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NOVEL ELECTROSTATIC WIND ENERGY CONVERTER: AN OVERVIEW

Abstract

The article discusses the historical development and embodiments of the concept of generating electricity from wind energy without the use of wind turbines, so called electrostatic bladeless generators or generators without moving parts. A simplified theory and the principles of operation of generators that use a motion of charged particles in an electric field occurring under the drag force of the wind are described. Two contemporary solutions utilising the principle that has reached an implementation stage, EWICON and AerovoltaicTM, are presented in detail.

Keywords:

electrostatic wind energy converter, bladeless wind generator

Details

Issue
Vol. 19 No. 2 (2015)
Section
Research article
Published
2015-06-30
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17466/TQ2015/19.2/T
Licencja:
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Author Biographies

HELENA NOWAKOWSKA,
Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery



MARCIN LACKOWSKI,
Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery



TOMASZ OCHRYMIUK,
Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery



RYSZARD SZWABA,
Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery



Authors

  • HELENA NOWAKOWSKA

    Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery
  • MARCIN LACKOWSKI

    Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery
  • TOMASZ OCHRYMIUK

    Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery
  • RYSZARD SZWABA

    Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery

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