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DC Permanent magnet motors for building wind turbine generators

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:00:02 +0000

It doesn’t matter what you call it — wind turbine, windmill, or wind generator, the most important part of any wind power producing device is the generator. Connected to the blades, it’s the part that converts rotational motion into electricity through the use of magnetic fields. If you’re building your own wind powered generator, chances [...]

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Small Wind Systems – Answers to Common Questions about Residential Wind Turbines

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:44:29 +0000

You may have heard the term small wind and never given it much thought. It’s a phrase that’s intended to designate a wind energy system for use in a residential or farm setting. It’s typically a smaller wind turbine that has a maximum power output that’s much less than the huge commercial wind turbines that [...]

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Animation of how a wind turbine works

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:35:26 +0000

How does a wind turbine work? As you can see from the illustration, wind moves across the blades and causes lift, much like an airplane wing does. Since the blades are connected to an alternator/generator/gearbox arrangement, this lift cause the blades to rotate, and in turn spin the generator. The generator then converts this rotational [...]

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A Huge Commercial Wind Turbine Explodes

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:41:41 +0000

This is what happens when the over-speed braking system fails on a very expensive commercial wind power generator. The video is that of a Vestas wind turbine in Denmark. Not sure of the exact model , but the news report stated that it was a 60 meter tower ( approximately 200 feet), so it was [...]

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