News & Articles on Large Wind Power
Large wind turbines are those used to generate commercial quantities of electricity. This category includes single turbines used in distributed applications as well as arrays of multiple wind turbines used in a wind power plant.
Smith-Putnam Photos Newly Posted
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Paul Gipe
We’ve finally posted the nearly 70 photos of the construction of the famous Smith-Putnam wind turbine of the 1940s on …
Smith-Putnam Patents & Patent Drawings
By
Paul Gipe
While searching for an original copy of the Smith-Putnam film, Gabriel Altman came across the patents for the turbine by …
Palmer Putnam’s 1 MW Wind Turbine
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External Source
This article was initially published in Today’s Engineer on May 2013 from https://ethw.org/Palmer_Putnam’s_1.5_MW_Wind_Turbine Supplying electrical power generated from wind to …
Smith-Putnam Wind Tunnel Tests
By
Paul Gipe
Prior to construction of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine Palmer Putnam ordered wind tunnel tests of various blade designs and blade …
Drawings of the Airfoils Used in the Wind Tunnel Tests
By
Paul Gipe
The drawings of the airfoils used in the Stanford wind tunnel tests are in a large format. To scan and …
Photos of Wind Tunnel Model Tests Smith-Putnam Air Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
Photos of Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory, …
