Wind energy isn’t quite as common of an alternative energy source as solar, at least for small installations ... to adapt a ceiling fan motor into a wind turbine generator.

The researchers chose to use Tesup V7 wind turbines to capture the wasted wind because of their small and lightweight features. They mounted six of them above the fans and were able to produce 513 ...

The team decided on a vertical wind turbine generator after examining the wind flow pattern because of its small size, light weight, and nominal power of 9 kW, which makes it perfect for ...

After some painstaking work, he was able to turn a ceiling fan into a wind turbine (of sorts). While it’s true that some generators and motors can be used interchangeably by reversing the flow ...