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Bladed Wind Turbine or 3 Bladed Wind Turbines? The argument has been settled and the debate is over, 3-bladed wind turbines are better than 2-bladed wind turbines. While a 2-bladed wind turbine may generate over 90% of the power of a 3-bladed wind turbine of comparable size. And, while a 2-bladed wind turbine saves the weight of one extra blade when compared with a 3-bladed wind turbine, engineers of the most efficient wind turbines have decided on 3 blades as the optimum efficiency and design for a wind turbine generator in the 600 kW class and above. The top-3 leading wind turbine manufacturers have standardized on the 3-bladed wind turbine. They do not manufacture any 2-bladed wind turbines. Plainly stated, a wind turbine with an even number of blades (2 blades or 4 blades) are NOT of optimum design or efficiency. In fact, this debate was settled years ago when the wind turbine engineers and designers began building wind turbines over 600 kW in power output. The leading wind turbine manufacturers and their engineers have decided that 3 bladed wind turbines are the optimum number of wind turbine blades due to the stability of the wind turbine as well as the significant wind loads and stresses placed on a 2-bladed wind turbine. A wind turbine that has an odd number of blades is similar to a disc when calculating the computational fluid dynamics of the wind turbine. Engineers have learned that wind turbines that have an even number of blades - such as the 2 bladed wind turbines of the past - have stability problems for a machine with a stiff structure. The reason for this problem is simple, engineers recognized that when a 2-bladed wind turbine's top blade bends backwards - when the wind turbine's 2 blades are in the vertical position - since it is now generating the maximum power from the wind - that the lower or bottom blade is now aligned with the tower and the blade is hidden or blocked from the wind - and this generates a huge amount of stress and loads on the wind turbine and its' primary components such as the bearings, shaft, transmission etc. Because of the extreme wind loads and stresses placed on 2-bladed wind turbines, the remaining 2-bladed wind turbine manufacturers have had to resort to a "teetered hub" that helps remove some of the stress and loads placed on 2-bladed wind turbines. While there are some very fine 2-bladed wind turbines, of smaller power output, the bottom line is, 3 bladed wind turbines are inherently better and more efficient than 2-bladed wind turbines.
Windpower
Technologies, LLC. is a Texas Limited Liability Company.
Land
And Ranch Owners If
you are a land owner with at least 100 acres and interested in having one or
more wind turbines installed on your property, please provide us with the
following information so we can determine whether your property qualifies for an
initial, no-cost assessment.
Name of ranch/property ________________________
city ______________
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According to the Department of Energy, our nation's electricity generation from wind power alone could top 20 percent of the total power generation mix by 2030. This would have the economic benefits of creating 500,000 jobs and generate more than $400 billion. Wind Power also reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions and other pollution by 25 percent than otherwise. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SENATOR AND TELL THEM TO STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT, AND ASK THEM TO RENEW AND EXTEND THE PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT FOR WIND POWER, FOR 5 YEARS! Thank you!
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