After you complete this course, you

will be able to:

>Understand and use different

wind scales

>Operate a hand-held

anemometer

>Locate a good site and

then install a data-logging

anemometer

>Install, set up, and operate

Windware software

>Collect and analyze wind data

>Graph wind data

>Understand, interpret, and use

important wind data variables

>Describe a HAWT wind driven

electrical generator

>Describe an up-wind HAWT

and a down-wind HAWT

>List some pros and cons of a

HAWT system

>List some pros and cons of a

HAWT system

>Assemble and operate a

HAWT

>Generate electricity using a

HAWT

>Use a multimeter to measure

both voltage and current:

output from your HAWT

(continued)

>Calculate power once you

know voltage and current

>Calculate power once you

know air density, blade area,

and wind speed

>Prepare a graph that visually

shows the power generated by

a HAWT using various wind

speeds

>Predict how well a HAWT will

perform by observing its tail

>Tell the history of the vertical

axis wind machines

>Understand and describe how

a VAWT operates

>Assemble and operate a

VAWT

>Generate electricity by a

VAWT

>Prepare a graph that visually

shows the power generated by

a VAWT using various wind

speeds

>List the pros and cons of a

VAWT system

>Describe a lead-acid battery

>Describe several types of leadacid

batteries

>Turn a lead-acid battery into

an alkaline battery

>List ways of rejuvenating a

sulfated battery

(continued)

>Properly charge and recharge a

battery

>Use a wind turbine to produce

heat & light with direct current

>Use an inverter to change direct

current into alternating current

>Use an inverter’s AC to power

household appliances

>List the benefi ts of using a

battery with a wind turbine

system

>Introduction

>Wind and Anemometers

>Collecting and Analyzing Wind

Data

>The Horizontal Axis Wind

Turbines (HAWTs)

>The Vertical Axis Wind

Turbines (VAWTs)

>Lead-Acid Batteries and Their

Reconditioning

>Powering a Load

>Appendix A-Batteries

>Appendix B-DOE Handbook,

Primer on Lead-Acid Storage

Batteries