Long Blades Catch More Wind Then Short Blades
A short bow is faster
Most commercial turbines being assembled onshore in Sweden today (2012) have blades that are about 50 meters long. Offshore turbines have blades up to 70 meters. An 83 meter blade was sent to a testing facility in October of 2012.
The biggest turbines at the moment have blades over 50 metres long. The rotor diameter is then over 100 metres long, longer than a football field. Smaller home, or farm, turbines have blades up to 15 metres (50 feet). The blade length varies depending on output. Typical commercial wind turbines generating around 600kw have blades of 20m. you can find the approximate length of blades for your turbine if you know the required turbine output. L=( P/(Cp*0.5*density*pi*(wind velocity^3)))^0.5 value of Cp < 0.59. usually for good turbines 0.45
i think that a short one swims faster
The blades on a wind turbine can range from around 100 to 330 feet in length, depending on the size of the turbine. Larger turbines typically have longer blades to capture more wind energy.
A pair of scissors with long handles would be ideal, because you can produce more torque when you close your fingers a further distance from the pivot point. In short: long handle, short blade.
THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE EVASIVE. there are blades 50' long and there is blades 10' long. Unless you are specific nobody knows. And the actual cost is hidden usually from state to state because of taxes breaks.
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Short wavelengths travel faster than long wavelengths. This is because light travels at a constant speed, and since wavelength is inversely related to frequency (shorter wavelength means higher frequency), shorter wavelengths have higher frequencies and thus travel faster.
Wind turbines are unsightly;Wind is not steady;Birds and bats are killed striking the blades of turbines;There is a large up-front investment;The return on investment is typically so long that subsidies are necessary to make instalation of turbines financially feasible;Wind turbines are prone to damage from storms.
Gas turbines are typically much smaller and therefore cheaper. Also, steam turbines require a long time for the fuel (coal, oil, uranium) to heat up the water and so changes in power output are slow. Gas turbines rely partly on the burning and instant expansion of gases, meaning that turbines start and stop much faster.