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Growing concern for the environmental degradation has led to the world's interest in renewable energy resources.
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Wind is commercially and operationally the most viable renewable energy resource and accordingly, emerging as one
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of the largest source in terms of the renewable energy sector.
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Wind electric generator converts kinetic energy available in wind to electrical energy by using rotor, gearbox and
generator.
Most wind machines have blades attached to a horizontal shaft. This shaft transmits power through a series of gears,
which provide power to a water pump or electric generator. These are called horizontal axis wind turbines.
There are also vertical axis machines, such as the Darrieus wind machine, which has two, three, or four long curved
blades on a vertical shaft and resembles a giant eggbeater in shape.
The amount of energy produced by a wind machine depends upon the wind speed and the size of the blades in the
machine. In general, when the wind speed doubles, the power produced increases eight times. Larger blades capture
more wind. As the diameter of the circle formed by the blades doubles, the power increases four times.
1. Tower
2. Nacelle
3. Rotor
4. Gearbox
5. Generator
6. Braking System
7. Yaw System
8. Controllers
9. Sensors
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