Subject:- Renewable Energy Sources

Topic:- Wind Energy

Difficulty:- medium

Wind energy is conversion systems are called by various names as wind mills, wind generator, wind turbines, wind turbine generators etc.

The wind mills can be classified as :-

1) Based on orientation of the axis of rotor:-

• a) Horizontal Axis

• b) Vertical axis

2) Based on type of rotors :-

• a) Propeller type (Horizontal axis)

• b) Multiple blade type ( Horizontal Axis)

• c) Savonius type (Vertical axis)

• d) Darrieus type (vertical axis)