About something that you think?hollus wrote:That Venturi nozzle feeding a windmill-turbine is a really interesting concept.
One of the problems with current windmills is that they must be constantly pointed to the wind, not only to optimize energy generation, but also lest they might sustain some damage.
A set of nozzles, say in a six or eight pointed star arrangement, could feed a fixed windmill, which as you suggest, could now operate in a horizontal plane and be sustained in rails or whatever.
The nozzles, being quite solid structures, can take side winds, and one would just need to open/close the appropriate valves within the nozzle star at the right time depending on the direction of the wind, much easier and faster than rotating a whole windmill with the wind. One could also combine any number of such tunnels and stack nozzles at different heights.
The wind capturing device and the energy generating device become effectively uncoupled from each other.
Andrew