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Forum: The Unicorn Corral

10-24-2012, 09:54 AM

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Wind powered car

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Posted By zapato

No, the way wind turbine works prevents them from...

No, the way wind turbine works prevents them from having a break even point - they convert wind force (i.e. drag) to electricity at less than 100% efficiency. Therefore they will always produce less...

Forum: The Unicorn Corral

10-22-2012, 03:44 PM

Replies: 46

Wind powered car

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Posted By zapato

And the theoretical limit for a wind turbine is...

And the theoretical limit for a wind turbine is ~67% efficiency. After that, not enough air is making it through the turbine to actually turn it.

The only way this could work is with a retractable...

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