How Does a Wind Turbine Work?
5 videos • 13,709 views • by Engineering with Rosie In this video series you can find out everything you need to know about how a wind turbine works. We start with the wind resource and how the wind turbine is able to convert kinetic energy from the wind to mechanical energy of the rotating shaft. We will look at wind turbine blade aerodynamics, and you will find out how to construct the velocity triangle to find the local wind speed and angle of attack, then use the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method to calculate power output. Then you will learn how to design a wind turbine blade to have optimum aerodynamic performance. Later on I plan to add videos on how the other wind turbine components work, including the generator and gearbox.