bunsen_h: (Beaker)
bunsen_h ([personal profile] bunsen_h) wrote2014-06-04 12:52 am
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Blowing wind

Piezoelectric devices can be used to create air flow, more efficiently and much more quietly than fans can.

I wonder if the principle could be applied in reverse: some kind of no-moving-parts structure of miniature flexing vanes converting wind power to electric power?  In practise, I anticipate that there would be problems with precipitation and other forms of fouling.