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Wind Pump Documents
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TeacherGeek Quick
Start Guide (Easy Engineering Guide)
Teachergeek Wind Pump Activity
Guide
Teachergeek Blade and Hub Build Guide
Wind Pump Activity
The essence of life
is water. Water is moved from one location to another for daily life activities
such as drinking, cooking, cleaning or irrigating. As well, it may be removed
from a location as in the case of flooding. When you design your wind pump,
explore new applications, calculate the ability to do work and experiment with
how performance changes with varying conditions. The hub design permits easy
change out of the blades. From found materials you will experience how the
size, shape, number (2,3 or 6) and contour of blade design effects
performance. Research how each blade design relates to wind speed, duration and
distance from the source. How do you see these factors relating to actual wind
turbines around the world? When you build the geared transmission, experiment
with the size of gears to aim for more power or speed. Now correlate this with
your blade design to meet your goal. Then add the TeacherGeek pump. Calculate
the changes as you move the water higher. With all the knowlege you
have gained, what improvement can you make?
Wind Pumps
Teach...
- The Engineering Design Process
- Simple machines
- Components
- Energy
- Fluid Mechanics
- Aerodynamics
- Systems and Subsystems
- Mechanisms
- Methods of Construction
- Adaptability
- Creativity and Ingenuity
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