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Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies Launched (vision of 1GW machines generating at < $0.01 per kWh)
North American Windpower ^ | 7/27/2007

Posted on 07/27/2007 8:34:36 AM PDT by Uncledave

Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies (MWTT), a developer and manufacturer of magnetically levitated commercial wind turbines, has officially begun operations.

According to the Sierra Vista, Ariz.-headquartered company, with the use of magnetic levitation turbine technology, the wind turbine floats on a magnetic cushion and incorporates a linear synchronous motor. MWTT says that because the lack of friction allows for increased wind capture, users can generate electricity for less than $0.01 per kWh.

The company is headed by Ed Mazur, a researcher of variable renewable energy sources since 1981 and inventor of the magnetic levitation wind turbine.

For more information on the product, visit magturbine.com


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: energy; maglev; magnets; windpower
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On the drawing board alert!!


1 posted on 07/27/2007 8:34:39 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Uncledave
   
 

Executive Summary

Background:

Wind power is a proven means of generating electricity. However, today’s wind mill type generators are highly inefficient, expensive, high maintenance, hazardous to wildlife and take up too much land. The design of the wind mill has evolved into the 21st century. However, the science is as archaic as their 16th century Dutch counterparts. If it were not for government subsidies and tax credits of all types, it would take a half century to turn a real profit. The solution to the equation is the total transfer of kinetic energy produced by the wind with out friction.  All horizontal axis wind mills use less than 1% of the available wind energy. Picture a maritime model as an example:   sailing vessels would never leave the wharf if the rigging were replaced with a large wind mills secured to the deck.  Initially, the wind must be captured not deflected to produce maximum power.

Magnetic Levitation or Maglev is the most efficient means of transferring kinetic energy from wind power to generate electricity.  The wind turbine floats on a magnetic cushion with the aid of a linear synchronous motor (LSM).  This technology eliminates all friction and delivers maximum wind energy directly to the power generators.  Since the Maglev wind turbine blades capture all of the wind, it is possible to generate electricity for less than one cent per kilowatt hour.

Maglev for transportation was invented in 1934 by Hermann Kemper.  He was awarded DRP 643316.  Today, Maglev trains operate in Germany, China and Japan.  Maglev trains currently hold many land speed records and are most noted for energy efficiency, on time performance and low maintenance.  The Maglev platform is highly versatile. The Chinese have already begun to integrate magnetic bearings into their wind power technology.  The reverse of the turbine blades are also designed to incorporate an O-LED advertising platform.

Key Asset

The Maglev Wind Turbine for commercial energy production was invented by Ed Mazur of MAGLEV WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES in 2004. It is designed to generate electricity from wind power with a new standard of efficiency.

Market Size

It is currently estimated that the global electrical power generation market is a multi-trillion dollar industry. Maglev Wind Turbines will make wind power highly profitable.

Scientific Consensus

The earth is currently in a warming period in which the weather conditions are becoming more volatile.  Wind velocity is expected to increase significantly over the next 20 years.

Science Centers

Science and educational centers will be established at designated Maglev Wind Turbine Facilities to promote the benefits of clean electrical energy.

Floating on Air

Once the wind is captured, it then must be efficiently converted into power. Conventional wind mills continue to rely on obsolete mechanical components such as roller bearings, transmissions and generators which absorb much of the potential power because of friction. These high maintenance systems are expensive and highly sensitive to extreme temperature fluctuation.

MAGLEV systems are also used in sophisticated ship elevators, amusement park rides such as the people mover in Disney World, aircraft carrier catapults and a variety of other conveyance applications. The MAGLEV platform is highly versatile.


Chinese Ingenuity

MAGNETIC bearings have already been introduced into conventional wind mills in China. THE SHANGHAI DAILY reports a Technological Breakthrough in friction management with the next generation of wind mills. Replacing roller bearings with magnetic bearings, the Chinese claim to have increased the efficiency of their wind mills by 20%.

Go for a Maglev Train Ride

Upgrade with MLWTH Technology

Wind Farmers have been considering various alternatives of operating existing wind farms and the construction of new wind farms because of the lack of profitability. From resulting meetings and in depth discussions, resulting wind farm research and analysis have led to the unanimous conclusion by existing wind farmers to approve upgrading existing wind farms. MAGLEV WIND TURBINE HOLDINGS (MLWTH) intends to replace all existing obsolete wind mills with the new industry standard MAGLEV wind turbines. The new MAGLEV power plants will produce approximately 1GWh each. The electricity generated will reduce local conventional power demand. The excess power will be sold off to local utilities.

The environmental and community impact will be considerably less than any conventional wind farm based on the fact that MAGLEV wind turbines will reclaim great sections of land from obsolete wind farms. This greatly improved wind project successfully demonstrates that renewable energy plants can be sited responsibly and sized appropriately within the environment they are meant to protect. This project reaffirms our commitment to renewable energy, reduces our dependency on fossil fueled energy and reduces energy costs while balancing the environmental and community impact.

Scaling down the land area for projects only makes economic sense because MAGLEV wind turbines utilize existing infrastructure at the wind farm sites. New sites would require only one MAGLEV wind turbine in order to justify the increased infrastructure costs. MLWTH further believes that installing only one new unit minimizes the impact to the environment while still providing a significant amount of renewable energy to its customers.

The Competitive Advantages of the MAGLEV WIND TURBINE


1)      Uses all wind energy
2)      Cost 50-75% less to build
3)      Requires less time to build
4)      Standardized engineering to ease          construction and duplication
5)      Generate more electricity for less
6)      Rated at 1gW per unit*
7)      Require less maintenance
8)      Command substantial premium at          resale
9)      Major components at ground level
10)    Permanent crane
11)    Helicopter pad
12)    Permanent Weather station
13)    Longer life span (500 years  structure,          100  years LSM/LSG, 50  years turbine          blades
14)    No decommissioning
15)    Operates in low and high speed wind
16)    operates in wind speeds exceeding          40m/sec. (80mph)
17)    One year (ROI)
18)    Greater profit potential
19)    100% year over year growth for 10          years possible
20)    500% margins possible for 5 years
21)    Require considerably less land
22)    Will not harm animal life
23)    Reduce green house gasses
24)    Reduce the use of fossil fuels and          pollution
25)    Reduce cancer causing carcinogens
         by 50% in 10 years
26)    No toxic spills
27)    Create energy independence
28)    Create enterprise zones
29)    Create new jobs
30 )   Create new tax base
31)    Establish science and learning centers
          at sites
32)    Conserve natural resources
33)    Insure national security

*…rated at maximum wind velocity

Magnetic Levitation or Maglev is the most efficient means of transferring kinetic energy from wind power to generate electricity. The wind turbine floats on a magnetic cushion with the aid of a linear synchronous motor (LSM). This technology eliminates all friction and delivers maximum wind energy directly to the LSM. Since the Maglev wind turbine blades capture all the wind, it is possible to generate electricity for less than one cent per kilowatt hour.

Today MAGLEV trains operate in Germany, China and Japan. MAGLEV trains currently hold many land speed records and are most noted for energy efficiency, on time performance and low maintenance. MAGLEV systems are also used in sophisticated ship elevators, amusement park rides, aircraft carrier catapults and a variety of other conveyance applications. The MAGLEV platform is highly versatile.
 
Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies, Inc.
2160 E. Fry Blvd., Suite 283, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
©2007 Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies, Inc.. All rights reserved.

2 posted on 07/27/2007 8:35:08 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: RedStateRocker; Dementon; eraser2005; Calpernia; DTogo; Maelstrom; Yehuda; babble-on; ...
Renewable Energy Ping

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3 posted on 07/27/2007 8:35:35 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Uncledave

I dont think that rendering is the way to sell this technology. That thing is friggin ugly. The windmill fields look better.


4 posted on 07/27/2007 8:36:25 AM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton's plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: Uncledave

The drum design is the kind of thing a home tinkerer could build. Some do. There is one of these up the road a ways. Some oil drums cut in half and welded on a pole. Round and round it goes, year after year.


5 posted on 07/27/2007 8:38:11 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: finnman69
I dont think that rendering is the way to sell this technology. That thing is friggin ugly. The windmill fields look better.

Set against the city it does look dumb. Here's one out in the country. Looks like a big lampshade, but if it can deliver the power I love it.


6 posted on 07/27/2007 8:38:48 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: finnman69

” That thing is friggin ugly. The windmill fields look better.”

While I’ll agree, it’s still not as ugly as an oil rich army of Jihadists from the ME.


7 posted on 07/27/2007 8:39:18 AM PDT by poobear (Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
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To: RightWhale

Wouldn’t the weight help with friction?


8 posted on 07/27/2007 8:39:20 AM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: finnman69
Huh? Rather look at one big one than a butt-load of little ones, probably a lot quieter too.
9 posted on 07/27/2007 8:40:17 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: wastedyears

The wind direction tends to switch around this way and that. So long as the air moves it doesn’t matter how it swirls. This is one of the few fan designs that is moderately attractive, and if they could add a chimney they could get some motion no matter what.


10 posted on 07/27/2007 8:42:39 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: Uncledave

That’s much better. Or show this is an ocean setting. The developer would be well advised to delete the image of the urban turbine. It will scare the crap out of people and would NEVER be accepted into a city.

now if they created a ‘hat’ version that could go on top of skyscrapers, that’s a different story.


11 posted on 07/27/2007 8:43:03 AM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton's plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: finnman69
a ‘hat’ version that could go on top of skyscrapers

Could be built in to any ranch house on the prairie so you wouldn't even notice it was there.

12 posted on 07/27/2007 8:45:20 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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I also remember the MagLev being a train powered by the opposite poles of a magnet.


13 posted on 07/27/2007 8:48:56 AM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: RightWhale

that too


14 posted on 07/27/2007 8:49:28 AM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton's plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: Uncledave

Thanks for the ping.


15 posted on 07/27/2007 8:50:26 AM PDT by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Uncledave

I like this idea!
Put me on the list please!


16 posted on 07/27/2007 8:50:30 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: Uncledave
25) Reduce cancer causing carcinogens by 50% in 10 years

A vague, sensationalist, statement like this in their promo literature sure doesn't fill me with confidence in the validity of their scientific claims.

17 posted on 07/27/2007 8:51:24 AM PDT by Red Boots
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To: Uncledave

Cute picture, but it’s misleading. The problem with the “vertical rotor” design is that it is low to the ground — there will be boundary layer and turbulence effects that are not uniform across the wetted surface of the rotors. A really large installation would have to overcome serious structural problems, as would the bearing design.


18 posted on 07/27/2007 8:55:13 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Red Boots
A vague, sensationalist, statement like this in their promo literature sure doesn't fill me with confidence in the validity of their scientific claims.

I agree.
Catering to the neurotic nut-cases is a great way to turn off the very people who can understand and appreciate the technology.

19 posted on 07/27/2007 8:56:08 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Uncledave

Does the inventor subtract the energy requirements for the magnetic levitation from the output of the turbine? Is it still $0.01/kWh efficient on the net?


20 posted on 07/27/2007 8:57:14 AM PDT by TChris (The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
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