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Ebrown

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What is Betz's law and why is it important?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is a power curve for a wind turbine and how is it used?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Betz's law states that the highest theoretical efficiency a wind turbine can achieve is

59.3 for an ideal wind turbine. Wind turbine efficiency is the ratio of maximum power obtained from the wind to the total power available in the wind. Betz's law is important to wind turbine designers to understand the maximum power available in the wind.

Answer to Question 2

The power curve indicates how much power a wind turbine should produce for a particular wind speed. The maximum value from the wind power curve may be used for comparisons between different models.



Ebrown

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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Great! Please up vote :D



 

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