This open design looks interesting, but there are a couple oddities in the Wikipedia article I'd appreciate clarification on from a subject matter expert:
>It was first patented by Greek-Australian Lawyer & Inventor Paul Kouris in 1996[1], who was searching for a way to harness the power inherent in a vortex.
What power is inherent in a vortex apart from gravitational potential energy being converted to kinetic energy?
>after a year of use its operation cost was approximately one US dollar per Watt capacity of output.
Shouldn't that be installation cost, not operating cost?
This open design looks interesting, but there are a couple oddities in the Wikipedia article I'd appreciate clarification on from a subject matter expert:
>It was first patented by Greek-Australian Lawyer & Inventor Paul Kouris in 1996[1], who was searching for a way to harness the power inherent in a vortex.
What power is inherent in a vortex apart from gravitational potential energy being converted to kinetic energy?
>after a year of use its operation cost was approximately one US dollar per Watt capacity of output.
Shouldn't that be installation cost, not operating cost?