Bladeless Wind Turbine Captures More Wind

Nov-07-12 The skies have gotten a bit safer for birds with the Saphonian Wind turbine, which uses no blades at all.

The turbine, from the Tunisian company Saphon Energy, was inspired by sailboats and can capture up to 80 percent of the wind’s kinetic energy (current turbines only capture about 30 percent). Instead of spinning blades, the wind is harnessed by a sail that moves in a non-rotational back and forth motion. The motion is then converted to a hydraulic pressure that can either be stored or instantly converted to electricity via a hydraulic motor and a generator.

The Saphonian turbine is also inexpensive, costing about half as much to manufacture as current turbines.

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