A friend writes: Just came across this in a shared LinkedIn post … re: a wind turbine with blades shaped like a Nautilus shell. Yet another wind turbine idea … is it a good one? No, but I love stuff like …
Tag: Betz Limit
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Efficiency in Wind Turbines
Question: In physics, the Betz Limit is the top theoretic percentage of kinetic energy that can be extracted from a moving fluid, e.g., wind. It’s based on the fact that, if you took it all, i.e., stopped the wind dead, …
