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Wind Turbine Torque Elctrical vs Mechanical?

12/18/2012 4:36 PM

Could any one explain difference between electrical torque and mechanical torque in a wind power plant/turbine?

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Re: Wind turbine Torque elctrical vs mechanical?

12/18/2012 4:40 PM

<sigh>

Do you even bother performing an internet search yourself.

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12/18/2012 5:45 PM

This person is rude and demanding, and I will never help him, again.

See the thread below:

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12/18/2012 6:19 PM

It's sad really. I design and commission actual wind farms, but questions like this hardly inspire me to do anything more than say "perform an internet search, the answer's right there", especially when this is enough to answer the question.

On the subject, since when did supposed Engineers (posting on CR4) become so lazy or incompetent, and this is in general on CR4 from MANY different people stating they are Engineers but asking questions that, well you all know the rest and we all know who they are.

What are they teaching them now days because the number of questions like this seem to be on the rise. In my day (and yes the internet was around thank you) a big part of Engineering was about being given the tools (and basic knowledge) to go and find the answers yourself, and then actually going out and teaching yourself, not asking others to repeatedly answer simple questions that a trip to the internet or library would answer.

It is sad that we are seeing more of this from supposed Engineers while less from free energy and pseudoscience backyard inventors. At least they had no electrical qualifications and hence an excuse for asking stupid or dangerous questions, and they were unlikely to be in a position where they could endanger lives (unlike Engineers).

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12/19/2012 3:54 AM

If the 2 "Tech" boys we have are any indication, 3/5th's of buggerall.

3 years into the E&C course and they still haven't a clue on the basic building block electronic components. At least they're keen to learn..

Next year the curriculum is being dumbed down further and will remove all references to AC theory. So now we will have "aspiring" technicians with only the barest of electronics theory behind them, but nothing that will be of any use to prospective employers. Unless that employer is willing to train these howler monkeys from scratch..

When one of them identified a 1N4148 signal diode as a zener diode and a 7805 as a transistor, I knew I had to do some intensive remedial education. One of the lads is going into avionics, at least now he might know what he's looking at..The other lad wants to build a 555 based pwm project, his lecturers are remarkably obtuse in their advice (or lack of), its almost as if they (the teachers) don't have a clue themselves...

Who knows what the more "advanced" courses are teaching...

It proves the old adage "Those that can do, those that can't teach".

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12/19/2012 11:44 AM

That old "adage" is an affront to those of us that can do, can teach, and can consult. However the reason we can do all three is because we can both learn and be taught.

Learning and teaching are becoming two disjoint concepts, much to the detriment of society in general.

Perhaps that "adage" should be rephrased, "Those that can learn can be taught, those that won't learn can't be taught." Unfortunately we see too much of that on this forum.

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12/18/2012 5:00 PM

I could not find by googling. That is why I posted here...

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12/18/2012 5:28 PM

I did using your search requirements.

Please try again.

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12/19/2012 3:23 AM

Torque is a mechanical concept. The term <electrical torque> is therefore meaningless.

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12/19/2012 2:29 PM

Thanks every one for your comments. I know the theoritical explanation for mechanical and electrical torque. Which is Tg-Tt=(Jt+Jg)(dWg/dt) and I developed simulink model based on this mathematical formula.

I wanted to know practical use of electrical torque that is why I posted in CR4. Please dont presume that I am lazy to search it on internet.

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12/19/2012 2:39 PM

Please don't presume that I am lazy to search it on internet.

We can only base our assumptions on the content of your posts on CR4 (we don't know what you or others are thinking when you post a question after all).

If you don't provide enough information and explanation in your questions how are any of us supposed to know what you really want?

And this goes for all the other people asking questions on CR4. Many of us are quite brilliant, but we are not mind readers. Please provide as much information as possible for clearer and more relevant answers.

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