CAN WIND POWER BE MASS PRODUCED?
hey, it's me again asking for help
i need this for my global perspective homework.
oh yes, i need an answer to this question as well: Can WAVE POWER be mass produced?
WINDMILL FARMS ANSWERS:
Drawbacks of mass production:
1. Comes at the expense of food production costs in most instances
2. Has intermittent electrical supply.
3. Noise and obstruction issues for migratory birds.
4. Requires fossil fuels to construct and maintain the wind farm infrastructure.
Tidal has been considered many times and has usually come up as uneconomic since you need a lot of equipment over a very large area to use (straight) wave power or a massive enhancement to the vertical rise/fall characteristics (read massive steel and concrete needs).
Richard asks...
WHY DO WE HAVE WIND?
Rain helps things grow, sun helps them too. Why WIND? Or better yet, why snow and frost. If someone could explain these I'd be at ease
WINDMILL FARMS ANSWERS:
Wind is helpfull in many ways.
Wind energy offers real environmental benefits. Wind power offsets other, more polluting sources of energy. That is important because electricity generation is the largest industrial source of air pollution in the U.S. When wind power projects generate electricity, fuel at other power plants is not consumed.
Wind energy requires no mining, drilling, or transportation of fuel, and does not generate radioactive or other hazardous or polluting waste.
To generate the same amount of electricity as does the current fleet of U.S. Wind turbines would require burning 9 million tons of coal (a line of 10-ton trucks stretching 3,400 miles, from Seattle to Miami) each year.
A recent New York study found that if wind energy supplied 10% (3,300 MW) of the state's peak electricity demand, 65% of the energy it displaced would come from natural gas, 15% from coal, 10% from oil, and 10% from electricity imports.
READ MORE: http://www.ohiowind.org/Benefits/EnvironmentalBenefits.html
Origin of Wind
Wind is simply the air in motion. Usually when we are talking about the wind it is the horizontal motion we are concerned about. If you hear a forecast of west winds of 10 to 20 mph that means the horizontal winds will be 10 to 20 mph FROM the west.
Although we cannot actually see the air moving we can measure its motion by the force that it applies on objects. For example, on a windy day leaves rustling or trees swaying indicate that the wind is blowing. Officially, a wind vane measures the wind direction and an anemometer measures the wind speed.
The vertical component of the wind is typically very small (except in thunderstorm updrafts) compared to the horizontal component, but is very important for determining the day to day weather. Rising air will cool, often to saturation, and can lead to clouds and precipitation. Sinking air warms causing evaporation of clouds and thus fair weather.
You have probably seen a surface map marked with H's and L's which indicate high and low pressure centers. Surrounding these "highs" and "lows" are lines called isobars. "Iso" means "equal" and a "bar" is a unit of pressure so an isobar means equal pressure. We connect these areas or equal pressure with a line. Everywhere along each line is constant pressure. The closer the isobars are packed together the stronger the pressure gradient is.
READ MORE: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/wind.htm
Carol asks...
VERTICAL WIND MILL MOTER?
i am making a WIND mill for our chicken house to charge a car battery.
i am using a smart drive so will have to rewire it (i think) but i need to know if i should get one with the 0.6mm wire or 1.0mm wire?
ane also would like to know any other info u can give me thanks.
nick.
a smart drive is a fisher an pikal washing michine moter and it has been proven that they can generate POWER form a WIND mill ect.
a smart drive is a fisher an pikal washing michine moter and it has been proven that they can generate POWER form a WIND mill ect.
WINDMILL FARMS ANSWERS:
Why would you want a motor?
You want a generator or dynamo that will generate DC power when it is rotated. A motor is the opposite, supply it power and it rotates.
Most motors cannot be used as generators. Only DC motors that have commutators in them.
What is a smart drive? That small difference in wire size won't make any difference.
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Donald asks...
WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION ADVICE FOR MY HOME?
I am fascinated with the idea of using a WIND turbine to provide POWER for my home. I like the cost saving part, but also the idea that I could be helping the environment too.
I've looked online and done a ton of reading and so far, it seems that that the only affordable way to install a WIND turbine is going to cost a lot of money and I'd still have to build/install it myself and pray that I got it right. (Actually, I did read my local building codes and incentives and the local POWER company will come out and inspect it before you hook it up to the house and to the grid.)
I want to use one of those spiral turbines, as I think they are less obtrusive in a neighborhood setting and hopefully, I could install more than one if needed/desired since they are a slim design.
We tend to get heavy hard winds in the summer and I think I could rack up some free energy and possibly even sell back extra POWER to the local company too during these heavy windy periods we have.
I've seen free plans online to build them and honestly, they say they are simple and easy, but I don't find them the least bit user friendly. I am above average intelligence, but I am no mechanical engineer!
Does anyone have any advice or tips on using/install WIND turbines for home use?
Any suggestions on getting it cheaper? I am seriously thinking of trying to make a business out of designing kits or something similar that an average homeowner could manage to install for as cheap as possible.
Thanks ya'll!
I recall seeing a DIY program where a lady had a spiral WIND turbine mounted on the deck of her condo. The show wasn't about it, but they did mention it. It appeared to be about 12 feet tall and maybe 14 inches in diameter it was tucked in a corner away from most obstructions. When I've googles WIND turbines, I still see the tradition fan blade types - I think they are too rustic for my neighborhood - the spiral one I saw on this show was much less of an eyesore.
I know that doing a WIND survey would be a good idea, but if it doesn't get WIND all the time, and i'm still committed to it, does it matter if I do or don't produce WIND all the time. In times of our WIND storms, could I produce TOO much?
When I've looked on my local POWER company codes, it's pretty basic - no specifics on how much or little is required. My belief that even a little WIND energy would be good - that is IF the price was right.
I am also checking out solar panels too as an option, but they seem very expensive and because of my roofs sun exposure, it's not ideal - so I'm not sure i should consider it - but I'm not sure WIND is 100% the right way to go either.
Any ideas/comparisions/considerations between the two?
WINDMILL FARMS ANSWERS:
These types of turbines are very suitable to residential use. But just like any other wind power generators, vertical wind power has its advantages and disadvantages.
Verticle Wind Power!
Pros & Cons
Advantages:
1.It can easily catch the wind no matter which direction the wind is coming from.
2.It can consistently generate more power.
3.Vertical wind powers can operate in wind conditions having low velocity.
4.The generator can be placed in an area near the ground. There is no need to place it on top of the tower.
5,Vertical wind powers can be utilized in many areas as there is no need to have a tower built.
6,This type of wind generator is easy to maintain since its generator is located near the ground.
7.This machine is safe for flying creatures such as birds since the turbine blades rotates at a much slower pace.
8.There is no need to have a yaw system installed in the vertical turbine thus saving you money for buying yaw bearings.
9.Vertical turbines can easily be transported.
Disadvantages:
1.It is very difficult to install a vertical turbine in a location such as a tower.
2.Vertical wind powers are less efficient compared to horizontal wind power. Statistics will show that it can only generate half or 50% of the power which a horizontal turbine can generate.
3The installation has to be on a flat surface. It can't be installed on a rough and steep surface.
4.Vertical wind power design is already old and outdated. It will be hard to find replacement parts if ever some of its parts are damaged.
5.Since it is installed near the ground, it cannot take advantage of the high velocity winds in higher areas.
6.Vertical turbines are very susceptible to vibrations.
7.It produces a lot of noise during its operation.
Lizzie asks...
MONKEY D DRAGONS POWER?
i think his POWER is some kind of logia that controls the element "WIND". think about it we have only seen him make a tornado in logue town (not sure if spelled right). it would also explain how the lighting was created to save luffy when he was about to be executed, since lightning and thunder are formed by VERTICAL winds rubbing agains eachother creating a electrical field and lighting is produced. so some kind of WIND-WIND fruit, besides isn't it wierd that all the main elements have already been introduced. lighting,fire,darkness,magma,ice,light.(of course not water). so only WIND is left out.
this is my theory.
WINDMILL FARMS ANSWERS:
There's actually 3 theories of what kind of devil fruit power he might have.
1: As the aforementioned in your post, the Wind logia.
2: A Japanese Dragon that controlled the wind, as a Zoan.
