The Betz Limit is the maximum fraction of kinetic energy available in the wind that any device/turbine/generator can extract. It's 16/27 or about 59% and it is so low because air needs to move on the other side of the turbine to make room for more air, so a minimum of ~41% of the kinetic energy that comes into the turbine must exit to keep the air moving away from the back end so air can keep flowing through and the turbine can keep spinning.
sorry it's poorly worded
Essentially correct. It's also worth noting that once the KE of flowing air is extracted, it stops moving and is stuck behind the blades, thus impeding the rotation of the turbine. THAT is what regulates the Betz limit.
Re: Wind Power B/C
Posted: March 15th, 2016, 10:02 pm
by GoofyFoofer
I'll start this off again
What was noteworthy in 1887 regarding wind energy, who was responsible, and where did it take place?
Re: Wind Power B/C
Posted: March 27th, 2016, 7:25 am
by furypanda1
GoofyFoofer wrote:I'll start this off again
What was noteworthy in 1887 regarding wind energy, who was responsible, and where did it take place?
Charles Bush in Cleveland,OH invented the first electricity generating windmill in 1887.
Re: Wind Power B/C
Posted: March 27th, 2016, 9:52 am
by GoofyFoofer
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furypanda1 wrote:My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
furypanda1 wrote:
GoofyFoofer wrote:I'll start this off again
What was noteworthy in 1887 regarding wind energy, who was responsible, and where did it take place?
Charles Bush in Cleveland,OH invented the first electricity generating windmill in 1887.
My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
I have
James Blyth with the first electricity-producing windmill in Kincardine, Scotland
in 1887.
Although now that I look back on it, I notice different sources are conflicting...
Re: Wind Power B/C
Posted: March 27th, 2016, 10:48 am
by LIPX3
GoofyFoofer wrote:Off
furypanda1 wrote:My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
furypanda1 wrote:
Charles Bush in Cleveland,OH invented the first electricity generating windmill in 1887.
My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
I have
James Blyth with the first electricity-producing windmill in Kincardine, Scotland
in 1887.
Although now that I look back on it, I notice different sources are conflicting...
I have Charles Bush in 1887. They've asked that question on several tests.
Re: Wind Power B/C
Posted: March 27th, 2016, 3:04 pm
by GoofyFoofer
LIPX3 wrote:
GoofyFoofer wrote:Off
furypanda1 wrote:My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
My timeline says Brush built it in 1888.
I have
James Blyth with the first electricity-producing windmill in Kincardine, Scotland
in 1887.
Although now that I look back on it, I notice different sources are conflicting...
I have Charles Bush in 1887. They've asked that question on several tests.