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Urban wind arrays, harnessing wind for local energy.
It's in the science.

New technology and verification of data from studies involving vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) arrays are offering new opportunities to harness wind for local communities, urban and rural. Star Sailor is at the forefront of new patented performance adaptive, biomimetic high-lift vertical wind turbine (Hy-VAWT™) technology. Our patented Hy-VAWT™ products were tested in hurricane winds, icing weather and in urban wildlife habitats along with our animals and families. We have tested the our American made wind products through changing climate and changing attitudes.

Data from studies completed at the California Institute of Technology have reported that installation of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) in an array, such as US produced Star Sailor Hy-VAWT™, can provide higher-energy density than the more familiar horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) or propeller towers. The study was completed by CalTech's Robert W Whittlesey, Sebastian Liska and John Dabiri.

Whittlesey et al observed that utility type wind farms, comprised of horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT), actually experience reduced efficiency in close proximity to other HAWT towers. Research on vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) indicate that closely spaced VAWT's experience increases in an individual turbine’s power when placed in close proximity as in an array and yield much higher power outputs for a given area of land or installed space than HAWT's.

Whittlesey et al also reported on a potential flow model of inter-VAWT interactions to investigate the effect of changes in VAWT spatial arrangement on the array performance coefficient, which compares the expected average power coefficient of turbines in an array. Star Sailor's stacked turbine towers control vortices internally increasing performance of the wind turbines which were first observed in wind tunnel testing for Star Sailor by Dr. James Delaurier of the University of Toronto. Other efficiencies are being currently evaluated by Star Sailor and external researchers

Reference:

Whittlesey, R.W. , Liska, S, Dabiri, J.O. Fish schooling as a basis for vertical axis wind turbine farm design. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 5(2010) 035005 (6pp).

Star Sailor Wind T-Com™ turbines are available as the Micro T-Com™ (IoT UPS), T-Com™ 1 & 2, T-Com Lite+™. All Star Sailor Hy-VAWT™ products are available as the T-Com™ or Star-Com™ hybrid Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) platforms and may be integrated with our Self-Powered Intelligent Networks (SPIN™).

Star-Com Direct DC Charging & Urban WInd Arrays

Star-Com Polaris towers are available as single towers and arrays with power up to 76-kW in a single hybrid tower and 1-MW in an array. Star-Com towers are being currently engineered as Direct DC charging stations.

Star Sailor Wind: Excellence, reliability and RoHS compliant

Star Sailor's rugged, hurricane wind tested T-Com™ wind turbines completed nearly a decade of field testing proving safety, performance and reliability.

- Low-maintenance, set-up and forget design.
- No freezing, tested in real weather, real snow, ice, hurricane winds.
- No worries about fragmentation zones*.
- American made, industry leading limited lifetime rotor warranty.

*Fragmentation zones or technically defined as Turbine Failure Projectile Zone (TFPZ) and is associated with the installation of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) or propeller turbine. The installation of HAWT or propeller wind turbines, particularly in built areas, must include safety analysis determining the TFPZ.

 


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