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For a little extra power generation. The fact that the blades are
turning shouldn't make a difference, so long as light can reach the
solar cells (light travels lots faster than windmill blades).
Lots of space available
https://www.youtube...watch?v=8oCjj8iDB9I
Windmill blades have lots of surface area that could be covered with solar cells. [Vernon, May 13 2016]
Proof of compatibility
http://www.solarimpulse.com/
Solar cells are compatible with MOVING airfoils. [Vernon, May 13 2016]
.303 Bookworm
http://wiki.lspace....awiki/.303_Bookworm
Very dangerous... [8th of 7, May 13 2016]
Solar cell wind turbine
http://inhabitat.co...wered-wind-turbine/
[whatrock, May 13 2016]
[link]
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// shouldn't make a difference // |
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Wrong. The incident photons will experience frequency shift due
to the Doppler effect. |
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This will be quite small, however. |
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[8th of 7], I just knew some pedant would just have to
mention that. Solar cells are not so wavelength-sensitive
that the Doppler shift matters, and therefore what I wrote
remains true, not wrong. In other words, the "quite small"
effect you mentioned doesn't make a difference. |
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Being pedantic is essential to this place..... I'm very concerned about that Doppler shift effect on the moving solar panels as pointed out by [8th of 7]. This needs a detailed examination to determine the viability of the idea, and I call upon Max to carry out the required tests and report back. |
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//I call upon Max to carry out the required tests
and report back// |
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<5min later> OK, here's what I found. For
windmills located at the North or South poles, the
Doppler shift may be significant at wind speeds in
excess of 2.5 x 10^3 m/s and blade-tip speeds in
excess of 8.888 x 10^4m/s. On the other hand, it
may not. |
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For windmills not located at the poles, the
rotational speed of the Earth produces an effect
greater than that experienced during all but the
most alarming storms. As a result, it turns out
that solar panels of _any_ type cannot possibly
work, except at the poles. This will come as a
heavy blow to countries that have erected solar
panels over most of their prime agricultural land. |
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<10min later> That's odd. I just found a decimal
point lying on the floor next to my chair. Not sure
where it came from but it must have worked loose
from one of my numbers. |
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^ It's better to find a decimal place lying on the floor next to
your chair rather than a colon I suppose. |
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If you watch long enough, the head of a woodworm may emerge. |
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//.....lying on the floor next to your chair rather than a
colon.// Which is better again than a semi-colon. |
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// a woodworm may emerge // |
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You'll just have to hope it IS just a woodworm, not a .303 Bookworm ... |
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This idea is out there (link) but might not yet be WKTE. A
blade feathering system could angle the blades for maximum
exposure during low or windless days. |
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//.303 Bookworm// As lead - minute traces of which are transferred to a page with each character struck - is rarely used these days in printing, posited is that the 'worm - evolved to seek out knowledge to maintain its carapace - will start eating silicon. |
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