Vertical axis wind turbines are more uncommon than their horizontal counterpart and so we thought it would be interesting to put together a workshop which would demonstrate a miniature Savonius design in action.

A wooden frame was erected to provide support and the turbine itself consisted of a split bottle with each half facing in different directions, acting like cups. There were magnets attached to the bottom of the turbine which when rotating passed over the magnet coils below to induce a current. Due to the high resistance of the copper wire we only managed to produce a very small current.


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