Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators Australia

Paul asks…

How could I summerize this paragraph?

With only the most important facts? I just need the general information on geothermal energy.

Geothermal power (from the Greek roots geo, meaning earth, and thermos, meaning heat) is power extracted from heat stored in the earth. This geothermal energy originates from the original formation of the planet, from radioactive decay of minerals, and from solar energy absorbed at the surface. It has been used for space heating and bathing since ancient roman times, but is now better known for generating electricity. About 10 GW of geothermal electric capacity is installed around the world as of 2007, generating 0.3% of global electricity demand. An additional 28 GW of direct geothermal heating capacity is installed for district heating, space heating, spas, industrial processes, desalination and agricultural applications.[1]
Geothermal power is cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly, but has previously been geographically limited to areas near tectonic plate boundaries. Recent technological advances have dramatically expanded the range and size of viable resources, especially for direct applications such as home heating. Geothermal wells tend to release greenhouse gases trapped deep within the earth, but these emissions are much lower than those of conventional fossil fuels. As a result, geothermal power has the potential to help mitigate global warming if widely deployed instead of fossil fuels.[1]
Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy.[2] The largest group of geothermal power plants in the world is located at The Geysers, a geothermal field in California, United States.[3] As of 2004, five countries (El Salvador, Kenya, the Philippines, Iceland, and Costa Rica) generate more than 15% of their electricity from geothermal sources.

Twenty-four countries generated a total of 56,786 GWh (204 PJ) of electricity from geothermal power in 2005, accounting for 0.3% of worldwide electricity consumption. This output is growing by 3% annually, thanks to a growing number of plants as well as improvements in their capacity factors. Because a geothermal power station does not rely on transient sources of energy, unlike, for example, wind turbines or solar panels, its capacity factor can be quite large; up to 90% has been demonstrated.[4] Their global average was 73% in 2005.[1] The global capacity was 10 GW in 2007.

Geothermal electric power plants have been limited to the edges oftectonic plates until recently.
Geothermal electric plants have until recently been built exclusively on the edges of tectonic plates where high temperature geothermal resources are available near the surface. The development of binary cycle power plants and improvements in drilling and extraction technology has opened the hope that enhanced geothermal systems might be viable over a much greater geographical range. A demonstration project has recently been completed in Landau-Pfalz, Germany, and others are under construction in Soultz-sous-Forêts, France and Cooper Basin,Australia.

admin answers:

Geothermal power is power extracted from heat stored in the earth and comes from radioactive decay of minerals and from solar energy absorbed at the surface. It’s used to heat up baths and for generating electricity. Geothermal power is cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly, but has previously been geographically limited to areas near tectonic plate boundaries.Geothermal wells tend to release greenhouse gases trapped deep within the earth, but these emissions are much lower than those of conventional fossil fuels. As a result, geothermal power has the potential to help mitigate global warming if widely deployed instead of fossil fuels. As of 2004, five countries (El Salvador, Kenya, the Philippines, Iceland, and Costa Rica) generate more than 15% of their electricity from geothermal sources.

Donna asks…

If you know alot about tidal energy then you should should look at this ………………please?

Please tell me everything about tidal energy including
1.how does it work
2.locations
3.how many are in the world
4.how much energy does it produce
5.history of development
6.interesting facts
7.uses of electricity produced
8.what is the natural source of energy
If you can help me I will be so great full………i will defently give the person 5 stars and i will help them aswell with their questions
PLEASE HELP

admin answers:

It’s a big piece, but I hope you get all the info u need =)

1. The process of harnessing energy from the ocean’s tide is very similar to that of harnessing water through a hydroelectric dam. However, the dam needed for this process is much larger. Installed within the dam are turbines. The movement and flow of the tide in and out from the shore is then used to turn those turbines and create the power needed.

(2,3,4 question) There are two ways at present of using tidal power:

Barrage systems: This system, built like a dam across a river, holds back the water till the tide has gone out, then uses the potential energy of the water to turn turbines in the barrage. This is an expensive system with many disadvantages.

Tidal Stream systems. This consists of using turbines, rather like wind turbines, to use the kinetic power of the moving water to generate electricity. This is easier and cheaper to install.

There are three Barrage systems operating throughout the world.

One large 240 MW plant on the Rance River in France, and two small plants,

one in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, and

another in Kislaya Guba in Russia.
There is only one Tidal Stream system working commercially:

A fullsize turbine prototype, SeaGen, was installed in Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland in 2008, with a capacity of 1.2 MW.
A large number of smaller tidal stream pilot schemes are being trialled.

-In Hammerfest, Norway a turbine, generating 300 kW, started in 2003.
-A 300 kW Periodflow marine current propeller type turbine was tested in Devon, England in 2003.
-Since April 2007 a prototype project in the East River in New York City has been running.
-An Open-Centre Turbine, has a prototype being tested at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in Orkney, Scotland.
-A Gorlov turbine, an improved helical design, is being prototyped on a large scale in S. Korea.
-Neptune Renewable Energy has developed Proteus which uses a barrage of vertical axis crossflow turbines for use mainly in estuaries.
-During 2003 a 150kW oscillating hydroplane device, the Stingray, was tested off the Scottish coast.
-Successful commercial trials of highly efficient shrouded tidal turbines on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in 2002.
-Shrouded turbines are being installed for a remote Australian community in northern Australia, two small turbines will provide 3.5 MW.
-Another larger 5 meter diameter turbine, capable of 800 kW in 4 m/s of flow, is planned as a tidal powered desalination showcase near Brisbane Australia in October 2008.
-The Hydro Venturi, is being tested in San Francisco Bay.
-In April 2008, a turbine-generator unit (TGU) prototype was successfully tested at Cobscook Bay and Western Passage tidal sites near Eastport, Maine.
-Trials in the Strait of Messina, Italy, started in 2001 of the Kobold concept.

(4,6,7) Tidal energy use harnesses the water flow created primarily by the moon orbiting the Earth. As water is pulled toward the gravity of the moon, currents are created that can turn generator turbines.

Volumes have been written about tides and their effects on our planet. This Wikipedia Tides article is a good primer on the subject. It is noteworthy that all tidal energy does not come from the moon. About a third of it comes from the gravitational influence of our sun.

The interplay of gravitational fields of the moon and the sun combined with the rotation of Earth, creates a twice a day ebb and flow of the tides of our world that varies in height and strength.

Those variations in height and strength are completely predictable. As we’ll see later, that predictability is an important aspect of tidal energy use.

Though renewable, practical tidal energy use will be limited. Tidal flows are global, but the key to using them economically is finding either natural high tidal flow areas, or large tidal basins that can be easily dammed to channel water through turbines. _________________________________________________________________

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS –

Tidal energy use involving dams creates many of the same environmental concerns as damming rivers. Tidal dams restrict fish migration and cause silt build up which affects tidal basin ecosystems in negative ways.

Systems that take advantage of natural narrow channels with high tidal flow rates have less negative environmental impact than dammed systems. But they are not without environmental problems.

Both systems use turbines that can cause fish kills. But these are being replaced by new, more fish friendly turbines. The art and science of environmentally friendly hydro engineering is well advanced and will certainly be applied to any tidal energy project.

But even with dams, the environmental impact of tidal energy projects may prove to be smaller than our use of any other energy resource. Economics will severely limit the number of tidal energy projects. ______________

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Your Questions About Wind Generators

Linda asks…

Plans to build a wind generator?

I am looking to find free plans to build a wind generator to charge up my 12 volt batteries at camp..any suggestions ?

admin answers:

I don,t have any plans on paper but, they sell windmills as decorations on landscapes. Look them over and see if they have a shaft with two pillow blocks so you can attach a pully. Then go to an auto junkyard and get an old 12 volt generator. Put a pulley on both the windmill shaft and the generator, ( which of course will already have a pulley on it), then an appropriate belt to connect them both. If you have the knowledge, you can wire in a voltage regulator.

To protect the system from over speeding in excessively high winds, a centrifical throwout clutch could be attached to the end of the windmill shaft.

Hope this helps, and good luck.

John asks…

Where do I find information about building a home wind generator?

Okay, starting to get a handle on this stuff. What is the best resource for a home wind generator? Plans would be nice too.

Thanks.

admin answers:

There is a free download of plans at http://verticalwindgenerator.net/ . You just have to be on the site for a few minutes then a form coms up. Fill it out and you’ll get the plans.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine

William asks…

How much power can a small wind turbine generate?

The wind turbine should be of such size that can come up on my building, whcih has six level.

admin answers:

Much less than 3%. Much better to insulate your loft, install double galzing or get your cavity wall insulation completed. Better still, turn down your thermostat and get low energy lighting. Putting wind turbines, on an individual basis, on your home is a waste of time and money. It’s done by politicians and rich people as a form of posturing – like look how good we are!!

Chris asks…

How much energy does a personal wind turbine produce?

By personal wind turbine, I mean not one of those gigantic ones, but a smaller one that you can have in your own yard, or on top of your roof.

admin answers:

Well, they have to be about 30 feet above any surrounding buildings or trees, they have to be two tower heights distant from any building and they must fall entirely on your land should they fall in any direction so unless you have an acreage, you’re not getting a wind turbine.

Do it yourself turbines from the 70’s were typically made with an automobile alternator and therefore the maximum power ratings were about 720 watts with them. A quick look at the wind turbines listed on Amazon shows that most are about 450 watts and some are 750 watts. Keep in mind that you can only expect production 1/6 th of the time, the most you would get out of one of the larger turbines would be about 1/10th of the average home energy use.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators How They Work

Helen asks…

Can I create a small wind turbine to help power appliances around the house?

Hello! I’m looking to use a small wind turbine to help power batteries/appliances around my house just as a small project. I was looking to spend no more than $200. I was also wondering what I need in order to do so. I believe I need a 12v batter and a power inverter to convert it to AC. Thanks for the help!

admin answers:

You will need blades for the wind to turn, a generator to produce power. Use the power from the turbine to charge the battery, then power you devices from the battery, in America most small appliances use 120volts at 60Hz ( so you will need to produce this somehow, though look at the specification of your appliances). For the basics this video is good

Using an inverter would be the easiest way I know to get AC from the battery though make sure the amps you apliemces need are not to high

Mandy asks…

What should I hook my small wind turbine up to?

I am building a small wind generator out of a plastic propeller and a small RC motor for the generator. I am planning to mount it outside somewhere. What should I power with this generator? Give me your opinion.

admin answers:

Charge a large Battery

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Your Questions About Wind Generators Alaska

Mandy asks…

if obama’s plan for solar energy came true…would texas become a major energy provider?

brother, you got a real good idea there!
texas always seems to be in the right place at the right time…we’ll run this show no matter what the libs do.

admin answers:

Solar can be down anywhere in the South, Az, So Cal and NM are going to be big solar energy centers.

Texas though will again export huge amounts of energy in the forms of Wind energy harnessed primarily in West Texas which will become one of the biggest wind energy generators, tidal energy from the coasts, Methane production due to population and ease of harnessing it, though Alaska will be the top Methane producer most likely.

Thomas asks…

What could stop me from living for free in the wilderness?

If I were to attain sources of alternative energy (like solar kits,possibly wind powered generators,or take advantage of any other of the limitless natural sources of power),find a spot way off in the wilderness of Alaska,Canada,Montana,and call it my own (or own land somewhere). Take some chickens out there,an array of seeds to start your garden,some decent survival skills,with proper planning what could prevent this? Much like Dick Proenekke lived in Alone in the WIlderness,but adding power with the natural energy for some modern convenience as well. To no longer be under the thumb of all the BS that you have to deal with just to survive in general society is my dream,and if there is something I don’t know about that just absolutely has to be considered,besides the basics I’ve presented,then I would like to know…cause I want to go and I want to go soon.

admin answers:

The owners of the area you want to live in.

Added – and the state and/or federal government who is charged with providing for your safety…

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Jobs

Lizzie asks…

For our Cap & Trade fun-can China make wind turbines and ship them to the United States for cheap?

Think about that; the Japanese can ship a big construction rig, why can’t the Chinese figure a way to ship a little old wind turbine?

admin answers:

Why don’t you build your own. You Yanks need jobs yea?

Mary asks…

What college major should I be for a job like this?

I’m very interested in alternative energy sources and want to work on things like solar panels, wind turbines, and biofuels. I want to either design new ones or work on improving them or inventing new energy sources. I was thinking about majoring in chemical engineering or environmental engineering. What do you think? Should I go more into mechanical engineering?

admin answers:

Biofuels might need a chemical or maybe petrochemical engineering degree. Wind power would probably need a mechanical engineering degree. Solar panels – maybe electrical engineering?

Why not look for a program that offers environmental engineering? Maybe you’ll find a school that gives you some good basics in all three areas. Or get the ME, and get a minor in chemistry. I would think that any decent engineering school would give you SOME background in electricity also, so the minor will help you cover the bases for the job you want.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators Types

James asks…

What are 3 different types of wind turbine motors?

i know that a wind turbine has a motor to produce electricity, but i need 3 different types of motors, can somebody just list 3. its all i need

admin answers:

1) DC electric generator, to charge batteries directly and run DC
appliances or inverters run from batteries to give you AC current

2) AC synchronous generator. These AC generators get field excitation directly from your electric company so if the electricity goes down from the power company, so does your generator. But the good thing is they are synchronized with the Hz of (60Hz) and you don’t need an inverter to and batteries to smooth out the sine wave of current and voltage. You get a steady 60 cycle current.

3) regular AC induction motor.This will produce electricity that has to be used on the spot (converted to heat water or something) and has variable frequencies depending on rotor speed of turbine. But it can be run thru diodes (just like car alternator) to convert to DC to charge batteries. And then the batteries are run to power DC equipment or run thru an inverter for things that need AC

Chris asks…

Have you heard or read any news about wind turbine projects?

What are the current news about wind power technology, wind turbine projects, or wind industry innovations? News from any country will do. Looking forward for your answers guys. Thank you in advance!

admin answers:

I think that you would be better off by going to Google and typing in such things as wind generators.

Good luck

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Your Questions About Wind Generators For Home

Sandra asks…

Are we being gouged by the electric company?

I’ve noticed a new charge on our electric bill called PCA. It was explained that it stands for Power Cost Adjustment, which varies from month to month to compensate for the regular fluctuations in the price of the coal and natural gas used to generate the electricity you consume.
What a crock! Our house is totally electric. Our last bill was $423.00 for the electricity…the PCA charge was $268.00. Doesn’t the cost of the electricity already factor in the cost of making it? But now we have to pay for it to be generated. I think a wind generator made specifically for one home‘s electrical needs would be money well spent. Any ideas if this PCA charge is legal? Any ideas on where we can find alternate sources of electricity for our home? As high as the bill is, we’re going to be left in the dark anyway.

admin answers:

The state review board is looking into it to decide if the price hike is legal. Unfortunatly it could take up to three months to decide if it is legal.

Laura asks…

I would like to work in the field of alternate energy (sell, install, educate). What should I major in?

My husband and I would like to start a business involving alternate energy. We would like to sell and install wind generators and solar panels in homes, and possibly grow into building eco-friendly homes. My husband wants to do all the business stuff (selling, etc) and I would like to learn more about it from the scientific stand point. The problem is, I’m looking at colleges and I’m not sure what I could major in. I would like to go to Univ. of Oklahoma since I live close by, but looking at their majors, I’m not sure they have anything even close. Anyone have any suggestions?

admin answers:

Are you good with math and sciences? You could go about this two different ways. You could go the more techincal route or you could go the more hands-on route.

If you are more techincal you could look into going into Electrical Engineering. This is not an Easy major so you would have to consider that in most cases this a 4-5 year investment. However you would learn about most of the principles behind how we generate, route, and use electricity. You would also learn the skills needed to design some of your own ideas. If you don’t have 4 years to spend learning. This may not be an option. Electrical Engineering requires you to go through all of the maths… (algebra, trig, Calc 1-3, Differential Equations, etc…) also all of the basic sciences, Chemistry, physics, thermo dynamics, etc.. And then onto your EE courses. Once you have your batchelors degree you can take your EIT (engineer in training) test or equivalent. After a few years experience you can then apply to take the PE (professional Engineer) test which would allow you to design, build, and sign off on projects. (a requirement in most states)

Another route would be to go to a 2 year Tech school for electronics or to be an electrictrian. These would give you a more hands-on knowledge of how physically connect and work on the devices you are interested in. You may not learn how to design a system but you could sure hook one up. This may require you to get an apprenticeship with an established electrician but it would provide good experience.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Technician

Mark asks…

What is duration of a wind turbine technician course?

admin answers:

For you, FOREVER.

This is Words & Wordplay.
Ya gotta learn ta read first.

Charles asks…

Do Electronic Engineers build the systems and machines for a wind turbine?

admin answers:

No. They may design them and build the prototype (with lots of help), but technicians. Electricians and mechanics will build them.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators Wiki

Mark asks…

How the mechanical energy of wind and water can be used as a source of electricity?

admin answers:

Both wind and water can turn turbines connected to generators which will generate electricity.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity

Linda asks…

What are some energy transformation devices?

For my physics investigation i have this question:
Identify the various energy transformations by which electrical energy can be produces from other forms of energy.
I got: Chemical energy to electrical energy
Sound energy to electrical energy
Gravitational potential energy to electrical energy
Mechanical energy to electrical energy
Heat to electrical energy
Wind energy to electrical energy
Kinetic energy to electrical energy
Strain to electrical energy
Radiation to electrical energy
Light energy to electrical energy

then theres the question:
Name some of the technological devices that employ each method.
I’ve looked around but I only got battery, Fuel cells, microphone, telephone, transducer, solar panels, solar cells, turbine, motor.

What are some others for each point in the first question?

admin answers:

There are many different machines and transducers that convert one energy form into another. A short list of examples follows:

Thermoelectric (Heat → Electric energy)
Geothermal power (Heat→ Electric energy)
Heat engines, such as the internal combustion engine used in cars, or the steam engine (Heat → Mechanical energy)
Ocean thermal power (Heat → Electric energy)
Hydroelectric dams (Gravitational potential energy → Electric energy)
Electric generator (Kinetic energy or Mechanical work → Electric energy)
Fuel cells (Chemical energy → Electric energy)
Battery (electricity) (Chemical energy → Electric energy)
Fire (Chemical energy → Heat and Light)
Electric lamp (Electric energy → Heat and Light)
Microphone (Sound → Electric energy)
Wave power (Mechanical energy → Electric energy)
Windmills (Wind energy → Electric energy or Mechanical energy)
Piezoelectrics (Strain → Electric energy)
Acoustoelectrics (Sound → Electric energy)
Friction (Kinetic energy → Heat)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_transformation

ALSO, have a look at
http://www-bioc.rice.edu/pblclass/6th%20grade/Matter%20&%20Energy/Energy%20Transformation%20Game.pdf

I hope I’ve helped you,
Angela!!!

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Your Questions About Wind Generators Ebay

Charles asks…

12 volt 8Amp generator for 2 batteries 12V 35Ah in parallel?

Dear all,

Could you tell me where can I get a 12V generator delivering around 8 to 10 A. I would like to make a wind turbine charging 2 batteries 12V 35Ah in parallel.

Could you also tell me with those 2 batteries connecting in parallel, does the generator has to deliver around 14V (2 volt for the diode)?

Thank you very much.

Yves

admin answers:

Hi Yves, I’m sure there are many websites that can give you better answers so try google too, Yahoo is limited. If you look on ebay you will see lots of permanent magnet 24 volt DC motors for use in scooters, I use one of these, the 250watt model, to power a 12 volt sound system, it can deliver 10 amps at 15 volts. For a wind genny you may have to put gearing between to get the right rpm.
I don’t know if you plan to use a voltage regulator, but if you only intend to use a blocking diode, the best one is a Schottky type, there is a cheap twin 15A schottky from Maplins under £2. I use both 15A diodes in parallel so they won’t get hot & need a heatsink.
The Schottky diode has a voltage drop of just 0.2 volt, I think you put the decimal place wrong
For wind generators the recommended battery charging voltage is 13.8Vmax so 14V with the diode. Car alternators usually produce about 15 volts minus 0.6V for the rectifier, so charge at 14.4 volts. Rutland voltage regulators for wind gennies operate at 13.8volts to stop the battery over-charging.
I don’t know why charging voltages are not the same for a car and a wind genny battery, I’m inclined to think any voltage from 13.8 to 14.4 is ok.
Batteries can deliver a huge current possibly causing burns and starting a fire, so it’s essential to put a fuse in the circuit, right next to the +ve terminal is best.
Good websites are Magnificent Revolution & Cambridge Green Tech

Carol asks…

Making a treadmill generator?

I am designing a treadmill generator, think giant hamster wheel, and I am wondering the best method for creating an alternator and what kind of capacitor bank would be best for storage.The power generated is being used to power a laptop, but the capacitor bank has to be able to power the laptop for at least three minutes after generation has stopped.

admin answers:

Axial Flux Alternator

The axial flux alternator (sometimes called a generator), is the heart to many diy wind turbine projects. While a small permanent magnet, D.C. Motor, such as the Ametek 30, makes for a very quick and simple project assembly, these motors are becoming very difficult to find and quite expensive. Ebay is loaded with people selling D.C. Motors for home wind turbine projects, that simply will NOT work, due to the extremely high RPMs required to get any usable output. Thus a homemade axial flux alternator may be your best alternative.
What is an Axial Flux Alternator?

A permanent magnet alternator generates power by passing magnets past a group of coils of wire. The magnetic field that surrounds a magnet is call it’s flux. Axial Flux simply means the lines of magnetic flux that past through the coils of wire, travel along the “axis” of the turning motion. The other type of magnetic flux in an alternator is called RADIAL FLUX and it occurs when the flux occurs “around” the magnet. Pictures are worth a thousand words:

Radial Flux

Axial Flux Alternator

In the left picture, the yellow disk is the stator. The two bluish plates rotate, along the horizontal axis, past the stationary stator. In the image to the right, the stator is on the case. The rotor, on the axis, rotates “inside” the stator. This guide by Hugh Piggott describes the process in good detail – How Axial Flux Alternators Work

Overview of the Complete Process – Building an Axial Flux Alternator

In February 2001, Hugh Piggott created a guide for building a permanent magnet generator (PMG) (alternator), after being commissioned by the British government. This guide remains in the public domain and provides an excellent overview of the complete process. You can build a PMG from these plans, though these instructions continue to be improved upon. The PDF document can be downloaded here: PMG Manual

This manual describes how to build a ‘permanent magnet generator’ (PMG). We can
also call it an ‘alternator’, because it generates alternating current (AC). Continued…

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Your Questions About Wind Turbines For Home Use

Robert asks…

How to build a home wind turbine to replicate a commercial one?

I am doing a school project and need to build a wind turbine with the same dimensions as a commercial one. Any help would be appreciated along with some references.

admin answers:

The most important thing is to have LOTS and LOTS of money.

If you are a billionaire, that would be a good start.

Charles asks…

Why are wind turbines built with blades stationed vertically?

Wind turbines are built like a clock, with the blades stationed vertically. However, this seems to limit it – the blades only spin when wind is blowing in two directions.
However, if the blades were placed horizontally, spinning like a merry-go-round, it seems like it would be much more effective. If constructed in this manner, wind could blow in all directions and move the blades.

admin answers:

Hey Michael, Ben is correct about the vertical type turbines. The reason none of the power companies use them, is because they are horribly inefficient. Most of the energy absorbed by the downwind blade is used forcine the upwind blade back into position for the next cycle, and very little is left to produce power. Typically, this type of wind turbine, called a Darrieus Rotor, is about 5 to 8 % efficient, meaning less than 1/15th of the winds power is converted into useable torque, or electricity, and the rest is just wasted churning the blade around in the wind. Horizontal units, and in particular the 2 or 3 blade units generally operate at about 30 to 35 % efficiency, or about 6 times more efficient than a comperably sized Darrieus Rotor. The smaller home sized units like ours have a tail that constantly turns the unit to face the wind regardless of where it is coming from. Older farm type turbines with 12 or 15 blades on them usually worked this way too. That type of turbine, with the multitude of wide flat blades were almost never used for electrcity generation, they were also not very efficient. In most cases, they were used to pump water, and in that way what was needed more than efficiency was low wind start up torque. The large multiple blades worked better for this, but tended to stall out in higher winds. Electrical generating wind turbines work much better in high winds and at high RPM’s, so fewer blades is ideal for this.

The really large utility sized turbines you see that have no tail are either fixed to face one direction where the wind is almost always blowing from, like along the coast, or they have a small anemometer on top that senses the winds direction, and a computer uses a small gear motor to physically turn the unit to face the wind if necessary. These are typical in the midwest. Darrieus Rotors, and their close cousin, the Savonius Rotor, are really neat looking devices, and they are great for small garden pond pumps or outdoor garden lighting, but they are ill equipped to produce enough power to run even a household refrigerator. There is a great article at the American Wind Energy Associations website written by Mick Sagrillo about this, if you want to learn more, check it out. Mick is considered by many in the renewable energy world to be the modern day guru on wind power. Take care Micheal, Rudydoo

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators For Home

Jenny asks…

Have any of you built a small wind turbine?

I’m looking to experiment with a wind turbine over the the holidays. I want to build one and learn how they work. Are they efficient, is there a step by step process, how much will it cost? It doesn’t need to power my home, this is just for fun.

admin answers:

Sounds like a cool project… I’d love to try out some ideas too, but haven’t yet.

There’s a boom in “residential wind turbines” and related literature. This link:
http://www.squidoo.com/residentialwindturbine
gives a good summary of what’s commercially available, but about 1/3 down the page is a do-it yourself section with supporting references that might give you a good start.

Same site lists a “Earth4Energy DIY Wind Generator” for around $200. Probably a good start just for learning, then you can scale up as interest & budget allows.

Good luck & be safe!

Susan asks…

can solar panel and wind turbine generator system run for 6 month straight or longer?

I’m planning to work on a project and want to know first before I make my home green energy.

admin answers:

Solar panels currently being manufactured, have a design life of 20+ years.

Home-size wind turbines have a wide range of design lives. The turbine life is influenced by conditions of use — high winds, ice on the blades, etc.

I would recommend that you purchase your home-scale wind turbine from a seller who offers a guarantee to repair or replace the unit if it fails under normal use. A 5-year or 10-year guarantee period would be ideal.

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Your Questions About Wind Generators For Sale

Robert asks…

Magniwork free energy generator really work ?

Does Magniwork free energy generator really work,is there anybody here have used it

thank you

admin answers:

There is no such thing as a device that can generate energy from nothing. So called perpetual machines are announced every few years with great fanfare but they always turn out to be frauds (or in rare cases honest but careless mistakes).

You can generate electricity from a ‘free’ source like sunlight or tides or wind or waves or geothermal heat, but you can’t generate electricity from nothing. To do so violates one of the fundamental laws of physics, the conservation of mass and energy.

Very convincing sales copy can make you believe in such devices. For instance, I remember reading a few years back about a ‘Genesis’ energy generation system that used a catalyst to split water into hydrogen and oxygen while using just a tiny bit of energy; then the hydrogen and oxygen were used to generate electricity through a fuel cell, and almost all the electricity produced was available, only a tiny bit was needed to split more water. This is malarkey and anyone with some basic physics knowledge will know it’s impossible, but it didn’t stop the company from claiming it had over 100 reputable scientists on its staff or board of directors. A good way to get some start-up money – sell some stocks to uninformed investors, then cash out before the house of cards collapses.

Mandy asks…

Since when are the Democrats the party of the big corporations?

All the sudden, the Democrats are the ones that want to run to the rescue of all the big corporations with all these bail outs. What the hell man? I say screw them, if they messed up, GM – See ya. Ford – you’re done. Bank of (Insert name here) – Nice knowin ya! Let them go, we could have used that $1 Trillion in bailout money to pay for unemployment and welfare after all of these companies vanish.
Seenit – as of 2006, Bush can’t do stuff without Democratic support in Congress, so you try again.

admin answers:

Excellent question from someone who obviously has a functional grasp of economics. You didn’t vote Obama, did you? (Oh you hater, you! You must be racist, too!)

If we would have just allowed the ill-managed lenders to get into real trouble and not interfere with them in the form of our ridiculous bail outs, the recession would have been far shallower that it is now going to turn out to be. It’s like getting the flu. Don’t medicate yourself – just get the nasty fever, feel like crap, then get over it.

Now the car manufacturers will be on the dole. We will reward their stupid management practices and ludicrous wages with free money. I say we let them take a dump. Like there’s not a rich investment group out there who would not come swooping in with bucket loads of money to buy Ford at fire sale prices? You’d have the UAW under control again, wages back to where reality resides, and a more competitive product too.

And if a car factory flat out closes, then the goverment can do something actually beneficial for green needs and turn these car factories into wind generator factories, solar panel manufacturers, etc. You want energy independence? Start there!

This bailing everyone out because things didn’t work is childish. I cannot believe how stupid this country has become. It’s like a parent of a teen who just keeps buying his idiot kid a new car every time he wraps it around another tree. Instead of making the kid ride a bike or bus, he just enables him to continue in the bad decision making by throwing more money at the problem.

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Manufacturers

Ken asks…

If i got the appointment letter from Danish company Can I get the permanent work visa for Denmark?.?

I am preparing interview for an Danish company. They arranged interview for me on next week. But I am not a degree holder. I have done Diploma in mechanical engineering only and 6 years experience. That danish company job also similar to my current job. That’s why i asking for this Question? Please let me know? Thanks in advance.

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Dear Friends Thanking you for a special attention for questions.

I can add some details about this question. Kindly write your openion, Please.

Actually i am working in leading wind turbine manufacturing company in india as a mechanical specialist. Only few persons doing this roles in India. I also applied for leading danish wind turbine manufacturer (Siemens wind A/S). Job role also same to my current employement. I applied through that company web site job portal. Application process taken almost 2 months and also i got the updates through that company only. They arranged telephone interview on next week and i am contacting them frequently through email and didnot ask any money and health certificates.

kindly write your openion.

My main question If I am selected form that employer (i know It is too dificult) possible to get the visa?

Thanks in advance.

admin answers:

May the New Year usher in loads of luck and happiness to you! Unlike Gulf countries, where they issue 2-year renewable visas, the European countries issue employment visas which are considerably longer. Who knows, if they like you and your work, they may even offer you citizenship (like the US) after spending a few years in Denmark.

David asks…

How can I search which motor treadmills have? I need to know for a wind turbine project.?

I have a local store that is selling treadmills that came broken. All motors are guaranteed to work, it is just the stand, mat, or other items that are broken and costs too much to repair. I’m interested in these because I can get some treadmill motors really cheap to build wind turbines.

I have the name/models of the treadmills, so how can I search which motor they have without having to call/email the manufacturer? Is there a website for this?

admin answers:

Most tread mills as well as other equipment employs private labeled motors. These motors are manufactured by a motor manufacturer and have the treadmills manufacturer part number placed on them. This is done so that you have to pay the top dollar for a replacement motor from the treadmill company instead of getting one off the open market for a tenth of the price.
I doubt the manufacturer will even tell you much about these motors since the less you know about their motors the more likely you are to buy one from them and they make a handsome profit.
If you can get these treadmills cheap enough you can part them out and sell the parts on Ebay and make a handsome profit. You can have your motors for free!

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Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators For Home Use

Carol asks…

How can I make a homemade electric generator to power my house?

I was thinking about buying used car batteries from the junk yard and connecting them with jumper cables then testing the connected batteries with a battery tester to see how many volts it has. I havent tried this yet so I dont know if it will work do you guys have any idea on how to make a generator so I wont have to pay for power

admin answers:

To make an electrical generator, you need to have a length of wound copper wire rotating inside a magnetic field (refer to elementary physics).

Gasoline/diesel/etc. Generators run basically like your car’s engine, but instead of turning wheels, it uses the motion to rotate the wire inside the magnetic field, producing electricity. Remember, energy can’t be created or destroyed. The chemical potential energy in your combustible fuel is being converted to kinetic energy, which is being converted into electrical energy.

A wind turbine is more “free” in that you don’t have to go out and buy drums of oil to make your electricity. But it works on the same principle, but in this case, it’s the turbine blades catching the wind that spins the copper loop, creating electricity.

As far as your batteries go, you may be able to store it there, but to charge any battery, from AA to car, you need the correct circuit and voltage, or nothing will happen. So you probably can’t use your batteries. But if you can, all that you an do is store the potential energy there, and use it at a later time.

But if you just want to play with making a generator, try this:

First, you need to choose the energy source that you want to convert into electricity. You can use a stationary bicycle, a water wheel, wind turbine, a bored child willing to do some menial work on a set of gears, or virtually anything else with a rotating axle. You do have to choose the source, because as I said – you can’t get energy from nothing.

Take that copper wire that I talked about, and make that loop that I also talked about, but leave two ends free (you need that to form the electric circuit). The larger the number of turns in the loop, the more electricity you can generate for the same amount of rotation. Kind of like an electric pulley system, to use a bad analogy.

Take your loop, and connect it to your energy source. You need to be able to rotate the loop end-over-end, without twisting the two connecting wires about each other, because if they do, you’ll get a short circuit, and boom, it’s done. One way to successfully accomplish this is to connect one wire to the rotating axle and the other wire to a conducting “brush” that maintains contact with a second conductor.

Make sure that you’ve sufficiently supported the loop so that it’s out of the way of any moving parts of the energy source (such as your legs and the pedals if you pay a seven year old to ride a bicycle that never goes anywhere – give them one of those hand-held video games, they’ll never notice). To make sure that you get this right, you may need to reinforce your loop with plastic or another light (but sturdy) material.

Grab some magnets (permanent magnets), and arrange them around the loop so that the loop can rotate freely between them. Take care to ensure that you arrange the magnets to maximize the field strength. One good and simple method is to make the south end of one magnet face the north end of another.

Stick the two conductors on your energy source to a battery, circuit, chainsaw, whatever it is that you want to drive. Again, you need to keep your wires separate to avoid a short circuit, so you’ll need to use some kind of brush mechanism again, or whatever more clever thing that you can come up with that I haven’t considered.

Poke the kid and get him to start peddling, or release your turbine to the wind, whatever you want. The amount of energy that you get from your turbine will depend on the efficiency of its construction, materials used, and how much mechanical energy us put in to drive it and spin the turbine itself (a faster peddling kid will give you more electricity than a slower one).

Run with it. A home-built turbine is unlikely to provide your house with any really useful power, unless you’ve really taken some time, money, and thought into it (which is possible). But you might run some simple things from your standard knock-off generator, such as perhaps basement lighting, that kind of thing.

Maria asks…

a book which would give basic information about manufacturing of small solar power generators for my home.?

wanted also book of wind generators for the same purpose.
please give the link if possible.

admin answers:

You will not be able to manufacture solar power cells in your own home.

See this link for solar cells.

Http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLR_enGB241GB243&q=solar+cells

That is like trying to manufacture a CPU in your own home, you cannot make the semi conductors.
You need a clean factory and millions of pounds worth of equipment for that.

See this link for do it yourself wind turbine.

Http://www.scoraigwind.com/axialplans/index.htm

and this might help

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLR_enGB241GB243&q=wind+generatore%2e

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Sandy asks…

How has Biodiesel affected you or your truck?

I am seriously considering using a b20-b99 blend for a 10 year old Ford F-350 powerstroke truck. If anybody has had problems with this in a stock engine please let me know. Thank you!

admin answers:

I still think that people are so ignorant when it comes to electric
cars they only think of one way to make them run and that’s batteries.
Its like you lost your mind and have no innovated ability to think of
more than one source of power. Every year people spend millions of
dollars to go to the gym they hop on bikes and treadmills and
ellipticals and pedal away for hours and then pay their gym for it.
Then they hop in their car and pay gas to ride home. The answer was
right in front of your face when you watched the Flintstones as a kid.
Do remember the car on the Flintstones. Hmm, not so stupid now is it?
Do remember how boats got across the ocean? Have you ever held your
hand outside the window and felt the power of the wind resistance
against your hand? The faster you went the more force you felt
pushing against your hand right. Have you noticed that the quality of
solar powered panel technology has increased tremendously in the last
twenty years. The quality of of generators and electric engines is
also there. Our government has manged to keep all of this from you
because they believe you are all ignorant and set in your ways. They
could make cars that run with out wheels but our government would
never allow it to be mass produced. If you had the means to build a
car that had electric generators that produced electricity via wind
power, Human power “recumbent bike pedals”, Solar power and maybe some
lithium batteries you would have a car that would go thousands of
miles without ever needing to be charged or fueled.
But will this ever be allowed. Its amazing that china and japan have
magnetic trains that never touch the track they actually float be we
never use that technology. Its no wonder they do not put any emphasis
on science. They want us to remain ignorant and in the dark. They want
you to keep forking all the billions of dollars in tax revenue. They
want the price of fuel to sky rocket because most of them own the
stock. The only way to overcome the greed is to take matters into our
own hands and break the grip of Fuel mongrels from ourselves by building
our own fuel free cars. I just showed you the way. Now all you have
to do is ” Just Do It!”
My method overcomes the perpetual energy law crap because you get extra energy, Via Human power and solar power! The sun is the source of unlimited free power and so what if you have to pedal your car for it to go long distances. I just saved you from getting fat as hell.
Source(s):
My brain!

James asks…

Where does the power for driving a plane come from after engines stop working.?

After engines stop working, the plane can glide. It still needs to be controlled. What is the power source for the controls.

admin answers:

I work primarily on Boeing products, so my answer is from that perspective.

Short answer: GTCP331

Commercial aircraft use an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) that provides electrical power and pneumatic pressure. The electrical power can then be used to run the electrical pumps (ACMPs)to pressurize the hydraulic system.

There are also Ram Air Turbines (RATs) that deploy directly into the air stream. This “RAT” looks like a trolling motor you would see on a boat, the wind spins the propellers and generates hydraulic pressure. If you have pneumatics, you can use the Air Driven Pump (ADP) to get hydraulic pressure. If you have hydraulics, but no electric, you can use the Hydraulic Motor Generator (HMG) to get electrical power.

There are backup systems all over aircraft these days. Most of which are activated automatically in the event of a failure of another system. The crew may only get an annunciator light to inform them that a backup system has been activated. No further action necessary.

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Michael asks…

How to make a working model of a wind turbine?

How can I make a working model of a wind turbine? I only want it to generate a very small amount of electric and be around 6-10 inches high. What do I need for it and how do I do it?

admin answers:

A wind turbine is basically an electric turbine on top of a stand and with blades attached.

I would recommend you salvage a motor from a small electrical device. If you can find a small fan, then you only need to put it on a stand of some sort to make a wind turbine because it all ready has a turbine and blades.

An electric generator is just an electric motor in reverse. So any device that has an electric motor can potentially be used to make a turbine.

Donald asks…

How much electricty does a wind turbine produce in a day?

I was just wondering how many kwh or mwh a wind turbine can produce on a average day. Can anybody help me out?

admin answers:

It depends on a number of factors, including average wind speed for your area, and the turbine design.
Fill in your parameters here: http://www.reuk.co.uk/Calculate-kWh-Generated-by-Wind-Turbine.htm and it will give you an energy rating in kW-hr

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