LIT-print: Wind Energy and Electricity

19 experiment set-up descriptions for teachers and students.

73 pages

Topics

• Investigation of the wind speed behind the rotor
• Energy balance and efficiency of a wind turbine
• Rotational speed and tip speed ratio of a wind turbine
• Change in the generator voltage through switching in a load
• U-I characteristic curve and rotational speed of the wind turbine
• Voltage in dependence upon the wind speed
• Rotational speed and power in dependence upon the wind speed
• Voltage in dependency on wind direction
• Rotational speed and power in dependence upon the wind direction
• Comparison of the start-up speeds of Savonius and three-blade rotors
• Comparison of Savonius and three-blade rotors
• Voltage in dependency on the blade shape
• Rotational speed and power in dependence upon the blade shape
• Voltage in dependency on the blade number
• Rotational speed and power in dependence upon the number of blades
• Voltage in dependence upon the pitch angle of the rotor blades
• Start-up speed in dependence upon the pitch angle of the rotor blades
• Rotational speed and power in dependence upon the pitch angle of the rotor blades
• Power output in dependence upon the distance of wind-resistant object be-hind the wind turbine

Language: English