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Wind Mill (Initial Project)

The document discusses producing electricity using a wind mill. It describes the major parts of a wind turbine which are the base, tower, nacelle, and blades. The blades capture the wind's energy and spin a generator in the nacelle to produce electricity. The tower houses electrical components and supports the nacelle. The base, made of concrete and steel, supports the entire structure. A gearbox and generator work together to convert the rotational energy from the blades into usable electricity.

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Wind Mill (Initial Project)

The document discusses producing electricity using a wind mill. It describes the major parts of a wind turbine which are the base, tower, nacelle, and blades. The blades capture the wind's energy and spin a generator in the nacelle to produce electricity. The tower houses electrical components and supports the nacelle. The base, made of concrete and steel, supports the entire structure. A gearbox and generator work together to convert the rotational energy from the blades into usable electricity.

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Project

B.Tech 07
Group B


PRODUCING ELECTRICITY BY USING
WIND MILL
PRESENTED BY:

ST ZUBAIR, ST ZAHID, ST KASHIF, ST NIAZ, ST SOHAIL, CPL/T ASGHAR
Wind Mill
Introduction

A windmill is a machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by
means of vanes called sails or blades. The reason for the name "windmill" is that
the devices originally were developed for milling grain for food production; the
name stuck when in the course of history, windmill machinery was adapted to
supply power for many industrial and agricultural needs other than milling. The
majority of modern windmills take the form of wind turbines used to generate
electricity, or windpumps used to pump water, either for land drainage or to
extract groundwater
Major Parts

There are four main parts to a wind turbine: the base, tower, nacelle, and blades.
The blades capture the wind's energy, spinning a generator in the nacelle. The
tower contains the electrical conduits, supports the nacelle, and provides access to
the nacelle for maintenance. The base, made of concrete and steel, supports the
whole structure.



The blades
Designed like airplane wings, modern wind turbine blades use lift to capture the
wind's energy. Because of the blade's special shape, the wind creates a pocket of
pressure as it passes behind the blade. This pressure pulls the blade, causing the
turbine to rotate. This modern blade design captures the wind's energy much
more efficiently than old farm windmills, which use drag, the force of the wind
pushing against the blades. The blades spin at a slow rate of about 20 revolutions
per minute (RPM).
The nacelle
The nacelle houses a generator and gearbox. The spinning blades are attached to
the generator through a series of gears. The gears increase the rotational speed of
the blades to the generator speed. As the generator spins, electricity is produced.
Generators can be either variable or fixed speed. Variable speed generators
produce electricity at a varying frequency. Fixed speed generator aren't as able to
take advantage of fluctuations in wind speed.
The tower
The most common tower design is a white steel cylinder, which may be of any
length and diameter as per requirement.
The base
Bases are made of concrete reinforced with steel bars. Purpose of base is to hold
tower.
Gear Box
The gearbox converts the rotor motion as per the generator requires. The gearbox
thus takes on the task of matching the rotation speeds of the slow-moving rotor
and the fast-moving generator, and generally has several steps to cover for various
wind conditions.
Generator
The generator is what converts the turning motion of a wind turbine's blades into
electricity. Inside this component, coils of wire are rotated in a magnetic field to
produce electricity. Different generator designs produce either alternating current
(AC) or direct current (DC), and they are available in a large range of output power
ratings. The generator's rating, or size, is dependent on the length of the wind
turbine's blades because more energy is captured by longer blades.
It is important to select the right type of generator to match your intended use.
Most home and office appliances operate on 120 volt (or 240 volt), 60 cycle AC.
Some appliances can operate on either AC or DC, such as light bulbs and resistance
heaters, and many others can be adapted to run on DC. Storage systems using
batteries store DC and usually are configured at voltages of between 12 volts and
120 volts.
Generators that produce AC are generally equipped with features to produce the
correct voltage (120 or 240 V) and constant frequency (60 cycles) of electricity,
even when the wind speed is fluctuating.
DC generators are normally used in battery charging applications and for operating
DC appliances and machinery. They also can be used to produce AC electricity with
the use of an inverter, which converts DC to AC.

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