ENESSERE HERCULES WIND TURBINE

The Hercules Wind Turbine, a member of the ENESSERE family, is our flagship product. It’s a 9-meters high Vertical axis mini wind turbine that uses the wind as an endless source to produce clean energy. Our wind turbine, thanks to its exclusive features, can exploit wind’s energy anywhere it comes from, operating quietly and constantly.

This entirely Made-in-Italy wind turbine perfectly integrates the environment it’s installed in and enhances its architectural and landscaping value. This clean energy-producing wind sculpture gives its best in environments such as private villas, public parks, gardens, hotel and yacht resorts, golf clubs, marinas and many more. Wind turns into beauty with ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine.

ENERGY PRODUCTION AND WING FEATURES

 

General Information
Axis Vertical
Total Height 8,85 m
Tower Height 6,00 m
Rotor Width 2,68 m
Wing Height 3,76 m
Total Weight 690 kg
Wing Structure Material Carbon Fiber
Wing Covering Material Paulownia Wood
Tower Material Stainless Steel 316
Connecting Strut Material Carbon Fiber

 

Performance
Max Aerodynamic Power 3,5 kW
Cut-in Wind Speed 8 knots (~4,0 m/s)
Project Wind Speed 48 knots (~25,0 m/s)
RPM Max 200 RPM
Annual Energy to 6 m/s ~5000 kWh
Noise Level at 60 m 38 dBA

When it’s windy enough, ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine is ideal for standard domestic use. Thanks to its shape our wind turbine exploits the wind anywhere it comes from, with no need for reorientation, and it only needs minimum startup speed for it to work.

Enessere Hercules Wind Turbine produces over 4 kW of istant power via its alternator, equal to an annual energy production of about 5000 kWh with an average wind speed of 6 m/s.

The turbine produces electricity that can be used for feed-ins (sale) or accumulated in batteries .

ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine makes very little noise (about 38 dBA).

Clean electricity thus obtained by the wind turbine can be used on-grid or off-grid.

Concerning the first case, the turbine is connected to the national grid, thus allowing the sale of energy produced by the ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine to the operator (in this case the national grid operator (GSE) must be informed beforehand).

However, in the off-grid mode, the turbine is isolated from the grid and the energy produced is stored into storage batteries that can be used in the turbine installation site. This way, stored energy won’t be sold to the operator but set aside to cope with the user’s needs via a specific, suitably sized battery pack that ensures the proper charge level and use.

Beauty is precision. Proportion. Harmonious forms. Those of Hercules aren’t accidental, they’re inspired by the golden ratio. This is why we’re conscious of how unique it is.

The golden ratio, also known as the Fidia’s constant or divine proportion, can be found in many shapes in nature and is instinctively associated by humans to the idea of beauty and harmony.

At ENESSERE we started from this idea to create a one-of-a-kind wind turbine.

ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine‘s design is the result of in-depth aerodynamic studies by a team of wind energy engineers, made real by the expert hands of our craftsmen. This is where we started, by choosing to only work with first-grade materials.

ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine is created with surgical steel, wood and carbon fibers and also recovering materials used by aeronautic engineers in the early 20th century. With our wind turbine, made in Italy meets the latest state-of the art technologies.

The design of the wings has been subject to in-depth studies and created in order to optimize system performances, by using a specific profile, called NACA . The load-bearing carbon structure of the Hercules Wind Turbine wind turbine wings is coated with a dense weave of Pawlonia wood, handcrafted one by one thanks to the experience of our craftsmen, matured over decades of activity. This feature has a specific aerodynamic function, while the structural function is entrusted to the internal carbon rib structure.

ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine wings extend for more than three meters, just like the traditional composite material wings, but at the same time thanks to their design they give our wind turbine a unique and exclusive aesthetic value.

Moreover, the refined shape of the carbon spokes offers aesthetic and structural lightness that enhances the wings even more, in a continuous contrast with metal, carbon and natural material. The tower, load-bearing structure of the ENESSERE Hercules Wind Turbine, has been created thanks to the contribution of structural simulations, stress and vibration tests, a result of the decades-long field experience of our master metal craftsmen that have been working for more than 40 years on the industrial and decor sector. Selecting valuable materials such as carbon for the spokes and stainless steel 316 for the tower offer the Hercules Wind Turbine unprecedented safety and structural strength.

First-class materials, manual expertise and technological innovation.

This is ENESSERE‘s research.

SAFETY AND RELIABILITY

At ENESSERE, safety is always at the forefront. This is why our ENESSERE Hercules vertical axis mini Wind Turbine features many sensors that can become operational if some parameters have abnormal values:

  • speed sensor (anemometer) that stops the turbine if wind speed is too high, therefore potentially dangerous;
  • dual revolutions sensor (RF and inverter) that stops it whenever it goes above 200 RPM;
  • vibration sensor that activates by braking the system whenever it vibrates excessively, thus avoiding any damage to the structure that might compromise its operations;
  • temperature sensor;
  • dual brake (mechanical and electrical). The mechanical brake in particular, installed in addition to the inverter and hydraulically controlled, has been designed to start operating even when the panel isn’t powered up, in order to ensure maximum safety to the wind turbine.
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