one electric engine powers 3 wind turbines? - Page 1
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author: andrearossi
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:04:00 pm
content: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-world-s-first-wind-power-plant-carousel#/storywill it work dudes?

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:14:26 pm
content: Of course not. This quote alone should be enough:QuoteIf you are 24 and can't find a job, then you are probably not qualified to invent things. Especially things that go against laws of physics.

author: BennVenn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:15:38 pm
content: well the link certainly doesnt.... (Wait, my browser is out of date!?!?!)

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:20:26 pm
content: Also, go beg for money and rely on other fools to provide you with electricity and Internet.

author: oxcart
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:21:18 pm
content: I'm sorry for his supposedly poor economic situation, but a wind turbine..powered by a fan? Come on it's physics 101It's true however that I've witnessed projects of vertical, home sized wind turbines, with a bloody electric motor underneath to spin it. Why? Because they were so poorly designed that they would frequently stand still. But with a motor, hey, you can show everybody you're "eco" 365 days a year!

author: Melt-O-Tronic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2015, 11:25:30 pm
content: Why doesn't he just plug a power strip into itself? If he gets one with 6 outlets, then he'll only use one and have enough outlets to power 5 more devices. He could even plug in 5 other power strips and then have enough power to run 30 devices.Come on, Poland Dude -- use your noodle.

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2015, 12:19:53 am
content: Quote from: Melt-O-Tronic on July 13, 2015, 11:25:30 pmThere you go, I'm going to use that one.

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2015, 12:45:47 am
content: Quote from: andrearossi on July 13, 2015, 11:04:00 pmNo.When an electric generator is producing power it gets harder to rotate.Any power it produces will be completely used by the fans, and because of generator and motor losses even that power will not be enough. If everything was perfect, i.e. zero friction, 100% efficient turbines, motors and generators, then there would be =just= enough power only to run itself and nothing else. It would use =all= of it's power on itself. In the real world it is worse than that. It's all part of "The Cussedness of Nature" ->http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5328820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F5327115%2F5328729%2F05328820.pdf%3Farnumber%3D5328820

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2015, 01:16:10 am
content: Quote1. Vivid imagination2. Magic

author: eneuro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2015, 02:23:53 am
content: Quote from: ataradov on July 13, 2015, 11:14:26 pmStrange statement, since looking for a job has nothing to do with invention-simply some people are not creative enougth, so... make general conclusions like thisAnyway, from mechanical point of view I'd rather think not in the therms if this will work or not, but... what efficiency it could be... If smaller than Savonius wind turbine than forget about it or make it only as weird modern art instalation on your own yard, but ensure that neighbours will not have to looks at thisI'm more concerned about this "IdiotGOGO" great invention creator stupid staements like this one from linked campagin page, sonce yes wind farms should be always built FAR AWAY more than human not can only hear them BUT also can SEE them, because of looking at rotating white wind turbine wings while sitting in the garden can make you crazy-brains are made in a way that notice any movement, so of course many inverstors and government regulations are a illusion and those bloody huge wind turbines destroys beuty of nature and wildlife:Wind Farms Destroy the Environment 1: WILDLIFE DESTRUCTIONHe doesn't know what he's talking about and doesn't know how human brain worksQuoteEndless examples can be found that "green" energy destoys human lifes while those bloody huge wind turbines are build to close to human houses, expecially in Poland...

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 15, 2015, 04:20:50 pm
content: Quote from: DiligentMinds.com on July 15, 2015, 04:02:43 pmI think you are reaching here. A motor a kind of engine. For most purposes the words motor and engine are interchangeable (cars have engines, yet "car" is an abbreviation of "motor car").

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 15, 2015, 11:12:21 pm
content: I would call an engine a method, arrangement or device for achieving a stated purpose or outcome. Not necessarily mechanical e.g. A software algorithm. An engineer devises engines for various purposes. A motor is an engine producing an outcome that moves.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 15, 2015, 11:57:00 pm
content: Quote from: Circlotron on July 15, 2015, 11:12:21 pmWhen you use engine in a non-mechanical context you are using the word as a metaphor.To keep it simple, here is what an on-line dictionary says:engine:a machine with moving parts that converts power into motionmotor:a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving partsIn both cases you have something mechanical that converts power into motion.

author: suicidaleggroll
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 12:48:57 am
content: Quote from: IanB on July 15, 2015, 11:57:00 pmThey sound pretty synonymous to me...

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 02:35:49 am
content: Quote from: suicidaleggroll on July 16, 2015, 12:48:57 amSynonomous!Homogenous!Erogenous!Grizzed lartnin'!

author: muvideo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 07:35:22 am
content: Quote from: DiligentMinds.com on July 15, 2015, 04:02:43 pmAbout misuses and mispellings, it's vice-versa

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 07:54:35 am
content: This is pretty deep in the semantical weeds, but it seems that the divide between "engine" and "motor" is historical and complex. A dinghy uses an outboardmotor, but a coal-fired train uses a steamengine. A floppy disk drive has a steppermotor, but a CPU may have a cryptoengine. The usage is a matter of emphasis: when we emphasize that something is a source of mechanical energy, we call it a motor (cf. motive force). When the emphasis is on a device being a finely-tuned machine, we call it an engine.

author: richard.cs
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 09:21:13 am
content: I suspect the whole engine/motor thing is simply a translation issue, a lot of languages don't make a distinction.

author: Melt-O-Tronic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 03:34:42 pm
content: I think the funny part here is that we have a crowdsource campaign for obvious snake oil, yet all we can focus on is the snake oil salesman's choice of a single word.

author: lincoln
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 04:50:24 pm
content: Quote from: Melt-O-Tronic on July 16, 2015, 03:34:42 pmIts just as commercially viable as uBeam .....

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 16, 2015, 05:39:48 pm
content: Quote from: muvideo on July 16, 2015, 07:35:22 amIt's "misspellings"

author: muvideo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 17, 2015, 08:04:43 am
content: Quote from: edavid on July 16, 2015, 05:39:48 pmOh, no, your message has no more errors to be corrected, you broke the chain