Question: A three - blade wind turbine with a 9 0 m rotor diameter operates with a tip speed ratio of 1 0 . ( a

A three-blade wind turbine with a 90m rotor diameter operates with a tip speed ratio of 10.
(a) What is the efficiency?
(b) What fraction of the Betz limit is achieved?
(c) What is the actual power output in kW for a wind speed of 11 m/s?
(d) For the wind speed in part (c), what is the actual blade tip velocity?
(e) For the wind speed in part (c), how long does it take the rotor to make one rotation?
(f) Draw a wind farm composed of 25(5x5 array) of these units. If these units displace the same power of coal-fired power from the portfolio, what is the annual CO2 reduction (kilogram mass basis) provided by this farm, assuming that 40% of the units operate 75% of the year, and 80% of the units operate 20% of the year, and 100% of the units operate during the remaining peak.

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