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Wind Power Generation and Wind Turbine Design by Wei Tong

Wind Power Generation and Wind Turbine Design Wei Tong ebook
Page: 769
Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
ISBN: 1845642058, 9781845642051
Format: pdf

This seems like a no-brainer considering the enormous possibilities for power generation that recent studies are highlighting. Some quick history: Makani's creators several years ago came up with the idea of essentially combining kites with wind turbines in order to capture the strong and steady wind energy high up in the sky — too high for conventional wind turbines to capture. In the 60s I was professionally involved in the design of wind turbines for electricity generation. We've already covered Catch the Wind's laser-based system for creating 3-D maps of wind direction and speed. Even then it was clear that they could never be an economical source of energy for the Grid. NREL entered into a partnership with Alstom, a French power-generation company, in early 2011 when its ECO 100 wind turbine was installed at the NWTC for certification testing. Presently wind turbines use a mechanical transmission to smooth out the speed at which energy is delivered to an internal generator. The part which is called as nacelle is rotating also to wind direction. €�The secret to the air turbine design lies in using a fraction of the material necessary for a standard wind turbine. For example, according to the U.S. The modern turbines has only one certain position for wind(tilt and cones angle), that's why the new design can capture much more power in a sufficient way. The state-of-the-art facility has been specifically designed for full-scale testing of large nacelles. Many schools, businesses, museums and county homes across the country have already been using Windspire for generating power. That technology would seem to pair well with a new gearbox design from ExRo that allows turbines to much more efficiently turn fluctuating air currents into stable electricity. The next step in that partnership took place recently when the turbine was updated to test a new, state-of-the-art blade design.