Wind Energy

BWTC : new concept, intregration between wind turbine and architecture

2009-08-27T04:08:00.000-07:00

after looking for The Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) has completed the construction of the three wind turbines that will generate electricity between it’s twin towers. amazing design and concept for wind turbine development, integrated with two tower to produce electricity will inspire to other architect to built building that can produce electricity. The three wind turbines are horizontally

Effect of blade number on aerodynamic performance in wind turbine

2009-04-09T17:14:00.000-07:00

comparison of coefficient of efficiency between two blade and three blade. three, six, and twelve blade system. The major factors involved in deciding the number of blades includes: 1. the effect on power coefficient; 2. the design TSR (tip-speed ratio);3. The means of yawing rate to reduce the gyroscopic fatigue. Effect of blade number on aerodynamic performanceVarious experiments results was

Global Winds and Wind Distributions in Worlds and many continents

2008-10-06T05:16:00.000-07:00

Wind power is the conversion wind energy into a useful energy source such as electricity. Wind turbines use an electrical generator grid to convert the electrical current produced by the rotations of the wind turbine blades then transferred into gear box, from gear box it will turn the generator and produce DC electricity, which can be further converted into an alternating current(AC).Wind energy

Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT)

2008-09-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) are a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft runs vertically. VAWTs work somewhat like a classical water wheel in which water arrives at a right angle (perpendicular) to the rotational axis (shaft) of the water wheel. Vertical-axis wind turbines fall into two major categories: Darrieus turbines and Savonius turbines. Savonius Turbineinvented in Finland,

Wind Power Conversion Systems with MERS

2008-06-06T04:12:00.000-07:00

innovative power conversion technology using magnetic energy recovery switch (MERS), they are two type of MERS that available in market, 1. conventional wind power conversion, A variable speed synchronous generatorwith many poles is connected to a grid through an ac-dc converter and a dc-ac inverter, see the picture below The disadvantage of this conventional conversation system is that an

Growth Annual Installed capacity of Wind Turbine

2008-04-13T03:28:00.000-07:00

Wind is simple air in motion. It is caused by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun then the earth’s surface is made of very different types of land and water, it absorbs the sun’s heat at different rates.Today global wind power capacity rose 27 percent in 2007 to more than 94,100 megawatts, led by capacity additions in the European Union, the United States, and China.Brussels, 6

Cost and Economic Of Wind Energy

2008-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

Based on Report from FPL Energy, As of January 2007, the company's wind-power portfolio consists of more than 4,000 net megawatts, and the largest U.S. generator of wind power, with 47 wind farms currently in 15 states. Today, wind energy is also the fastest growing clean and renewable energy resource in the world. American Wind Energy Association report write that * global installed capacity

Kinetic Power Transfer from Axial Force

2007-09-15T12:08:00.000-07:00

if m be the indefinite but large mass flow in the wind, and actuator disk is placedm perpendicular to the flow direction of wind, exerts a finite axial force is Dax, in this picture below no external force acts on the flow, so momentum is conserved and the flow does not expand further.The velocity change obtained from the momentum relation is connected to the change of the kinetic power in the

Rotor Efficiency and Betz limit

2007-09-12T12:53:00.000-07:00

Betz limit is defined as the maximum fraction of the power in the wind that can theoretically be extracted, usually given as 16/27. or by other words that the maximum value for the power extracted from the wind is 0,59 or 16/27 of the total power in the wind.An airstream moving through a turbine rotor disc cannot give up all of its energy to the blades because some kinetic energy must be retained

Wind Energy equation

2007-09-12T06:23:00.000-07:00

The purpose of a wind turbine is to extract kinetic energy from the wind and convert this firstly to mechanical energy and then usually to electrical energy. The wind's kinetic energy can be expressed this equation Therefore, the power of wind turbine in a given volume of wind is given by equation

Energy Extracting Stream-tube of a WindTurbine

2007-09-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

Aerodynamics of Horizontal-Axis Wind TurbinesTo study the aerodynamics of wind turbines some knowledge of fluid dynamics in general is necessary and, in particular, aircraft aerodynamics, we can use Bernoulli theorem for steady, incom pressible flow is required together with the concept of continuity, and then use The Biot亡avart law, which will be familiar to those with a knowledge of electric

Weibull distribution-Annual and Seasonal Variations

2007-09-10T15:14:00.001-07:00

To represent of Annual and Seasonal Variations we can use The Weibull distribution, The Weibull distribution has been found to give a good representation of the variation in hourly mean wind speed over a year at many typical sites. This distribution takes the formwhere F(U) is the fraction of time for which the hourly mean wind speed exceeds U.because k describes the variability about the mean,

Long-term Wind speed Variations

2007-09-10T15:07:00.000-07:00

Geographical Variationin the Wind ResourceLong-term Wind speed VariationsThere is evidence that the wind speed at any particular location may be subject to very slow long-term variations. Although the availability of accurate historical records is a limitation, careful analysis by, for example, Palutikoff, Guo and Halliday (1991) has demonstrated clear trends. Clearly these may be linked to

Wind Speed and Power Relations

2007-09-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

we can make a relation using equation of energy kinetic, The kinetic energy in air of mass (M) ・moving with speed V is given by the following equation in SI units :The power in moving air is the flow rate of kinetic energy per second Therefore:Which :P = mechanical power in the moving airrho = air density, kg/m3A = area swept by the rotor blades, m2V = velocity of the air, m/sthen, the

construction of Modern wind turbine

2007-09-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

Improved turbine designs and plant utilization have contributed to a decline in large-scale wind energy generation costs from 35 cents per kWh in 1980 to less than 5 cents per kWh in 1997 in favorable locations . At this price, wind energy has become one of the least-cost power sources. Major factors that have accelerated the wind-power technology development are as follows:1. high-strength fiber

equation for power of wind turbin

2007-09-08T04:11:00.000-07:00

The power output, P, from a wind turbine is given by the well-known equation whererho(greek symbol) is the density of air (1:225 kg/m3 )Cp is the power coefficient,A is the rotorP swept areaU ist he wind speed.The density of air is rather low, 800 times less than that of water which powers hydro plant, and this leads directly to the large size of a wind turbine. Depending on the design wind

Geographical Variation in the Wind Resource

2007-03-21T04:19:00.000-07:00

Geographical Variation in the Wind ResourceUltimately the winds are driven almost entirely by the sun’s energy, causing differ ensential surface heating .The heating is most intense on land masses closer to the equator,and obviously the greatest heating occurs in the daytime, which means that the region of greatest heating moves around the earth’s surface as it spins on its axis. Warm air rises

History of Wind Energy

2007-03-21T00:44:00.000-07:00

History of Wind EnergyWind is simple air in motion. It is caused by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Since the earth’s surface is made of very different types of land and water, it absorbs the sun’s heat at different rates. Since ancient times, people have harnessed the winds energy. Over 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians used wind to sail ships on the Nile River. Later,