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History of the Windmill
Daniel Halladay patented the first commercially viable windmill water pump on August 29th 1854. Daniel Halladay was a inventor, businessman, and mechanic. Daniel Halladay worked together on the design with John Burnham another local businessman who was involved in the pump industry and wanted to increase his customers by finding a way to pump water from below the ground. Together they created Halladay's Self-Governing Windmill. Their windmill was able to retrieve water from a well 28 feet deep and pump it up to storage tank over a 100 feet up.
Windmill Energy Conversion
Windmill Energy Conversion
The wind causes the blades to spin creating kinetic energy. According to ArgiTechTomorrow "The windmill’s turbine blades capture the energy from the wind and turn it into mechanical energy by spinning a generator that creates electricity." This energy conveting Windmill is different form a windmill water pump. A windmill water pump uses the mechanical energy to move a pump cylinder up and down pumping the water that is located below ground up into a storage tank.
Different types of Windmills
There are two main types of windmills HAWT(horizontal axis turbines) and VAWT( verical axis turbines). The main difference between the two is the blades have different shapes and the location of the gear box in HAWT windmill is on top of the turbine in contrast the location of the gear box in VAWT windmills is below the turbine. Another main difference is in the HAWT the electric generator in located on top of the tower while in the VAWT the electric generator is located on the ground.
How my Windmill works..
How my Windmill works..
My windmill mimics the same idea of a regular windmill water pump. The the wind causes the blades to spin (kinetic engery) . The blades are connected to the gear which spin as well causing a circle to rotate (mechanical energy.) The circle is connected to the syringe moving the syringe left an right and pumping the water up.
FUN FACT
The windmill tower is high because winds increase as altitude increase.
winds need to be 7mph in order for the windmill to operate.
the blades are slightly bent in order to capture the wind.
an average turbine would generate over 843,000 kWh per month—enough for more than 940 average U.S. homes.
1 kWh can power a 100 watt light bulb for up to 10 hours.
A turbine is a machine that transforms rotational energy from a fluid that is picked up by a rotor system into usable work or energy. Turbines achieve this either through mechanical gearing or electromagnetic induction to produce electricity.
Some community have a low elevation of water. The windmill allows the water to be transported and make their lives easier.
Most Windmills are purposely white in order not to attract attention in the environment. It is argue weather windmills should be green instead.
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