Mantis Fog-Collector/ Windturbine Design update

I just recifed the latest dia photos... from this great project in the Namibian desert.

The Mantis with Fog-Collector Mesh with fixed fog-cathcer at the "Gobabeb Desert Research Station Testing Range". Behind the mesh the windturbine installed and got spinned by the wind trough the mesh.
The "head" can turn 180° which is enough infact the wind is comming almost the same direction 99% of the time, so the structue can be quite stronger then nowedays design

Side View: The mainframe is 18% twisted to be more stable.

Thanks to my African supporting team. Actually the project was embedded in a workshop for local
tribe called "Nara". I trained them in mechanics and basic electronics like recycling computers.

Just another picture 6.00 in the morning.

Amazing pictue from the ground.

Project OASIS / Fog Collector-Windturbine

Fog Collector/ Windturbine - Sturmmaschine 01R

The last 6 months I develop a new kind of Windturbine that produce energy and also harvest 10-100 liter water a night from the desert fog which is quiet dense in the namibia desert. The Windturbine is mounted behind the fog collector
mesch and produce 100-400 Watt a day. Overall this machine produce enough energy and water to support a family with 4 persons in the dessert comunity.
The collector is made of aluminum and standart parts so easy to transport & service. The coast for the material is arround 300 Euros not much for arround  900 kW/Year and arround 20.000 Liter Water a year. The folk of the Namib will be independend from using fuel for there powergenerators  buying batteries and from the goverment water supply which they have to pay for almost 1/4 of theire income. To produce this low-tech technology can be also a job generator to produce small system for other rual areas of africa.

 

THe Sturmmaschine 01R is ready for transport to namibia

 

Final layout for namibia, 3 units produce up to 300 Liter Water and

900 kW/H a day - Hope for the Desert.

Testing the fog-collector in the "ITV Denkendorf Research Center"

ITV Denkendorf 

The Sturmaschine 01R from behind shows the windturbine

 

Low Tech Fog Collector/High Tech Fog Power Collector

Some pictures from my project with the BIT "Beking Institut of Technology" Group from China,
Now I am the mentor for 2 young designer.
the goal of the project is a low tech fog collector for namibia dessert.
Well this is a low tehc approach for collecting 5 - 25 Liter per m2 a day.
My high tech solution will be pulished later.