Talk:Vaneless ion wind generator

Does it exist ?
Is there a citation for one of these things actually being built? And how do you aim it into the wind? How do you build it at megawatt scale? Any kind of schematic picture would be *great*. --Wtshymanski 17:02, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Didn't know there was an article for this. I contributed a picture from the patent.
 * You don't aim it at the wind. It's stationary and the wind blows through it.  Meant for areas where the windflow is generally in the same direction, like mountaintops.
 * For megawatt scale you just build a long one. :-)  He claims "For example, such a screen 100 meters high and 1,000 meters long; or a screen area of 105 m&sup2;/km will generate an electric power output of 45 megawatts/km at about 100,000 volts DC."  Of course, it's just a patent, so it doesn't necessarily even work.
 * I removed "it won't work in the rain" as I don't think that's true.
 * I left in "and it has to be well-crafted to reduce corona discharge losses", but I don't know if that's true, either. Have to think about that one... - Omegatron 18:20, August 10, 2005 (UTC)


 * Of course it has to reduce corona discharge losses; it has a high voltage on it, and coronas will form and leak current if not well-designed. — Omegatron 18:56, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Original arrangement for the illustration did not work. Hope the change is OK with you--Janosabel 14:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Another idea
is a related idea, which seems to use contact electrification to charge a metal airfoil, which is continually drained to create a current. — Omegatron 03:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

EWICON
If it's not an april fools joke, is this one that's built? http://www.gizmag.com/ewicon-bladeless-wind-turbine/26907/ 213.115.13.82 (talk) 13:07, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Draft:Vaneless ion wind generator
The draft Draft:Vaneless ion wind generator contains more information than this article. Information in the draft should be added to this article. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:04, 23 February 2019 (UTC)