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A tornado type wind turbine has a vertically disposed wind collecting tower with spaced apart inner and outer walls and a central bore. The upper end of the tower is open while the lower end of the structure is in communication with a wind intake chamber. An opening in the wind chamber is positioned

A tornado type wind turbine has a vertically disposed wind collecting tower with spaced apart inner and outer walls and a central bore. The upper end of the tower is open while the lower end of the structure is in communication with a wind intake chamber. An opening in the wind chamber is positioned over a turbine which is in driving communication with an electrical generator. An opening between the inner and outer walls at the lower end of the tower permits radially flowing air to enter the space between the inner and outer walls while a vertically disposed opening in the wind collecting tower permits tangentially flowing air to enter the central bore. A porous portion of the inner wall permits the radially flowing air to interact with the tangentially flowing air so as to create an intensified vortex flow which exits out of the top opening of the tower so as to create a low pressure core and thus draw air through the opening of the wind intake chamber so as to drive the turbine.

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A tornado type wind turbine comprising: a wind collecting tower with vertically disposed longitudinal axis having spaced apart inner and outer walls and a central bore, a means for providing radially flowing air to said central bore, a means for providing tangentially flowing air to said central bor

A tornado type wind turbine comprising: a wind collecting tower with vertically disposed longitudinal axis having spaced apart inner and outer walls and a central bore, a means for providing radially flowing air to said central bore, a means for providing tangentially flowing air to said central bore, said wind collecting tower having a lower end in communication with a wind intake chamber and an open upper end, a portion of said inner wall being porous, and said radially flowing air and said tangentially flowing air interacting within said central bore of said wind collecting tower so as to create an intensified vortex flow.