windmill-jet
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:56 am
Hi i'm a newbie.
This is slightly tongue in cheek but, I had an idea for an unconventional engine a few years ago and wondered if anyone here would know if it might work. Its not the most useful of engines as it would probably need a 'bump start' of several hundred miles per hour to get it going. It's posted here:
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/windmill-jet
basically in order;
a ducted windmill that drives a compressor
that compresses a small fraction of the air that powered the windmill/turbine
which is then fed into a combustion chamber which,
creates an exhaust that entrains the bypass air to
'hopefully' add more energy to the air (that wasn't compressed) than was removed by the ducted turbine
thanks
This is slightly tongue in cheek but, I had an idea for an unconventional engine a few years ago and wondered if anyone here would know if it might work. Its not the most useful of engines as it would probably need a 'bump start' of several hundred miles per hour to get it going. It's posted here:
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/windmill-jet
basically in order;
a ducted windmill that drives a compressor
that compresses a small fraction of the air that powered the windmill/turbine
which is then fed into a combustion chamber which,
creates an exhaust that entrains the bypass air to
'hopefully' add more energy to the air (that wasn't compressed) than was removed by the ducted turbine
thanks