The Wind Turbine Lab Report

Is wind energy an increasing and efficient alternative to fossil fuels? In the article, Wind Power Puffery, H. Sterling Burnett states that wind power is not a reliable source of energy. Burnett exclaims that wind turbines are "noisy, land-intensive, and unsightly" and compares them to highways, industrial buildings, and industrial farms (Burnett 247). Politicians that support wind power argue that turbines will reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The author contrasts these views by informing that turbines indeed pollute the air when they are being built and maintained. Another downfall to wind power is environmental effects. "Lawsuits are either pending or being considered to prevent expansion of wind farms in West Virginia

1. Two commonly used methods of financial analysis are payback and present value. Payback determines the length of time for an investment to return its original cost (1). Using the assumptions stated below the payback of the Jiminy Nick wind turbine with a cost of about $3.3 million would return the investment in about four years time. Net present value summarizes the initial cost of an investment, the estimated annual cash flows, and expected salvage value, taking into account the time value of money (1). A NPV calculation for the scenario SED is reviewing equals $7,697,286 minus the investment costs of $3,318,000 totaling $4,379,286.

The issue here is should Wind Technology compete in the HVPS market?
Based on the estimated “attainable” market potential of ______________________, a one-half (0.5 percent) market share would correspond to ___________________$ sale? After subtracting production costs, what is the approximate profit available? _____________________ $

“A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy”. (1) The inventor of the first electric wind turbine was Clevelander Charles Brush, who ran his entire Euclid Avenue mansion off of one for 20 years, which later made the cover of Scientific American in 1888. (2) Although the use of alternate energy didn't rise a great deal afterward, this event did open the eyes for many environmentalists. Wind power is only one of our several “energy source[s] whose ‘fuel’ is free and will never be exhausted” (3) with the pros and cons not completely weighed out as to whether it will be truly beneficial or not. The two main issues regarding wind turbines are the environmental effects that they have and the

Offshore wind power has become a need of the hour in renewable energy production due to the rising prices of oil and continually increasing demand for a separate energy sector. Offshore wind has the prospective to deliver at least four times the current U.S. demand of energy, as per mentioned by the Global Wind Energy Council. However, there are many challenges and advantages that are significant for us to comprehend.

We are facing an energy crisis on Earth. Burning fossil fuels are harming the atmosphere; this global warming and affects produces chemicals that hurt our body. People are starting to think about using alternative energy. Wind power would be our first choice, because it’s clean, inexhaustible and renewable. Today, wind power is mainly used in Europe. We believed wind power would be the main source of alternative energy for world use.

This research topic involves the study of environmental science. The following characteristics of wind power and hydropower will be discussed: background information that includes definitions and previous research, how wind

Wind Energy is a viable industry that has become a valuable energy source. The energy generated from wind is clean and efficient. The wind energy industry helps to ensure that electric demands are met, wildlife impact is minimal, the environment is not devastated, as well as creates new jobs during the construction of wind farms, daily operations, manufacturing components, and exporting components to foreign countries.

Journal: Walter F. Deal, 2010, ‘Wind Power: An Emerging Energy Resource’, Technology and Engineering Teacher, pp. 9-15, viewed on September 12, 2011, retrieved from: http://search.proquest.com/docview/853062621/fulltextPDF/13255EC175479D10C7A/1?accountid=42518

Wind power is a clean and renewable energy that, while at times unreliable, has very low upkeep cost and is growing at a rapid rate. While there is currently enough wind power to provide many times our current energy need, it is unfeasible in reality. Wind power utilizes the kinetic energy of air and uses it to power a generator to produce electricity. Even though dependence on wind power is impossible, it still can provide a strong, clean, quantity of power to supplement current energy production.

Founded in 1981, Wind Technologies (WT) has been a supplier of many different varieties of weather related radar and instrumentation. In 1986 the company focused its production on wind profiling radar systems that measure wind and atmospheric conditions. Management of Wind Technologies felt as though this consolidation would position the company as an industry leader in the future in a market that would have little competition. This consolidation was mainly due to being purchased by Vaitra, a high technology European firm. Vaitra made it possible for Wind Technologies to focus its operations mainly due to its large financial support. Since commercial sales were less than stellar since the buyout Vaitra’s financial support

In the second part, the performance of a real wind farm is studied. The wind

Various types of generators that are used for wind power generation are induction generators and synchronous generators. In this section a brief review of different types of generators including their advantages and disadvantages are presented.

The Eau Bank is located in Eau Bank Road, North Somercotes Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 7LP. As the the 2001 census, Louth had a population of approximately 28 people. This comprise of 16 women and 12 men living in 12 households. The location is on the longitude 0.120151 and latitude 53.484. The intending wind project will make available a suitable method of generating a clean renewable, sustainable and efficient electrical energy to Eau Bank farm community using a single micro wind turbine. The choice of turbine to be installed is based on certain design criteria such as economic value, physical robustness, quiet nature and high efficiency. Gaia wind turbine possesses all the afore-mentioned qualities as a single micro turbine will be mounted on a 18m tower in an open landscape with few buildings and possibility of no windbreaks all through the year to be able to get the wind speed at 6.8m/s. One promising and innovative idea is to install a turbine higher than the surrounding areas to have access to a more energetic wind resource.

There are a large number of literatures available on the study conducted to improve the working of wind turbines. Some of these researches have been implemented practically while others are still in experimental phase. A literature was prepared by Md. Mahfouz Sarwar, Nazia Nawshin, Muhammad Ali Imam and Mohammad Mashudon on “A new approach to improve the performance of an existing small wind turbine by using Diffuser.”