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What is Electricity?
Electricity is energy transported by
the motion of electrons
Electricity is energy transported by
the motion of electrons
**We do not make electricity, we CONVERT other energy sources into electrical energy****We do not make electricity, we CONVERT
other energy sources into electrical energy**
Conversion is the name of the gameConversion is the name of the gameKidWind Project | www.kidwind.org
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What is a Fossil Fuel???
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What is “Renewable Energy?”
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KidWind Project | www.kidwind.org
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Early “Windmill” in Afghanistan (900AD)
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Jacobs Turbine – 1920 - 1960 WinCharger – 1930s – 40s
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Smith-Putnam Turbine
Vermont, 1940's
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Modern Windmills
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Wind Turbine Perspective
Nacelle56 tons
Tower3 sections
Workers Blade112’ long
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Wind Turbine Blade Design
Joseph RandJoseph RandThe Kidwind ProjectThe Kidwind [email protected]@kidwind.org877-917-0079877-917-0079
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Many Different Rotors…
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Number of Blades – One• Rotor must move more
rapidly to capture same amount of wind– Gearbox ratio reduced– Added weight of
counterbalance negates some benefits of lighter design
– Higher speed means more noise, visual, and wildlife impacts
• Blades easier to install because entire rotor can be assembled on ground
• Captures 10% less energy than two blade design
• Ultimately provide no cost savings
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Number of Blades - Two
• Advantages & disadvantages similar to one blade
• Need teetering hub and or shock absorbers because of gyroscopic imbalances
• Capture 5% less energy than three blade designs
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Number of Blades - Three
• Balance of gyroscopic forces
• Slower rotation– increases gearbox
& transmission costs
– More aesthetic, less noise, fewer bird strikes
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Blade Composition Wood
Wood– Strong, light
weight, cheap, abundant, flexible
– Popular on do-it yourself turbines
• Solid plank• Laminates• Veneers• Composites
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Blade CompositionMetal
• Steel– Heavy & expensive
• Aluminum– Lighter-weight and
easy to work with– Expensive– Subject to metal
fatigue
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Blade Construction
Fiberglass• Lightweight, strong,
inexpensive, good fatigue characteristics
• Variety of manufacturing processes– Cloth over frame– Pultrusion– Filament winding to
produce spars
• Most modern large turbines use fiberglass
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KidWind Project | www.kidwind.org
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Lift & Drag Forces
• The Lift Force is perpendicular to the direction of motion. We want to make this force BIG.
• The Drag Force is parallel to the direction of motion. We want to make this force small.
α = low
α = medium<10 degrees
α = HighStall!!
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Airfoil ShapeJust like the wings of an airplane, wind turbine blades use the airfoil shape to create lift and maximize efficiency.
The Bernoulli Effect
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Some Wacky Ideas…
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Manufacturing Blades
The blade mold (left) is lined with layers of fiberglass, then injected with epoxy resin. To enhance stiffness, a layer of wood is placed between the fiberglass layers. The two molds are joined and adhered together using a special liquid epoxy, which evenly joins the two sides of the blade.
Finally, the whole mold is baked like a cake! 8 hours at 70 degrees C.
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Manufacturing Blades
Before delivery, samples of the rotor blades have to go through a variety of static and dynamic tests. First, they are subjected to 1.3 times the maximum operating load. To simulate 20 years of material fatigue, the blades are then mounted on special test beds and made to vibrate around two million times, before the endurance of the material is again tested with a final static test.
The blades are painted white, then shipped to wind farms all over the world.
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Wind Turbine Blade Challenge• Use simple wind turbine
models.– Start simple.– Modify to add complexity.
• Test one variable while holding others constant.
• Record performance with a multimeter and/or lift a weight.
• Goals: Produce the most voltage, pump the most water, lift the most weight
– Minimize Drag– Maximize LIFT– Harness the POWER of the
wind!
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Joe RandKidWind [email protected]
Design Considerations
• What can you vary?– Number of blades– Blade Shape– Blade Angle– Blade Material– Blade Weight and location of weight.
• Costs. Nothing is free.• Time.
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Group Discussion• Share your notes as a group, use the
information you collected from the presentation to complete the “Reflection and Discussion” worksheet. – Be prepared to share out your results.
• When done with “Reflection and Discussion”, individually create AT LEAST one windmill design idea on graph paper. – You will be given a base and hub to attach
blades to.