WIND POWER

Chapter 1: Introduction

NAME ___________________________________
Date _____________________________________

1.

Conventional wind turbines comprise three essential components: rotor, tower, and ________________.

2.

Small wind turbines are often subdivided into ______________, _______________, and household-size
machines.

3.

The _________________ _______________ is the span from the nut to the end of the lever.

4.

_______________ is the rate at which work is performed, the rate at which energy is transferred (changed
or released), and is given in watts (W) .

5.

In the early 1980s, _______________ ____________________ and _______________ from huge

experimental machines gave wind energy a bad name that took years to erase.

6.

Wind is a _________________________ resource.

7.

The nacelle is the covering that houses the _______________ components of a wind turbine.

8.

Power in watts equals ____________________ times ____________________.

9.

The terms wind ____________________ and wind ____________________ are used interchangeably in
this textbook.

10.

Tables and equations express the relationships among ____________________.

11.

When it was built in the 1980s, the experimental 3 MW Growian in ____________________ was the
worlds largest wind turbine.

12.

_______________-size wind turbines are less than 3 meters (10 ft.) in diameter.

13.

_______________ _______________, a designer of small wind turbines, is a frequent contributor to

Internet news groups on wind energy.

14.

__________________ is defined as the ability to do work or the amount of work actually performed.

15.

SWECS stands for ______________ ______________ _______________ ____________________

_______________.

16.

The wind industry in North America uses a mixture of both _______________ and _______________
measurements.

17.

_________________ is the product of the force applied to the lever and the span from the nut to where the
force is applied.

18.

_____________ ____________ refers to the wind machine, tower, and ancillary equipment as a whole.

19.

The largest of the small wind turbine family are ___________________-size wind turbines.

20.

When homeowners buy a kilowatt-hour of electricity, theyre actually paying for the _______________
_______________________, not the power.

21.

No matter which name we call them, the subjects of this book are _______________
_______________ intended to capture the wind and put it to work.

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22.

When all other conditions are the same, _________________________ energy can be delivered by a long
blade than a short one.

23.

The convention among wind turbine manufacturers worldwide is to use the metric system to describe the
____________________ of their turbines.

24.

WTGs stands for __________________ ____________________ ____________________.

25.

The ____________________ is the most important part of a wind turbine.

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nacelle
4
micro, mini
8
moment arm
6
Power
5
poor performance, noise
9, 12
renewable
1
rotary
4
voltage, current
5
machine, turbine
3
quantities
6
Germany
12
Cabin
9
Hugh Piggott
2
Energy
4
small wind energy conversion systems
3
metric, English
8
Torque
6
Wind system
4
household
9
energy delivered
5
kinetic devices
3
more (greater)
6
diameter
8
wind turbine generators
3
rotor
4