How do you create energy from wind turbines?

Question

is the same as in a thermal power stasion but insted of using steam you use wind?

Answer 1

First you don't create energy, it's converted. But other than that, you're using wind to turn the turbine, instead of steam, and the turbine turns a generator, as in a thermal power station.

Answer 2

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electricity from the wind is one of the simplest forms of alternative energy. i've personally built over a dozen wind gens and currently run all my electrical needs off of 2 wind turbines and a couple dozen home made solar panels.

Basically think of the little motor in your car (the alternator), but insted of it being turned by a belt driven by your car's engine powerd gas, it's turned by the wind.

I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at http://www.agua-luna.com/hydrogen.html or you can email me.

The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their homes on wind power safely, reducing their monthly utility bills or even selling power back the the electrical companies. The entire guide is available at http://www.agua-luna.com/guides.html

"This manual is based on using a 260 VDC, 5 A continuous duty Treadmill Motor with a 6 inch threaded hub. These motors are available for under $50 from most motor surplus stores. We are getting about 7 amps in a 30 mph wind. In other words, it is a simple, cheap little machine to get you started.  "

"ASSEMBLY

1. Place the motor on top of the square tubing and bolt it in, using the two 5/16” x ¾” bolts.

2. Place the diode on the square tubing, about 2” behind the motor, and s***w it into position using the self-tapping metal s***w.

3. Connect the black wire coming out of the motor to the positive incoming terminal of the diode (Labeled AC on the positive side).

4. Connect the red wire coming out of the motor to the negative incoming terminal of the diode (Labeled AC on the negative side).

5. Center the tail over the square tubing, at the back end. Clamp your tail onto the side of the square tubing.

6. Using 2 self-tapping screws, s***w the tail in place.

7. Place each blade on the hub so that all the holes line up.  Using the ¼" bolts and washers, bolt the blades to the hub.  For the inner three holes, use two washers per bolt, one on each side of the blade. For the outer three holes, just use one washer next to the head of the bolt. Tighten.

8. Hold the end of the shaft of the motor (which comes through the hub) firmly with pliers, and turn the hub counterclockwise until it tightens and stops.

9. s***w the nipple tightly into the floor flange using a pipe wrench.

10. Clamp the nipple in a vice so that the floor flange is facing up and level.

11. Place the square tubing (and everything that is on it) on top of the floor flange and move it so that it is perfectly balanced.

12. Through the holes of the floor flange, mark the square tubing at the point of balance.

13. Drill these two holes using a 5/32" drill bit. You will probably have to take off the hub and tail to do this).

14. Attach the square tubing to the floor flange with two sheet metal screws.

For a longer life span of your wind generator, you should paint the blades, motor sleeve, mount and tail."

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at http://www.agua-luna.com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

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Answer 3

Wind turns the blades which through gears go to a generator which produces electric. Like a alternator does in a car, which gets turned by the engine.

Answer 4

you cannot create energy, as Eienstien said the amount of Energy in the universe is constan, all you can do is change wind into electrical

basically the wind turns a big sail, the sail turns a shaft that drives via a gearbox the generator, the magnetic movemement in a coil converts the rotational enegy into electrical enegy.

This is basically the same method all electric is generated, just something else is used to provided the rotational movement

Answer 5

All generators work the same way, which is spinning a magnet inside a magnetic field, when you connect a generator to a wind turbine the wind turns the propeller, or whatever configuration it is which turns the generator which creates an electrical current.

A thermal power station uses high pressure steam to turn a turbine ( which is just a series of propellers in a housing ), which turns the generator.

Answer 6

the wind makes those things go round and they r attached 2 a generator