1) Energy conversion 2) Rotating power generator
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A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. A wind turbine used for charging batteries may be referred to as a wind charger. The result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering, today`s wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis types. ....
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A turbine designed to convert the energy in a stream of moving air into mechanical, and then electrical, energy.
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(from the article `turbine`) Modern wind turbines extract energy from the wind, mostly for electricity generation, by rotation of a propeller-like set of blades that drive a ...
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Diagram of a typical upwind vertical-axis wind turbine A wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; it typically has one, two, or three blades. Wind turbines can be classified into the vertical axis type and the horizontal axis type. Most modern wind turbines use a horizonta...
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A term used for a wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; typically having one, two, or three blades.
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rotating machinery in which the kinetic wind energy is transformed into another form of energy
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A modern day windmill for producing electricity from the energy contained in the wind.
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noun a turbine that is driven by the wind
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Windmill of advanced aerodynamic design connected to a generator producing electrical energy and used in wind-power installations. Wind is a form of renewable energy that is used to turn the turbine blades of the windmill. Wind turbines can be either large propeller-type rotors mounted on a t...
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A machine that captures the force of the wind. Called a Wind Generator when used to produce electricity. Called a Windmill when used to crush grain or pump water.
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A term used for a wind energy conversion device that produces electricity; typically having one, two, or three blades.
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