Snow, frost and ice can quickly build up on
turbine blades — even if they melt
away quickly, the damage they cause is irreversible.
I believe there is a simple solution to bird and bat fatalities also, by mounting cheap passive ultrasonic «whistles» on
turbine blades, to create a sound warning shield, keeping flying wildlife
away from any spinning
turbines.
Given that eagles may move well
away from the
turbine base after having been injured by a
turbine blade, it may be that under - counting such injuries and mortalities is inevitable.
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Turbine blades are formed of durable and lightweight composites * Rotational molding processes used with high - strength thermoplastic materials * Standard construction practices used to inexpensively build, deploy, and maintain nacelles * Assembled with carefully selected off - the - shelf drive and generating components including brushless generators, high reliability gear trains, and double graphite / ceramic face seals for rotor shafts * Self - cleaning screen for horizontally deflecting debris and fish away from turbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidal
Turbine blades are formed of durable and lightweight composites * Rotational molding processes used with high - strength thermoplastic materials * Standard construction practices used to inexpensively build, deploy, and maintain nacelles * Assembled with carefully selected off - the - shelf drive and generating components including brushless generators, high reliability gear trains, and double graphite / ceramic face seals for rotor shafts * Self - cleaning screen for horizontally deflecting debris and fish
away from
turbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidal
turbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly
turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidal
turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidal waters