Wind energy
By KUSHAGRA JAIN
Wind in action:
When wind strikes an object, it exerts a force in an attempt to move it out
of the way. Some of the winds’ energy is transferred to the object, in this
case the windmill, causing it to move.
Wind Today!!!
Windmills are used for pumping History of Wind usage:
water from deep underground.
one of the earliest energy resources.
Modern wind turbine is the result of
Recorded in history, first to power boats
design and material advances made
and grind grain, later to pump water, press
during the 1980s and 1990s, which
oil, saw lumber and make paper.
enabled wind turbines to become
Windmills were mentioned at the
increasingly efficient.
beginning of Islamic civilization (7th century).
Today, wind turbines are size same
Windmills were developed in Persia and
as the traditional European windmill.
used paddles made of bundled reeds.
It can generate 250 to 300 kilowatts of
Egyptians may have been the first to go up
power- a nearly tenfold increase in
the Nile river around 4th century B.C,
efficiency.
powered by wind.
Ancient Chinese used vertical axis
windmills to grind grain and pump water.
Windmills were introduced to Europe by
the crusaders around 1300 A.D
*windmills used for pumping water.
Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in the
wind into mechanical power.
This mechanical power can be used for specific
tasks (such as grinding grain or pumping water)
or a generator can convert this mechanical
power into electricity.
A wind turbine works the opposite of a fan.
Instead of using electricity to make wind, like a
fan, wind turbines use wind to make electricity. The
wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft, which
connects to a generator and makes electricity.
The energy in the wind turns two or three
propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor
is connected to the main shaft, which spins a
generator to create electricity.
Wind turbines are mounted on a tower to
capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30
meters) or more above ground, they can take
advantage of faster and less turbulent wind.
A Wind Turbine
A Wind Turbine
Pitch
Rotor
Blades Generator
Tower
Specific components
Description
2. Is the rotor. The rotor provides the
Wind turbine blades to rotate.
4. This is brake. It’s very important to
have a brake in a wind turbine, if
something is wrong or it is going to
fast. Then it will brake and stop the
wind turbine. 5. is a low-speed shaft, it
goes into a big cog wheel and this goes
into a smaller cog wheel. The small
cog wheel rotates faster than the big
cog wheel.
7. This is the generator. It’s almost
like a generator in a car.
13. It’s a yaw draw, it makes the wind
turbine rotate in the wind direction.
15. Is the tower. The entrance is
placed in the bottom of the tower
How the does a wind turbine works?
Wind turbines operate on a simple principle:
The energy in the wind turns the propeller-like blades
around a rotor. The pitch of the blades makes optimum
use of the wind direction.
The rotor is connected to the main drive shaft, which
spins a generator to create electricity.
Wind turbines are mounted on a tower to capture the
most energy. At 30 metres or more above ground, they
can take advantage of faster and less turbulent wind.
Wind turbines can be used to produce electricity for a
single home or building, or they can be connected to an
electricity grid for more widespread electricity
distribution.
Advantages and Disadvantages???
Advantages:
No pollution.
Lowest prices renewable resources
Don’t produce atmospheric
emissions that cause acid rains and
green house effects.
Disadvantages:
Depending on how energetic a wind site is, the wind
farm may or may not be cost competitive.
Wind energy cannot be stored (unless batteries are
used)
Good wind sites are often located in remote locations
Wind resource development may compete with other
uses for the land and those alternative uses may be more
highly valued than electricity generation.
sometimes birds have been killed by flying into the
rotors
Jaisalmer wind farm
[The 2 largest off shore wind farm in the world]
Onshore advantages Onshore disadvantages
A regular onshore turbine Wind turbines are noisy
last for around 20 years
Each one can generate
Normally it takes about 2-3
months before the wind the same level of noise
turbine has paid itself back. as a family car
This also includes the travelling 70 mph
energy, which were used to
produce, install, maintain Some people thinks
and remove the wind that the large towers of
turbine. wind turbines destroys
Cheaper foundation
the view of the
Cheaper integration with
electrical-grid network landscape
Onshore or offshore?
Offshore advantages Offshore disadvantages
• A offshore wind turbine is • More expensive to built
stronger than a onshore • More difficult to
turbine. It lasts around maintain and access
25-30 years, and produces
about 50 % more energy
than a onshore turbine.
• When a strong wind blows,
it produces around 3-5
MW per hour.
• Higher and more constant
wind speed
London Array
[Worlds largest on shore wind farm]
General advantages
• Wind energy is friendly to the surrounding
environment, as no fossil fuels are burnt to
generate electricity from wind energy
• Wind turbines requires less space than
average power stations.
• When combined with solar electricity, this
energy source is great for developed and
developing countries to provide a steady,
reliable supply of electricity
General disadvantages
• The main disadvantage regarding wind
power is down to the winds unreliability
factor. In many areas, the winds
strength is not enough to support a wind
turbine
• Wind turbines generally produce allot
less electricity than the average fossil
fuelled power station, which means that
multiple wind turbines are needed to
make an impact.
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