Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines & Vertical Axis Wind Turbines are the two types of Wind turbines.
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) :
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines are built with a propeller-type rotor on a horizontal axis (i.e. a horizontal main shaft).
HAWT's are the most common types of wind turbines you can see. most of the commercially installed wind generators are of this type.
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) :
The only vertical axis turbine which has ever been manufactured commercially at any volume is the Darrieus machine, named after the French engineer Georges Darrieus who patented the design in 1931. The Darrieus machine is characterised by its C-shaped rotor blades which make it look a bit like an eggbeater (you can see it in the image on the right). It is normally built with two or three blades.
HAWT's & VAWT's
Monday, July 28, 2008 at 10:39 AM Labels: Wind Energy
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A good introduction about diy wind turbine. You should give a detailed introduction on control and brake system. These are two important parts of a samll wind turbines.wind generator
- June 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM
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please learn more about VAWT and then make comments, at present there are many VAWT operating in Developed countries