Classification of Wind Turbines | Electrical Engineering
Basically, the wind turbines are of two types namely horizontal axis wind turbines, such as traditional farm windmills used for pumping water and the vertical axis wind turbines, such as the egg beater-style Darrieus model, named after its French inventor. Most large modern wind turbines are horizontal-axis turbines. In horizontal-axis turbines, the axis of rotation is horizontal with respect to [...]