Category Archives: construction

Wind turbine kits in Ireland

Posted on 24/11/2013 by hugh
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Wind tunnel test compared with theory in Portugal

Posted on 22/11/2013 by hugh

João P. Monteiro has done some interesting studies of the performance of a 1200 diameter Recipe blade set in a wind tunnel and compared the results with theoretical predictions of a couple of simulation progams.  The results are close.  It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in construction, People, power curve data | 1 Comment

Rural Electrification Research Group Survey Results

Posted on 17/11/2013 by hugh

See this page for details of the results so far from this survey.  Why not join in and contribute to the survey? Here are a couple of the many charts on the results page: See all the results here  

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Test report for Recipe 3.6 metre turbine

Posted on 11/11/2013 by hugh

Rapport SEPEN 32.6 – Eolienne autoconstruite Piggot – 1.7 kW – Reseau Above is a link to the full test report in French of a Recipe style 3.6 metre diameter grid connected wind turbine, built by Tripalium. I can understand … Continue reading →

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Big alternator for sale in Canada

Posted on 14/10/2013 by hugh

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ALTERNATOR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE.  CHARLES HAS DECIDED TO USE IT, AFTER ALL.  (Hugh, January 2014) Charles Haynes has built a large ferrite alternator for a project that no longer needs it.  The alternator … Continue reading →

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Research work published in Germany and Greece

Posted on 14/10/2013 by hugh

Here are some links to research work that has gone on recently in Berlin and Athens toward further development/documentation of the designs in the Recipe Book.  Mostly it’s bench testing of alternators. If anyone wants me to put notices of … Continue reading →

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A chance to work with Adriaan Kragten on a pumping application for small wind

Posted on 22/09/2013 by hugh

Here is an invitation from Adriann Kragten to test his design ideas and develop a pumping wind turbine project.  Please note that Adriaan has never built an axial flux generator, so these instructions are not like my Recipes which are … Continue reading →

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Another successful workshop in France

Posted on 05/09/2013 by hugh

  More photos here of this workshop by Ti’eole in France.

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Pico hydro in Greece

Posted on 23/08/2013 by hugh

Pico hydroelectric installation in a mountain farm on Mount Iti – Greece March 2013 from Kostas Latoufis Alexandros and Ioanna live for the last four years in ‘Rodokalo’, the place name of a farmland on Mount Iti situated at an … Continue reading →

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Maximilian Schleeff’s single side chainsaw blade carving method

Posted on 18/08/2013 by hugh

previous video Dimensions of 3m blade

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