Deck 10: Wind Turbine Power for Your Home

Question 1

Hybrid generating systems consist of a combination of two or more types of ____________________ that feed current through a common set of balance of system components to the end user.

Answer 1

generators

Question 2

Explain why an easement might be required prior to installing a wind turbine generating system.

Answer 2

Before installing a wind turbine generating system, you should check to be sure no structure can be built and no trees planted on adjacent property that will block or deflect the wind from your system.If this is a possibility, you might seek an easement from the property owner specifying that no such structures will be build.Such an agreement is binding regardless of changing land ownership.

Question 3

Wind turbines are synonymous with windmills.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

While a(n) ____________________ is not essential for a wind turbine system, it is a good investment for installations where the risk of losing grid power occasionally is substantial.

Question 5

A(n) ____________________ is the most visually attractive mounting, but also the most expensive.

Question 6

A(n) ____________________ controls charge current from both the solar array and the wind turbine into the battery bank to keep it within optimum operating and safety limits.

Question 7

To connect your wind turbine system to the grid, you will probably need to sign a(n) ____________________ agreement with your power provider.

Question 8

Wind turbines for residential applications range in size from 50 watts to ____________________ kW.

Question 9

Describe why a hybrid system can generate more electricity at a more constant rate and over a longer period of time than either a solar PV system or a wind turbine system could do alone.

Question 10

For a grid-connected system, the only required meter is a smart meter that will keep track of the electricity the home system produces and the electricity used from the grid.

Question 11

Describe the structure and limitations of a guyed monopole.

Question 12

The most common type of turbine is one with a horizontal axis and a two, three, or four bladed rotor.

Question 13

Describe the balance of system equipment required for a residential grid-connected system that generates DC current.

Question 14

____________________ ensure that a grid-connected system can be isolated from the grid when necessary to prevent it from feeding power into the grid when people are working on the grid transmission and distribution systems.

Question 15

Explain how wind turbines can be protected from lightning strikes.

Question 16

A free-standing lattice is generally the least expensive type of tower.

Question 17

Identify two additional factors besides average wind speed that you should consider when deciding to install a system.

Question 18

Discuss the main advantage of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) for residential applications.

Question 19

Generally, any location with an annual average wind speed of ____________________ miles per hour or greater has sufficient wind energy to drive a turbine enough hours each year to make the system cost effective.

Question 20

Wind turbine systems, like photovoltaic generating systems, produce DC electricity.