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Hi Simon,
Is the Waters turbine design the secret of the Clem
Engine? The turbine provides maximum power due to the fact that the power transfer
from the hydraulic oil takes place on the edge of the turbine.
Best Wishes,
Hermes
Hi Hermes,
Quite a few years ago R-G had an article on
the Clem Engine expert, and he hadn't made it actually work as regards being OU. I
can't remember his name, though. He'd been working the problem for years.
So
was there any extra energy from the original that didn't come from burning the oil?
AFAICT, no - it didn't work in the first place. We see a lot of claims for OU, yet
nothing we can test that works as-specified.
Mike Waters' design was more
efficient for low wind, but of course there's not a lot of power density in such a
wind. Basically, it works by blocking the wind to gain an increase in pressure inside
the "cup", and then letting that somewhat higher pressure-drop drive the fan. You
could probably do the same thing by using a lot of blades in a simple HAWT, and the
reason they don't do that is the need to feather the blades when the wind gets higher.
Mike's design isn't good in high wind, though with some sprung vents in the back of
the "cup" might be fixable.
Bear in mind that the energy in the wind rises as
the cube of the wind-speed. Also that you can't get more energy out of it that's
already there, and that since you can't actually stop the wind (there would be nowhere
for that quantity of air to go) there's also the Betz limit that says you can take
around 60% of the total energy out.
As I said before, there are very few of the
historical Free Energy claims that actually seem to have any substance. Thus for the
most part, the compilations of all the Free Energy devices are useful in telling you
what not to do if you want to succeed.
Best regards, Simon
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