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By: Zach Wood
Zach DebiaseZach Dooley
Tom vonMaucher
Wind Power
Types of Wind Turbines
• A rotor that consists of 2 or 3 blades attached to a hub.
• A generator that produces electricity in the form of alternating current.
• Control and Protection system that optimizes performance and keeps the machinery operating with safe limits.
• The tower that raises the rotor off the ground.
Four Main Components Of Wind Turbines
Parts To a Wind Turbine
• Long tall towers with propellers on the top about 40 to 80 meters up in the air.
• The propellers spin around from the wind. Which turns a turbine, which creates electricity that can power many homes.
• The propellers on top are usually the same size or half the size of the height of the tower.
How is Power Produced?
• Free and efficient.• Does not release any harmful pollutants or
gases.• One of the cheapest forms of energy available
today.• Wind is a never ending resource.
Pros
• Can get damaged or completely destroyed when hit by a heavy storm.
• On an average make a sound of about 50-60 decibel.
• Production of electricity would not always remain consistent.
• rotating blades of the turbines have proved fatal for bird.
Cons
Pros and Cons
Size of Wind Turbines
• A typical turbine with a 600 kW electrical generator will typically have a rotor diameter of some 44 meters (144 ft.).
• Wind power is the fastest growing form of alternative energy.
• 40% of all generation capacity added to the electric grid came from wind energy.
• Electric utilities are adding Wind to their establishments more and more everyday.
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