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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What causes wind formation?
💡 Hint: Think about the sun's role.
What does the Betz limit refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider what proportion of energy can be captured.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the Coriolis effect responsible for?
💡 Hint: Consider how wind moves across the globe.
The Betz limit indicates that a wind turbine can extract up to 35% of wind energy.
💡 Hint: Think of the maximum theoretical value.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Calculate the potential energy that can be harnessed by a turbine if the average wind speed is increased from 10 m/s to 12 m/s. Assume the relationship is cubic.
💡 Hint: Use the cubic relationship of wind speed to energy.
You are tasked with designing a wind farm layout. Given 10 turbines with a rotor diameter of 80m, what would be the minimum spacing required to minimize wake interference?
💡 Hint: Think about how turbines interact with each other in terms of airflow.
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