Wind Turbine

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• Article Title: Wind Turbine

Overview

Wind Turbine

The Wind Turbine is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the GVCS it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.

Details

Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.

Product Ecology

Product Ecology
Wind Turbine

From	Uses	Creates	Enables
Induction Furnace Multimachine Electric Motor Generator Battery Components Blades Tail Hub DC generator Battery Diode Sensors Mount Wires Tower Base Pole Guy-wires Bearings	Wind	Electricity

Status

Open Source Ecology Europe and -Germany are working on a prototype VAWT design: Germany/Wind_Turbine. Research and development is currently concentrated at TiVA, a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way.

The wind turbine is currently in the Research phase of product development.

There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the GVCS.

portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.

OS Projects

• AirEnergy 3D [1]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.
• SolarFlower [2]
• Zoetrope [3]

See also

• Turbine
• Wind Power Conversation
• Geothermal Energy
• Solar Power

Wikipedia

• Wikipedia: Wind turbine
• Wikipedia: Wind turbine design
• Wikipedia: Small wind turbine
• Wikipedia: Open design

External links

• Onawi

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