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting the only technically useful bit...Thanks for posting the only technically useful bit of information on this design. Nine months later and it doesn't look like they actually exist (yet).<BR/><BR/>It is sexy though... :-)Tom Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009992484645543666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post-20598970700719255002009-02-06T12:24:00.000-05:002009-02-06T12:24:00.000-05:00Does anyone know what happened to the "Democratic ...Does anyone know what happened to the "Democratic Ecology" wind turbine, designed by Philippe Starck? I can't find it for sale anywhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post-62107672125969182092008-08-12T09:51:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:51:00.000-04:00But it's so sexy... I very much want it to work......But it's so sexy... I very much want it to work...<BR/><BR/>:)Joe Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097539639192569296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670987773584460884.post-53800008271393739242008-08-08T00:05:00.000-04:002008-08-08T00:05:00.000-04:00I am thinking over your definition of lift vs. dra...I am thinking over your definition of lift vs. drag. Could the problem be made cleared (perhaps only to me!) by saying that with an wind cup device you have an advancing and a receding element, with the receding element being responsible for the drag and the advancing one being responsible for the lift? And that this does not occur with turbines because they face into the wind, and thereforeLarry Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681891392629954333noreply@blogger.com