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.
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
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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
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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
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Paul Gipe
Photos of Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory, …
Charts of Wind Tunnel Model Tests Smith-Putnam Air Turbine
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Paul Gipe
Charts from Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory, …
Final Report Model Tests Smith-Putnam Air Turbine
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Paul Gipe
57-page final report on Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim …
