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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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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Gone with the Wind Book Report This novel is unlike any I have ever read. It is a story of survival and sorrow. It shows triumph over tragedy as well as tragedy over triumph. The way that Margaret Mitchell brings the Old South to life through these pages is‚ undoubtedly‚ the best of all time. The novel is captivating in all its aspects. This story takes place right before‚ duration of‚ and the Restoration through‚ the Civil War. The story itself is centered on
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Inherit the Wind Inherit the wind takes place in July in a rural town called Hillsboro. The play describes itself saying that it takes place in the not so distant past; however the play was written based on the famous scopes trial in 1925 so it may have been set around that era. The place take about a week from the time we meet the protagonist Bertram Cates until his sentence is read in court. The story is written in third person‚ because it is a play and is not inside the mind of one specific
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Gary J. Leleux 27 June 2012 Western Civilization ii Dr. James Rogers The Winds of Change World War I and World War II had the biggest impact on the West than any other conflict Western Civilization has had to experience or had experienced since. From the start of World War I by an assassin’s bullet in June of 1914 until the signing of the Japanese instrument of surrender onboard the USS Missouri in September 1945‚ this planet‚ more specifically‚ Western Civilization had rapidly changed. Why
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GONE WITH THE WIND The book (Gone with the Wind) is written‚ with a simple linear plot that lasts about eight years. The events that took place were during the civil war‚ which changed the lives of everyone in the south. Scarlet was a seductive woman that made poor decisions throughout the novel. There was a land of cavallies and cotton fields called the Old South. A civilization gone with the wind (page 3 of the novel) the love of money is the main theme
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I. INTRODUCTION: Thesis: While Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem‚ I believe That Suicide is wrong. II. BODY PAGE 1: The History of Suicide Opening Sentence: Why do people commit Suicide? Detail 1: Suicide Methods Detail 2: Suicide and Mental illness Detail 3: Prevention III. BODY PAGE II: School Bullying/Teen Suicides Transition/Opening Sentence: The Bullies have a new way to attack people over the internet. Detail 1: The Factors that contribute to Suicide
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power and wind power. A highly controversial source of environmentally-friendly energy is wind power. Wind power is often criticized because turbines are often assumed to be noisy‚ unsightly‚ expensive‚ a waste of space and a hazard for birds‚ but many of these beliefs are either untrue or have no evidence to support them. This paper will outline common arguments against wind power‚ prove them to be false‚ and show why wind power should be implemented as a major energy source worldwide. Wind power
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"Ode to an Orange" by Larry Woiwode took place in the winter of 1940s. It was "the winters of the forties" which I felt was very important in setting the background. It was a time of war‚ rationing of food‚ limited transportation‚ a difficult time to import items from other states and then adjustment from war of peace. Winter did not just represent cold‚ snow‚ wind‚ gray sky‚ limited sunshine‚ but a limiting of the senses. With this in mind it have also been difficult to obtain an orange that would
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