1 / 12

Working With Wind Energy

Join our workshop to learn about wind energy conversion, design and construct a wind turbine, and test its performance. Explore the concepts of forces, motion, and engineering design while practicing teamwork and problem-solving.

porsha
Download Presentation

Working With Wind Energy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Working With Wind Energy IEEE TISP Training Workshop Pittsburgh, PA, 23-24 October 2009 Douglas Bowman, PE Central Arkansas Chair, IEEE Lead Engineer, Southwest Power Pool

  2. Activity Goal • Build a wind turbine with simple materials • The wind turbine must withstand the wind generated by a fan or hair dryer and rotate for 1 minute to lift a small object

  3. Activity Objectives • Learn about wind energy conversion • Design a wind turbine • Construct the wind turbine • Test the wind turbine • Evaluate Performance

  4. Why is this experiment useful to teachers and students? • Learn about wind energy and wind turbines • Learn about the concepts of forces and motion • Learn about engineering design • Learn how engineering can help solve societal challenges • Learn about teamwork and problem solving

  5. Principles & Standards for School Mathematics • Geometry: • Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems • Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships • Problem Solving: • Recognize and apply geometric ideas in areas outside of the mathematics classroom • Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies • Communication: • Communicate mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others

  6. U.S. Available Wind Power Pwind=0.5rAv3

  7. Getting Wind Power to the Grid

  8. End Result is Work

  9. Outline and Procedures • Divide into teams of three (3) • Review the requirements • Agree on a solution and create a sketch of your design • Build a model of your design with given materials • Test your model

  10. Redesign after testing • Discuss and agree upon a redesign • If needed after testing, or • to enhance the previous design • Rebuild your wind turbine • Retest your model • Answer Evaluation Phase questions as a team

  11. Evaluation Phase Questions • Did your design succeed? If not, why did it fail? • Did you decide to revise your design? Why? • What is one thing you would change about your design based on your experience? • How would you modify the instructions to create a better experience for the participants?

  12. Questions?

More Related