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Wind Power for the World
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Wind Power for the World

by Preben Maegaard, Anna Krenz, Wolfgang Palz
June 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
676 pages
20h 39m
English
CRC Press
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of solid wood, the tower was an 18 m tubular tower held up by
four wires. The water brake was a closed Culver-type.
Figure 13.9 Water brake used on Gerlev windmill (left); Hydraulic
dynamometer of the bladed type (Culver-type
4
) (right).
Figure 13.10 Water brake windmill in Gerlev.
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Culver, E.vP. (1937) Investigation of a Simple Form of Hydraulic Dynamometer, in
“Mechanical Energy”, School of Engineering, Princeton University, p. 749.
Developing Water Brake Windmills
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Water Brake Windmills
The power was limited by a simple ...
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