WIND POWER

Winds are caused by uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun, the
roughness of the Earth surface and Earths rotation. Winds flow patterns are
changed by the topography of land, water and plants. Modern wind turbines
use this flow of air to generate electricity. Humans use this wind flow for
various purposes e.g.: generating electricity, drying clothes, sailing.
Wind energy today is the cleanest and most reliable way to generate
electricity. Wind power neither produces any toxic emissions nor any heattrapping emissions that contribute to global warming.
The fact that wind energy is most widely available, abundant and
increasingly cost-competitive energy resources, making it a viable alternative
to fossil fuels that harm our health and threaten the environment .
How fast the wind blows, how often and when has an important role to play
in power generation costs. Power output of wind turbines increases as the
cube of wind speed.
In other words, if the speed of the wind doubles, the production of electricity
is increased about eight times. Thus, the winds with the higher speed are
less expensive and easier to catch.
The term wind power describes the process by which wind is used to make
the mechanical energy or electricity. Wind turbines convert the kinetic
energy of wind energy into mechanical power.
This mechanical power may be used for certain activities (such as milling of
rice or pumping water) or a generator can convert mechanical energy to
electrical energy at home, business, schools and other facilities.
How Do Wind Turbines Work?
Most wind turbines turn in the moving air like blades of propeller aircraft and
supply power to an electric generator that produces electricity. Wind
turbines, rather than working as a fan in your house that uses electricity to
generate wind, use wind power to generate electricity.
The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft connected to the generator and
produces electricity. Turbine blades are designed in such a way that wind
causes them to rotate, which rotates the shaft at low speed, with a gear at
the end that itself is connected to small gear on high speed shaft that runs
through alternator housing.
The generator produces electricity using the same principle as a generator of
your car (depending on the turbine). Magnetic Rotor inside the generator on
high speed shaft spins inside loops of copper wire that are wound around an
iron core. The rotor creates electromagnetic induction as it spins around
the inside of the core through the coils, which generates electrical power.
The current is regulated and transmission network (or home network system

connection), after some changes, so it can use in our homes or sent to a

battery bank for storage.