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Why the wind turbine in the movie Skyscraper<\/em> won\u2019t work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The other night we were watching the adventure thriller Skyscraper<\/em> on Netflix, and snapped some screen captures of the turbines in the fantasy building which plays a central role in the movie. The fantasy turbines look suspiciously like ours. Enessere spent eight years developing the mathematical models and wind testing for our signature wind catchers<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our main aim was maximum performance. The turbines in Skyscraper<\/em>, though they look attractive, won\u2019t work successfully in real life. We asked Dmitrj Baccin, Enessere\u2019s Aerodynamics Specialist to tell us specifically what the problem with the movie turbine is. Here is Dmitrij\u2019s answer:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are instances in the real world when architects and engineers have attempted to combine wind turbines and buildings. The STRATA tower in London, or the Bahrain World Trade Center located in the city of Manama are two prime examples<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea looked easy and effective: conceive a \u201cgreen\u201d building, where wind turbines generate electricity by taking advantage of stronger air currents at the top of skyscrapers. But that didn\u2019t work as hoped. Structural challenges and the noise produced were not the only problems technicians discovered they needed to address.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From an aerodynamic point of view, a wind turbine\u2019s wing works exactly as an aircraft wing. In order to perform at its best, the air coming towards the rotor must be laminar. That means a uniform current, not influenced by side flows. In other words, not turbulent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To illustrate how critical this consideration is, we need to remember that in windfarms the disposition of big turbines is meticulously analyzed. This is done to avoid the factor of turbulence generated by one turbine, and that it doesn\u2019t greatly affect the performance of adjacent others. Even the interaction between rotor and tower has been thoroughly studied in order to extract the maximum performance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest problem that afflicts all of these projects is that the air flowing towards the rotors is influenced by the building structure itself. Those currents coming from the bottom or the side of the building interact with the laminar flow. As a consequence, this turbulence is generated, causing the efficiency of the turbine\u2019s wings to dramatically drop. The projected output from these turbines did not live up to expectations. Sometimes the turbines did not even spin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The same problem would afflict the vertical turbine imagined for the movie Skyscraper. Although a vertical axis wind turbine can receive air from all directions, the structure of the building itself would too greatly influence the quality of the air directed towards the rotor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, the poor energy output along with the fanciful structural requirements don\u2019t make this kind of installation an effective solution, cost or energy-wise. But it\u2019s still a fun movie to watch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why the wind turbine in the movie Skyscraper won\u2019t work The other night we were watching the adventure thriller Skyscraper on Netflix, and snapped some screen captures of the turbines in the fantasy building which plays a central role in the movie. The fantasy turbines look suspiciously like ours. Enessere spent eight years developing the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-blog","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nMovies turbine - Enessere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the movies we see cutting-edge technological solutions but the reality is very different. 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