Wind Study | Yaw and Energy Efficiency
Ever wonder how wind turbines keep up with changing wind flows?
Our wind turbines rotate, or “yaw,” to face directly into the wind and capture it more effectively. A turbine’s yaw is an axis of rotation that changes the direction the turbine is facing.
This week’s homework asks you to calculate how much energy a yaw consumes, the energy output of the turbine after the yaw, how much energy the turbine would have produced if it didn’t yaw, and the difference between the two scenarios.
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And YAW better come back on Friday to check the answer! Ya hear?
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