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How Does A Windmill Generate Electricity?

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    The windmill generates electricity in a very simple way. The basic principle behind electricity generation using a windmill is the conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy. A windmill has large blades, multiple blades per windmill, that moved as the wind acted on them. Once the wind blew the blades started swivelling. The blades move based on the different air pressures - high and low - created on their surface. The blade of a windmill is basically connected to a shaft. This shaft is connected to a generator. The movement of the blades produces the mechanical energy, which in turn is converted into electrical energy courtesy the electrical generator.

    Though there was lot of enthusiasm regarding using a windmill to create electricity earlier on, the interest died out over a period of time as the windmill was found to be not as efficient as required to generate electricity steadily. However, now experiments have shown that it is possible to generate electricity efficiently using a windmill, and it is back in contention as a very viable alternative source of energy.
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    Daisysarma 

    answered 3 years ago

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    Sanket8289

    Sanket8289

    commented 4 weeks ago

      A windmill generates electricity by the use of motion....when wind pushes the blades a shaft rotates inside an alternator which builds up friction which is then regulated to electrical current and can be used in whatever ways are needed depending on the size of the windmill tells you how much electrical current can be produced
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      Reo806 

      answered 8 months ago

        How much does a large windmill generate in a year
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        Guest

        Guest 

        answered 8 months ago

        The wind blows into the blades or sails, rotating them. The blades rotating cause a main shaft to spin. The spinning of the main shaft turns the gear motor. Then, the gear motor generates the generator resulting in electricity.
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        Guest

        Guest 

        answered 7 months ago

        Blades of the windmills is connected to shaft, to which it is connected to the commutator.
        From commutator it is to be connected to armature. So by rotating the shaft commutator as well as armature will rotates ,so by the conductors a magnetic flux is produced in armature and in field poles.hence voltage is induced.

        Actually current is passed through brushes which is fixed .
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        Srikan 

        answered 4 months ago

          Those parts on a wind mill spin to make oxygen to make energy
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          Guest

          Guest 

          answered 1 month ago

          The wind turns some blades that turns windings on a iron bar
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          Bartis 

          answered 1 month ago

          Using a abattery
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          Guest 

          answered 5 days ago

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