SCREW-TYPE WINDMILLS AND THEIR
PARTICULAR FEATURES 
I. I. Smul'skii

UDC 621.311.24+621.548

A new type of windmill based on a screw-type wind 
receiver has appeared recently. In the present article, the principles 
of operation of screw-type windmills and their geometric characteristics 
are discussed. Attention is given to the design and technology of 
manufacture of a screw-type rotor; possible arrangements of wind-power 
plants with a screw-type rotor are shown. The procedure of calculation 
of the power characteristics is substantiated. Screw-type windmills 
are noiseless and environmentally safe; they show promise as the least 
expensive ones.

Institute of the Cryosphere of the Earth, Siberian Branch 
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen', Russia; email: smulski@ikz.tmn.ru. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 74, No. 5, 
pp. 187-195, September-October, 2001. Original article submitted 
February 1, 2000; revision submitted February 4, 2001.


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