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Wind farm design inspired by school of fish
May 19, 2010 /
In current wind farms, all of the turbines rotate in the same direction. But while studying the vortices left behind by fish swimming in a school, fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri noticed that some vortices rotated clockwise, while others rotated counter-clockwise.
He and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are identifying energy-related processes in biological systems that may provide insight into new approaches to—in this case—wind energy.
by Jon Weiner-Caltech
Full Story: http://futurity.org/earth-environment/wind-turbines-inspired-by-school-of-fish/
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