Locktronics Fundamentals of Wind Energy

The Fundamentals of Wind Energy teaching solution explores the fundamentals of wind power generation, helping students to understand the operation of wind power plants. Provides a comprehensive platform for teaching and learning the core principles of wind energy conversion and turbine design. Through hands-on experimentation, students develop a clear understanding of how wind turbines generate and store energy, while evaluating the influence of design and environmental factors on overall performance. Including both a Savonius and three-blade rotor, this table top solution includes practical experiments demonstrating how factors such as wind speed, wind direction and rotor type, affect power output.

Learning objectives:

• Influence of the wind speed
• Start-up wind speed of a wind turbine
• Comparison of the start-up wind speed of a Savonius and a three-blade rotor
• Change the turbine voltage by connecting a consumer
• Examine the wind speed behind the rotor
• Energy balance sheet at a wind turbine
• Calculating the efficiency of a wind turbine
• Storing electric energy
• Energy conversion in a wind turbine
• Examine colour wheels using a wind turbine
• Comparison of a Savonius rotor and a three-blade rotor
• Comparison of two, three and four-blade rotors
• Characteristic curves of a wind turbine
• Influence of the wind direction
• Influence of the rotor blade pitch
• Influence of the rotor blade pitch on the start up speed of a wind turbine
• Influence of the blade shape

Note: RE6491 accessories kit (sold separately) is essential to use this kit.