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Comparative Studies | Mechanical Engineering | India | Volume 4 Issue 4, April 2015

Manufacturing and Material of Wind Mill: The Review

Ajinkya Patil | A. M. Naniwadekar

Abstract: A windmill is a machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. The name stuck when in the course of history, windmill machinery was adapted to supply power for many industrial and agricultural needs other than milling. The majority of modern windmills take the form of wind turbines used to generate electricity, or wind pumps used to pump water, either for land drainage or to extract groundwater. The wind wheel of the Greek engineer Heron of Alexandria in the first century AD is the earliest known instance of using a wind-driven wheel to power a machine. Another early example of a wind-driven wheel was the prayer wheel, which was used in ancient Tibet and China since the fourth century. A wind turbine is a machine that converts the wind's kinetic energy into rotary mechanical energy, which is then used to do work. In more advanced models, the rotational energy is converted into electricity, the most versatile form of energy, by using a generator.

Keywords: wind mill bled, manufacturing, material

Edition: Volume 4 Issue 4, April 2015,

Pages: 47 - 50