Tue July 9, 2024 7pm PDT - Wind Energy: A New Approach for Capturing an Untapped Energy Source
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I am coordinating this upcoming Wind Energy related presentation through IEEE-CNSV. I would like to invite EAASV Members to join this event and register to attend either by Zoom or In-Person at SEMI in Milpitas. Also open if EAASV?wants to be an official Co-Host. Feel free to share with others that may be interested. I have worked with Speaker Kevin Wolf and WindHarvest for more than 14 months.? I think they have a good story and with the small physical size of the Windharvest units, they can contribute in a meaningful to generations of wind power. Regards, Kim Parnell ------------------------------------- T. Kim Parnell, Ph.D.,P.E.? Fellow, ASME Past Chair, IEEE-SCV Section Director & Past Chair, IEEE-CNSV Parnell Expert Consulting Parnell Engineering & Consulting ?? ? ? ? ? <-- My LinkedIN Profile Tue July 9, 2024 7pm PDT - Wind Energy: A New Approach for Capturing an Untapped Energy Source The IEEE-CNSV Email Announcement is below and it contains several embedded URLs. Best would be to delete the text from the Top of this message down?to just above: "We are excited to let you know about our July event:" This is a Hybrid Event meaning on?Zoom and also in-person at SEMI in Milpitas, CA The IEEE-CNSV Event Email announcement is shown below. You will see that the CaliforniaConsultants.org Event Page at: Leads to 2 forms of Registration:
Speaker: To: IEEE-CNSV Mtg Info <mtg-ieeecnsv@...> We are excited to let you know about our July event:
The event starts at 6:30pm with great pizza, drinks, and socializing with our members and other attendees, and the presentations start at 7pm.? Anyone looking for consulting help on a project, wanting to learn about CNSV, or just wanting to hear the speaker's topic is welcome.? FULL INFO BELOW. Thanks, Brian Berg Tue, 9 July, 7-9pm PDT In-person at SEMI in Milpitas / Online via? Although it is very eco-friendly, growth in the wind turbine industry is slowing down. Today¡¯s wind farms generally employ Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs), but their construction involves the major logistical feat of transporting huge blades (as long as 118 meters) to locations that are often remote. However, as HAWTs cannot handle the most turbulent air, they must be placed high above the ground and far apart from one another. Promising research out of CalTech, Stanford, and other universities predicts that Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs), which are placed less than 100 feet above the ground in wind farms under existing HAWTs, will create synergies such that the overall energy output from their simultaneous operation is greater than what each would produce on its own. Our speaker Kevin Wolf co-founded Wind Harvest, a new company intending to introduce VAWTs. Their latest prototype has been able to operate in turbulent conditions at the UL test facility in Texas and achieve Technology Readiness Level 7. Core to this turbine¡¯s success is its use of a VAWT aeroelastic engineering model validated using an earlier prototype¡¯s field data. Out of this earlier experience, the engineering team came up with nine new inventions, including an innovative hinge design that is critical for the 70-year predicted fatigue life life based on a typical 15 million rotations per year. Come to this event and learn about this innovative technology that could revive the wind turbine industry.  About the speaker,?Kevin Wolf?of?Kevin Wolf is the CEO and co-founder of Wind Harvest. He has been an officer with the Company since 2006, and is an expert on vertical axis wind turbine technology and mid-level wind markets. Kevin is the author of papers published in industry magazines, and with California Energy Commission grants. His degree in Evolution and Ecology from UC Davis gives him a solid science background that is widely useful to the Wind Harvest.? Kevin is the company¡¯s expert on the synergy of VAWTs used in wind farms, their impact on birds and bats, and the Technology Readiness Level process, and one of the inventors of company patents. Location: SEMI, Milpitas, CA 567 Yosemite Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035 Be sure to bring a photo ID to verify your registration. The building is on the corner of S Milpitas Blvd and Yosemite Dr., with the main entrance facing S Milpitas Blvd. However, you will need to enter the building from the Yosemite Dr. side.?Navigate to 567 Yosemite Dr, Milpitas and you will be directed to the correct parking lot for easiest entry.?Plenty of parking is available. -------------------? Meeting Notices of? -------------------- ---? IEEE-CNSV (Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley)? ---- ------------? CaliforniaConsultants.org/Events/? ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- -----? To change your subscription, email Brian Berg at? ---- - b.berg@... with Subject UNSUBSCRIBE MTG / CHANGE MTG - ----? Membership Questions: Brian Berg at above address? ---- ------------------------------------------------------------- -- ?
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T. Kim Parnell, Ph.D.,P.E.? Fellow, ASME ?
Parnell Engineering and Consulting (PEC)
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