Fuller
The "Fuller" wind turbine is a fully enclosed wind turbine which uses boundary layers instead of blades. Much like a Tesla turbine.
Imagine a stack of CDs on a central shaft with a small air gap in between, the surface tension of moving air as it passes through the small gaps creates friction and using this energy causes the CDs to rotate around the shaft. The Fuller has addition vanes to help direct the air for improved performance, hence it isn't totally bladeless, as has been suggested.
Read more about this topic: Unconventional Wind Turbines
Famous quotes containing the word fuller:
“Some women, when they kiss, blush, some call the cops, some swear, some bite, some laugh, some cry. Me? I die. Die. I die inside when you kiss me.”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)
“Kelly: I washed my face clean the morning I woke up in your bedroom.
Griff: You got morals in my bedroom?
Kelly: You had nothing to do with it. Nothing! It was your mirror.
Griff: You must have taken a long look.
Kelly: It was the longest look of my life. I saw a broken-down piece of machinery. Nothing but the buck, the bed, and the bottle for the rest of my life.”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)
“Look, Tiger, if I was to be buried in potter’s field, it’d just about kill me!”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)