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“ Hit or Miss”. Windmill Energy. Gerrit Hale Heather Boynce Marion Osborne Thomas Thurman. Team Members :. Design. Simplistic design: Propeller Horizontal Axis Magnet Copper Wire Stand. Design/Construction Issues. Propeller Catching enough wind Turning the horizontal axis Wire
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“ Hit or Miss” Windmill Energy • Gerrit Hale • Heather Boynce • Marion Osborne • Thomas Thurman Team Members :
Design Simplistic design: • Propeller • Horizontal Axis • Magnet • Copper Wire • Stand
Design/Construction Issues • Propeller • Catching enough wind • Turning the horizontal axis • Wire • Not having right kind • Wrapping the generator the best way • Having enough to form a strong magnetic field • Horizontal Pin • How to make it Frictionless. • Magnet • Best magnet • How to attach to produce magnetic field.
Mechanical/Electrical Aspect • Horizontal pin used to easily collect a direct wind source • Horizontal pin needs to be frictionless to produce the most energy. • Connecting the copper wire and wrapping it to form a current with the rotating magnetic field.
Estimated Efficiency Equations • Kinetic energy of fan: • KE= (1/2)mv^2 • M= mass in kg • V= velocity of fan blades • Power of wind in watts: • P= (1/2)mv^2 = (1/2) ρ(air) Av^3 • A= area exposed to wind • V= wind speed • Rho= air density about 1.225 kg/m3 - It would be impossible to be 100% efficient due to resistance, friction and human error.