1. Windmill Energy Production
A Team:
Jesse Fisher
Luis Stand, Eric Morrison
Brian Daniel, Joel Sausman
Windmill Energy Production

2. Concept overview Understanding of Engineering Concepts Mechanics
Electricity
Magnetism
Design
Generator
Mill
Blades
Materials/ Costs

3. Mechanics Summary Maximize wind produced by fan
Experimentally discovered area of max velocity
Maximize rotation of blades and shaft through generator
Reduce friction on contact points of shaft
Increase moment (τ=Fr) and angular velocity (ω=v/r) about shaft

4. Electrical Summary Create electric current
Perpendicular rotation of magnetic field with copper wire
Turn on light
1.5V required (V=IR)

5. Efficiency Methods to increase output and efficiency
Distance between rotating magnet and copper wire
Amount of copper wire
Strength of magnets
Material used for generator
Maintain adequate rotation
Reduce friction on rotating shaft
Maximize blade speed
P= ½ ρ A V^3

6. Design Summary
Generator
Base of Windmill
Blades

7. Construction issues Generating sufficient output
Perpendicular rotation of fields
Generator layouts
Blade Construction
Create rotation about shaft
Materials issues
Copper wire
Reduction of resistivity

8. Conclusions What we learned Team Work! Challenges
Things done different next time

9. Questions?