What is the role of Coriolis force in an Atmospheric Vortex Engine?
Coriolis forces will have minimal or very little significance for an Atmospheric Vortex Engine. Although Coriolis forces often play a role in formation of certain types of natural vortices, in an Atmospheric Vortex Engine the tangential air inlet entries deflect the incoming air and provide the rotational motion required to start the vortex. Depending on the geometry of the tangential air inlets, an atmospheric vortex engine could be configured to produce a vortex which spins in either the cyclonic or anti-cyclonic direction.
