Wind Turbines Case Study

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What are wind turbines?
Wind turbines are a modern and developed for of the old-fashioned windmills, the main purpose of a wind turbine is to convert wind power and speed (kinetic energy) into electrical energy. The reason behind this invention was to create a more efficient and environmentally friendly way of generating energy without causing any emission of pollutant gasses in the atmosphere. However different environments have different volumes of wind. How do wind turbines work?
Turbines function by wind as mentioned in its name wind is generated by the sun. The sun warms the earth in an uneven ratio causing the two mixtures of both warm and cool air to readjust itself into wind
Wind turbines only when a location has enough …show more content…

Horizontal wind turbines must be in specific environments for them to function this includes the environment. The environment in which a turbine is placed is one of the key factors leading to the creation of energy. The land itself must be a firm land to achieve the man required properties for the environment there are rules made to keep both the environment safe and to allow the functioning of the turbine. Wind turbines work best with smooth flowing wind, this will require an environment that does not consists of any buildings or natural factors such at trees that can come affect the flow of the wind. If not an effect named turbulence might accrue causing the efficiency of the turbine to lessen. When measure the distance between turbines the measurement term of rotor diameters is used, rote diameters this is called in this technique as the rotation of the blades are considered and added to the space needed when taking measurements. Horizontal axis wind turbines will require at least 7 rotor diameters in distance between each other to allow the circulation of the …show more content…

When the Hemo process accuse the blood of a patient is pumped using small tubes this consists of a small surgery in the arm to insert the tube to the patients arm. Then two needles are inserted so two tubes are inserted to go through to the dialysis machine to speed up the purification process one tube is for the impurified blood to enter the haemodialysis machine and the other is of the purified blood to exit back into the body, interior to the machine there is a dialyser which is a filer that mimics the function of a kidney however in an artificial

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