Wind turbines work on a simple principle: instead of using electricity to make wind—like a fan—wind turbines use wind to make electricity. They use air currents in order to produce a valuable resource: electricity. The wind turbine (also known as wind generator or wind turbine generator) is a small engineering masterpiece that appears simple at first glance. Wind turns the propeller-like blades of a turbine around a rotor, which spins a generator, which creates electricity. 6-137 is a three-bladed, upwind, horizontal-axi gional requirements (e. Electrical power transmission systems a. Gearbox Assembly The gearbox assembly receives the rotating input shaft from the centre of the rotor blade assembly, and using a system of gears, speeds up the rotation to a high speed suitable for running the turbine generator at its. Step inside the nacelle: watch the rotor (“fan”) drive the main shaft, the red planetary gears multiply RPM in the gearbox, and the high-speed shaft spin the generator to make clean electricity.
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