Wind power is currently the fastest-growing source of electricity production in the world with about a quarter of a million wind turbines operating around the globe in over 90 countries.   We now have an output of 336 GW (June 2014), with wind energy production at 4% of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing rapidly; this has prevented 518…

General Electric has installed its 1,500th wind turbine in Canada, bringing the vendor’s fleet capacity in the country to 2GW in four provinces – Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec. The landmark turbine is a GE 1.6MW unit with a 100-meter rotor for China Longyuan Canada’s Dufferin wind farm, the developer’s first wind farm in North…

In 1913, Nikola Tesla discovered Tesla turbine was produced again in today’s technology. Tesla is a really genius smartest person i have ever seen. He invented AC Current Generators and Motors, Radio, Fluorescent, Radar, MRI, Laser Technology, Robotics Technology, Earthquake Machine and many more in fact, it can be used today, thanks to science, man. I think Tesla is clearly the best scientist. How does the Tesla turbine works ? Wind…

Prior to the widespread availability of commercial electric power, hydroelectric power was used for irrigation and operation of various machines, such as watermills, textile machines and sawmills. By using water for power generation, people have worked with nature to achieve a better lifestyle. The mechanical power of falling water is an old resource used for services and productive uses. It was used…

What is usage of gas turbines ?  How can i use gas turbine ? In an aircraft gas turbine the output of the turbine is used to turn the compressor (which may also have an associated fan or propeller). The hot air flow leaving the turbine is then accelerated into the atmosphere through an exhaust nozzle to provide thrust or propulsion power Figure…

Aerodynamics is the science and study of the physical laws of the behavior of objects in an air flow and the forces that are produced by air flows. Different types of wind turbine blade The front and rear sides of a wind turbine rotor blade have a shape roughly similar to that of a long rectangle, with the…

Engineering advancements pioneered the development of gas turbines in the early 1900s, and turbines began to be used for stationary electric power generation in the late 1930s. Turbines revolutionized airplane propulsion in the 1940s, and in the 1990s through today have been a popular choice for new power generation plants in the United States. Gas turbines are available in…

The efficiency of any turbine or engine can be defined as its ability to convert the input energy into useful output energy which is expressed in the form of the following equation. Efficiency (ɳ) = Output / Input An ideal turbine with 100% efficiency is the one which converts all its input energy into output work without dissipating…

We know about turbines something less or more but have you ever think about how big wind turbines can be? Norway has announced plans to build the world’s largest wind turbine.  The turbine will measure 533 feet high with a rotor diameter of 475 feet.  With that big size will also come big power – the turbine is expected to…

Another type of turbine developed at about the same time as the Darrieus was the Savonius turbine, developed in Finland by S. J. Savonius. This is anothervertical axis machine which needs no orientation into the wind. Alternative energy enthusiasts often build this turbine from used oil barrels by cutting the barrels in half lengthwise and welding the two halves back together offset from…