Only by evaporative cooling. Ambient temperature doesn't change just because the air is moving.
I think a better solution will be vertical axis wind turbines such as this small one: http://www.urbangreenenergy.com/turbine.php?id=4 They don't suffer from the instabilities of the presently dominant cantilevered designs. Terry On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > It might be interesting to imagine how wind power might harnessed > > without rotating blades of any kind. > > eg. If wind can have a chilling effect, could this effect > > be harnessed to generate a significant amount of electrical power? > > Harry > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Horace Heffner <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:51 pm > > Subject: Re: [Vo]:The PickensPlan website > >> >> On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> > I wonder if increasing the mass of the blades would help by >> adding/ >> > increasing >> > the flywheel effect? It would certainly even out the very short >> > wind gusts, and >> > that would decrease the criticality of response time of other >> > systems. Of course >> > heavy blades would be harder to get moving initially, and hence >> > would probably >> > be better suited to higher wind environments. >> >> >> It would make braking more difficult and thus decrease the shut >> down >> velocity or increase brake cost and mass. Also, I think a lot is >> invested in keeping blades light, as it reduces the centrifugal >> strain on them. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Horace Heffner >> http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ >> >> < BR>> >> >>
