Honeywell wind turbine joins the market to start home wind power generation when households could enjoy wind power of themselves. Small wind turbines for individual business and residential have been available for years but there are many issues and technical hitches around them that make only few homes installed it. Now, the hard work of EarthTronics and Honeywell Corp to develop more home-friendly wind turbine shows a good result. This new generation of small wind turbine is lighter than similar wind turbine with 95-pound weight and 6-ft wide. Yet, the best news is the Honeywell could spin in not so windy area.
Honeywell Wind Turbine Innovations
Light wind is the most common obstacle of wind power. Mostly, wind turbines available in the market today could only start spinning at 7 mph wind speed. Finding places that have wind resources suitable to meet the requirement all year long is not easy. Therefore, wind turbine companies try to find ways to overcome the challenge. Fortunately, the result is showed. The greatest innovation of Honeywell wind turbine is the technology that make the wind turbine could start spinning is light wind as low as 2mph. That means this wind turbine could be installed in many more places.
The technology to make it happens is blade tip power system, a gearless free wheeling turbine. Mechanical resistance and drag is reduced greatly by the system. Then, different from traditional turbine, rim-mounted permanent magnets do not generate power at the fab hub but at the blade tip to make it move faster. As the result, this wind turbine could produce more power in less wind. Honeywell wind turbine is even more efficient because the technology not only allows the turbine to work in less wind but also more wind. While turbine with gearing system commonly shut down at about 29mph, gearless design make it possible for the turbine to operate up to 45mph.
Commonly, small wind turbine is installed at the rooftop or self-standing pole. However, since Honeywell is lighter, it could be installed on the wall as well. For installation, automotive type batteries are needed and homeowner should provide it. Once installed, the wind turbine could generate up to 2000 kWh a year. Although the number is not so big compared to the average household’s energy needs, but it is significant improvement of sustainable power technology for residential use. As the world requires more sustainable power, wind power could be one of the solutions for a better future. Honeywell wind turbine is the part of it.
