Rapport KD 137 kan gratis gekopieerd worden van het menu “No wind energy”. De titel van dit Nederlandstalige rapport is: “De dubbelzuigervoetpomp”. Dit rapport werd al in 2003 geschreven. Pagina 3 werd in Juli 2019 enigszins aangepast zodat nu naar courante andere KD-rapporten verwezen wordt. Dit rapport staat niet onder het menu KD-reports omdat het niet over windenergie gaat maar over een pomp die met de voeten aangedreven wordt. In figuur 1 van KD 137 wordt een gedetailleerde tekening van de pomp gegeven.

Report KD 617 from November 2016 has been added to the menu “KD-reports”. The tittle of this report is: “Design report of the VIRYA-2.02 rotor (lambda design = 6, B = 2, tapered stainless steel blades). The geometry of the VIRYA-2.02 rotor was already given in chapter 5 of report KD 616 but the design calculations are given in KD 617.

The 2-bladed VIRYA-2.02 has blades which are made from a 2 mm stainless steel sheet size 2 * 250 * 833 mm. This sheet is cambered first and then ground into two tapered blades. The two blades are connected to each other by a stainless steel connecting strip size 3 * 166 * 416 mm which is cambered at the ends and twisted.

Report KD 678 has been reviewed totally. The previous rotor had three separate spokes but it was expected that it is difficult to make the hole pattern in these spokes accurately enough to guarantee an exact angle of 120° in between the three blades. So the new rotor has a hub plate made out on one piece of 1.5 mm stainless steel sheet. The blades are made longer to minimise the dimensions of the hub plate. This rotor has a higher maximum Cp, a higher starting torque coefficient and it also looks better.

Report KD 678 has been added to the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Calculations executed for the 3-bladed rotor of the VIRYA-1.02 windmill (lambda design = 3.5, 15° folded stainless steel blades) meant to be couples to the VIRYA-1.25AF generator”. The 3-bladed VIRYA-1.02 is an alternative for the 2-bladed VIRYA-1 or the 2-bladed VIRYA-1.25AF.

A new chapter 6 has been added to report KD 645. The tittle of this chapter is: “Alternative winding with 15 coils”. The original winding has a 1-layer winding with two coils per phase, so totally six coils. The alternative winding has no sleeves in the Delrin bush but thirty 8 mm holes. The armature has a length of 80 mm in stead of 100 mm and one magnet size 80 * 20 * 10 mm is used in each groove. It is expected that the reduction of the power because of the shorter armature is compensated because now per phase five coils are used in stead of two coils.

The extended specification at the menu VIRYA-folders has been reviewed. The VIRYA-1.75W, the VIRYA-1.8W and the VIRYA-2.22 have been added to the extended specification.

Report KD 676 has been added at the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Calculations executed for the 2-bladed rotor of the VIRYA-2.22 windmill (lambda design = 5, stainless steel blades) using the axial flux PM-generator of Hefei Top Grand model TGET260-0.5KW-350R”. The VIRYA-2.22 has also been added to the folder of the VIRYA-1.75 W and the VIRYA-1.8W.

Report KD 608 has been reviewed. The thickness of the aluminium rotor blades has been increased from 1.5 up to 2 mm. A new chapter 9 has been added in which the use of a steel stator sheet has been investigated. Some minor changes have been made in the report.

Report KD 672 has been added at the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Use of the VIRYA-1 or the VIRYA-1.25AF for pumping of drinking water using a 12 V battery and a pump with a 12 V, DC motor”. Although the VIRYA-1 is a small windmill with a rotor diameter of only 1 m, it is big enough to pump a flow q of 200 litres water per day against a height H = 17 m at a wind speed less than 3 m/s.

Report KD 490 “Water pumping with a windmill” has been reviewed such that report KD 672 is now also mentioned.

Onder het menu “No wind energy” werd de Nederlandstalige notitie “De rechte schuiftrompet in C” toegevoegd. Deze notitie beschrijft een zeer eenvoudig nieuw blaasinstrument zonder ventielen en zonder bochten in de hoofdbuis.