Replies to post #4399 on Arista Power, Inc. (ASPW)

[AnonymousInvestor]

When I first saw the Tamer working, that was the first thing I thought of, it seems it would spin the blades faster if the larger opening was catching the air and then funneling it to the smaller output side for the venturi effect to increase efficiency.
A large rudder or wing must be designed to keep the turbine properly oriented to the incoming wind. Thats is the engineering that should be looked into. IMHO

[knowhow]

I spoke to Dr. Brock about your post and he laughed: he sais the simplest of test will disprove that statement as fiction when refering to a diffuser augmented wind turbine. Take a funnel with the large area facing the wind and the small opening opposite, air can be compressed slightly, now put a set of rotor blades in the path of the incoming wind, all the wind will spill out, now turn the small opening toward the wind the diffuser will pull the wind into the small opening. Water can't be compressed at all. Try it and get back to us, funnels are inexpensive.