Wind energy by Cole Murray https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf Made with a wish on a star en-us 2019-09-24 15:28:58 UTC 2026-03-08 10:35:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Wind turbines operate on a simple principle. The energy in the wind turns two or three propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor is connected to the main shaft, which spins a generator to create electricity. cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/389522236 2019-09-25 15:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/389522236 If you place an object like a rotor blade in the path of that wind, the wind will push on it, transferring some of its own energy of motion to the blade. This is how a wind turbine captures energy from the wind. The same thing happens with a sail boat. When moving air pushes on the barrier of the sail, it causes the boat to move. The wind has transferred its own energy of motion to the sailboat. cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/389524302 2019-09-25 15:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/389524302 cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390096343 2019-09-26 15:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390096343 cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390096563 2019-09-26 15:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390096563 Cole's version: cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390100367 Wind turbines have blades that turn a gear box that go slower or faster and it goes to the generator, which creates electricity. ]]> 2019-09-26 15:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390100367 cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390102302 https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/how-do-wind-turbines-work]]> 2019-09-26 15:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390102302 cole_murray42 https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390702640 2019-09-27 18:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_murray42/wa3ae1q6kbqf/wish/390702640