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    Wind Energy

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    Definition of Wind Energy “Wind Energy - Energy received from the movement of the wind across the earth. This energy is a result of the heating of our oceans‚ earth‚ and atmosphere by the sun. Turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical or electrical energy that can be used for power.” The German physicist Albert Betz calculated in 1919 the possible maximum amount of energy that can be extracted out of wind energy. He came to the result of 59.3% that can be extracted and named this

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    Wind Energy Wind energy is a free‚ renewable resource‚ so no matter how much is used today‚ there will still be the same supply in the future. Because the wind energy is also the source of the clean‚ and non- polluting‚ electricity. Wind energy is friendly to the surrounding environment‚ as no fossil fuels were to generate electricity from wind energy. Wind Energy is a viable industry that has become energy source. The energy generated from wind is clean and efficient. The wind energy industry

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    WIND POWER (RENEWABLE ENERGY) IN PAKISTAN By The wind of change is blown and world has now emphasizing towards new technologies out of which renewable energy is important one. Keeping in view the commercial and industrial consumption of oil and gas everyone is conscious to have some alternate resource for energy production. Wind is also one of the resources for the power generation. A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind‚ also called wind energy‚ into mechanical

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    “A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy”. (1) The inventor of the first electric wind turbine was Clevelander Charles Brush‚ who ran his entire Euclid Avenue mansion off of one for 20 years‚ which later made the cover of Scientific American in 1888. (2) Although the use of alternate energy didn’t rise a great deal afterwards‚ this event did open the eyes for many environmentalists. Wind power is only one of our several “energy source[s] whose

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    Vestas Wind

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    Vest Wind 1 Vestas Wind is the largest manufactor of wind turbines in the world they employ 23‚000 people and have branch offices in 32 different countries. Vestas Wind was founded in Lem Denmark in 1945‚ by Peder Hansen . by the year 1970 Vestas Wind had manufactured and installed Over 1 thousand turbine windmills to 24 different countries. In the last thirty years it has produced

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    Wind Mill

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    of the windmill Figure E21.2.1 shows the important parts of a windmill. The wind is shown heading perpendicular toward the hub and blade assembly (this example uses three blades‚ but some use only two‚ and‚ as Fig. 21.7 shows‚ some use many blades). Fig. E21.2.1 A view of a horizontal axis wind energy machine. (U.S. Department of Energy‚ Ref. 30) Energy‚ Ch. 21‚ extension 2 How a windmill works 2 Wind machines come in two basic types—horizontal axis or vertical axis machines. The

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    Gone with the Wind

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    | The influence cause by Gone With The Wind on film industry | Bridget Zhu Yanrui | | 2010-12-1 | | | The Influence Caused by Gone with the Wind on Film Industry Introduction Many filmmakers would say that there is no such thing as a movie capable of shaking the world. It does influence the world. Although it is very hard to make such a movie which can shake the world‚ some filmmakers still attempt to make them. In fact‚ it sometimes take years to realize what really a great

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    Background/History on the Wind Power Industry The wind power industry first developed in Iran around 200 B.C. The first windmills were vertical axis wind turbines‚ which were used for pumping water and grinding whole grains for food consumption. The Chinese‚ Romans and Afghans all used windmills around this time for similar use. In the 13th century Holland started developing large horizontal axis windmills. These four-blade windmills were larger‚ carried more torque and wind speed and could do more

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    Wind Energy Technology IEEE PES 22 July 2008 JP Lyons - Novus Energy Partners Bob Thresher – NREL Wind Tech Center Mike Robinson – NREL Wind Tech Center Paul Veers – Sandia National Labs Modern Wind Turbines Electrical Pitch Drives GE 1.5sl • 1.5 MW • 77 M Rotor Diameter • 50-100 M Tower Doubly-Fed Generator • 98% Availability • Speed 10-20 RPM Main Shaft & Bearing • Variable Pitch Gearbox Epoxy-Glass Composite Blades Transformer & Electrical Power

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    Gone With the Wind

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    Robert Marsh. After ten years of writing her 1000 page novel that takes place in the Civil War era‚ Gone With the Wind was published in 1936. Receiving the 1937 Pulitzer Prize‚ Gone With the Wind became one of the best-selling novels of all time. But Mitchell wasn’t as fond of the uprising popularity of her work and she eventually fell ill from exhaustion. Even though Gone With the Wind was her only novel‚ Margaret continued to write nonfiction. In 1949‚ Margaret was hit by a car while crossing the

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