Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (24 September 1888 – 15 July 1979) was a French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century. He invented the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill.
Georges Jean Marie Eugene Darrieus | |
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Born | Toulon, France | 24 September 1888
Died | 16 July 1979 Houilles, France | (aged 90)
Alma mater | École Centrale Paris ENSEEIHT |
Known for | Darrieus–Landau instability Darrieus wind turbine |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Compagnie Électro-Mécanique |
The invention is described in the 1931 U.S. patent 1,835,018.
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Biography
editIn World War I, Georges Darrieus was appointed as the artilley captain in 1917.
External links
edit- academie-sciences.fr Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- US patent 1,835,018