What is it?

Ezekiel’s Wheel Basic Description


Ezekiel's Wheel is patent-pending technology that consists of large wheels turning at a relatively low R.P.M. and rotating flywheels within the large wheel -- hence the phrase a “wheel within a wheel.” Friction and centrifugal force cause the flywheel to roll rapidly to the outside diameter of the large wheel where it is stopped abruptly. This impelling force and its abrupt stop is several times the energy that is required to lift that same flywheel on the other side. Once started it is kept in motion by creating energy of its own source.

The energy produced is so great that if the main shaft is not restricted by removing its energy source (generator, pump or some other resistance), the wheels would spin out of control. Centrifugal force keeps the internal flywheels to the outside edge until the wheel stalls and energy ceases to be created. Once the large wheel slows to the exact working revolution, the rolling and lifting actions start again. Ezekiel's Wheel is a well-balanced and very precise instrument that when properly used can create enough horsepower to turn a generator to create a significant amount of electricity.


Flywheel Technology:

The standard flywheel used for extracting energy is typically set on the horizontal plane and spun up to a very high R.P.M. The flywheel uses as little friction and gravity effect as possible. Because energy is removed over a period of time, and the flywheel loses its R.P.M., the energy must be reapplied in order to send the flywheel back up to the rated R.P.M.

Ezekiel's Wheel on the other hand, uses flywheel technology in a different way. The flywheel is placed in a vertical instead of horizontal position. Friction is required in order to rotate the flywheel and following every revolution, energy is removed as the flywheel stops abruptly.


Vector Overlap:

The vector gap between each striking flywheel per revolution would allow us to be at approximately 85.7% efficient on a single wheel. Because Ezekiel's Wheel uses a multiplicity factor of four, we can get our efficiency rating close to 96.5%.

Windmill Technology:

When calculating the kilowatt hours generated by a single wind turbine, they discovered a 40% efficiency factor. A wind plant is fueled by the wind, which blows steadily at times and unpredictably little or none at other times. Although modern utility scale wind turbines typically operate 65% to 90% of the time, they often run at less than full capacity. Therefore, a capacity factor of 25 to 40% is common. However, they may achieve higher capacity factors during windy weeks or months. Today, a 50 MW wind farm can be completed in 18 months to two years. Most of the time is needed for measuring the wind and obtaining construction permits. The wind farm itself can be built in less than six months.

A conventional utility power plant uses fuel, and normally runs most of the time, except in the event of equipment breakdowns or maintenance necessities. A capacity factor of 40% to 80% is typical for conventional power plants. The capacity factor is greatly determined by the age and efficiency of the equipment. The availability factor (or just "availability") is a measurement of the reliability of a wind turbine or other power plant. It refers to the percentage of time that a plant is ready to generate (that is, not out of service for maintenance or repair). Modern wind turbines have the reliability of more than 98% -- much higher than most other types of power plants.

Ezekiel's Wheel uses the unpredictable efficiency of a wind turbine wind farm without having to depend on a fluctuating fuel system like the wind. Ezekiel's Wheel uses a very reliable fuel source -- "gravity" -- as its primary source of energy. With a very reliable source of energy and the reliability of the wind turbine system, we should be able to reach capacity factors of 75% to 98% which is unheard of in any other energy producing system today.

At present, Ezekiel's Wheel will be manufactured in two sizes. The largest size should produce approximately 500 kW; the half scale should produce approximately 100 kW. A wind farm is built in a modular format with multiple wind turbines combined to equal the desired power output. Ezekiel's Wheel uses the same format a modular system does; however, it is designed specifically for a desired power output.