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2. Wind turbine design - Wikipedia

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   An example of a wind turbine, this 3 bladed turbine is the classic design of modern wind turbines Wind turbine components : 1-Foundation, 2-Connection to the electric grid, 3-Tower, 4-Access ladder, 5-Wind orientation control (Yaw control), 6-Nacelle, 7-Generator, 8-Anemometer, 9-Electric or Mechanical Brake, 10-Gearbox, 11-Rotor blade, 12-Blade pitch control, 13-Rotor hub

3. Unconventional wind turbines - Wikipedia

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   Counter-rotating wind turbines Light pole wind turbine. Unconventional wind turbines are those that differ significantly from the most common types in use.. As of 2024, the most common type of wind turbine is the three-bladed upwind horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT), where the turbine rotor is at the front of the nacelle and facing the wind upstream of its supporting turbine tower.

4. Windmill - Wikipedia

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   The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

5. Wind turbine - Wikipedia

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   Nashtifan wind turbines in Sistan, Iran. The windwheel of Hero of Alexandria (10–70 CE) marks one of the first recorded instances of wind powering a machine. [5] However, the first known practical wind power plants were built in Sistan, an Eastern province of Persia (now Iran), from the 7th century.

6. Thomas O. Perry - Wikipedia

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   Selling only 45 windmills in its first year, Aermotor sales increased rapidly and by the turn of the century had sold hundreds of thousands of windmills. [5] Perry also made many other refinements to windmill designs and published several windmill design patents pertaining to maintainability and efficiency. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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