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    Calculation of Wind Energy and Wind Power

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    The document discusses the basic calculations needed to determine the power output from a wind turbine. It explains that power output is proportional to the swept area of the rotor and the cube of the wind speed. It also provides the key equation that power equals 0.5 times the swept area times air density times wind velocity cubed. Additionally, it notes there is a limit of around 59% for the maximum percentage of wind's power that can be extracted by a turbine according to Betz's law.

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    The document discusses the basic calculations needed to determine the power output from a wind turbine. It explains that power output is proportional to the swept area of the rotor and the cube of the wind speed. It also provides the key equation that power equals 0.5 times the swept area times air density times wind velocity cubed. Additionally, it notes there is a limit of around 59% for the maximum percentage of wind's power that can be extracted by a turbine according to Betz's law.

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    The document discusses the basic calculations needed to determine the power output from a wind turbine. It explains that power output is proportional to the swept area of the rotor and the cube of the wind speed. It also provides the key equation that power equals 0.5 times the swept area times air density times wind velocity cubed. Additionally, it notes there is a limit of around 59% for the maximum percentage of wind's power that can be extracted by a turbine according to Betz's law.

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    Calculation of Wind Energy and Wind Power

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    The document discusses the basic calculations needed to determine the power output from a wind turbine. It explains that power output is proportional to the swept area of the rotor and the cube of the wind speed. It also provides the key equation that power equals 0.5 times the swept area times air density times wind velocity cubed. Additionally, it notes there is a limit of around 59% for the maximum percentage of wind's power that can be extracted by a turbine according to Betz's law.

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    Calculation of Wind Energy and Wind Power

    Posted by hasnan | 11:13 AM | calculation, power; Wind Energy, wind power |4 comments

    basic calculation that needs to be done before calculating more detail when designing wind tubines is to calculate the
    power requirements and power that can be generated from wind turbine currently in design, some things that need to
    be considered in the calculation of wind power is
    1) The power output of a wind generator is proportional to the area swept by the rotor - i.e. double the swept area and
    the power output will also double.
    2) The power output of a wind generator is proportional to the cube of the wind speed - i.e. double the wind speed
    and the power output will increase by a factor of eight (2 x 2 x 2)

    picture above shows the direction and also a component of the wind turbine through which the wind well or not,

    The Power of Wind


    Wind is made up of moving air molecules which have mass - though not a lot. Any moving object
    with mass carries kinetic energy in an amount which is given by the equation:

    Kinetic Energy = 0.5 x Mass x Velocity2

    where the mass is measured in kg, the velocity in m/s, and the energy is given in joules.

    Air has a known density (around 1.23 kg/m3 at sea level), so the mass of air hitting our wind turbine
    (which sweeps a known area) each second is given by the following equation:

    Mass/sec (kg/s) = Velocity (m/s) x Area (m2) x Density (kg/m3)


    And therefore, the power (i.e. energy per second) in the wind hitting a wind turbine with a
    certain swept area is given by simply inserting the mass per second calculation into the standard
    kinetic energy equation given above resulting in the following vital equation:

    Power = 0.5 x Swept Area x Air Density x Velocity3

    where Power is given in Watts (i.e. joules/second), the Swept area in square metres, the Air
    density in kilograms per cubic metre, and the Velocity in metres per second.

    However, theres no way to harvest ALL of this available energy and turn it into electricity. In 1919 a gentleman
    named Betz calculated that theres a limit to how much power a turbine blade can extract from the wind. Beyond the
    Betz Limit of 59.26% energy extraction, more and more air tends to go around the turbine rather than through it, with
    air pooling up in front. So 59.26% is the absolute maximum that can be extracted from the available power.
    Simply put, if you capture 100% of the energy available in the wind, you stop the wind. Obviously, the wind will stop
    flowing through such a turbine. The opposite of that is that if you don't capture any energy in the wind, you don't
    need a turbine. The wind is able to flow around any major obstruction. The Betz limit says that essentially, if you
    capture 59.6% of the energy in the wind, that is the best compromise between stopping the air and forcing it to go
    around your machine. You need to maintain the flow of air, that's the compromise any wind machine must make
    whether it is a horizontal axis (traditional style turbine) or vertical axis turbine, with many blades or few, or any such
    combination. It's covered by the Betz limit.

    More Detail in PDF Tutorial also available from Oklahoma University just Download Here

    The design of blades attached with the rotor also contributes towards an effective wind turbine design. Apart from the
    shape and weight of these blades, it is also important to consider the material used for manufacturing them. As far as
    number of blades is concerned, two or three-blade wind turbines are the most popular ones in the industry.

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