To compensate,
engineers design turbine hardware to have adjustable blade angles to shed surplus wind energy or to capture more.
Not exact matches
«
Engineers design, test taller, high - strength concrete towers for wind
turbines.»
Nonetheless, some
engineers have tweaked the vertical
turbine designs to improve their efficiency and cost - effectiveness.
«As the industry matures,» added Brian Polagye, a mechanical
engineer at the University of Washington in Seattle, «it should be possible to
design turbines that are both highly efficient and robust, but we're still in the learning stages.»
Inspired by the «visual
engineering» found in the famous Blower Bentleys, the lights outline a mesh - covered
turbine fan
design.
Before working for The Motley Fool, David spent more than a decade as an
engineer,
designing and developing gas
turbines at both Rolls - Royce and General Electric.
Throughout the development of wind
turbines, many prototypes were created, and many of the first ones
designed are still used today, just with more modern
engineering.
Mechanical
engineers have emulated these shapes to
design fans and
turbines that are nearly silent.
Let's jail all those inept
engineers who
design boilers that need time to heat up or cool down, or
turbines that suffer from inertia.
To
design and build the Haliade - X platform, GE Renewable Energy is relying on an unprecedented collaboration across the GE portfolio, leveraging the knowledge of GE's Onshore wind team, with 50,000
turbines in the field; the blade expertise of LM Wind Power; the GE Power and GE Aviation
engineers for peer reviews of component and systems
design; the Global Research Center for control systems and component validation; and GE Digital for supporting digital modelling, analytics and app development.
Advancing offshore
turbine and foundation
design requires
engineers in the mechanical, electrical, and geotechnical specialties.
The company's V2
turbines are based on the work of the Finnish
engineer Savonius, who invented his eponymous Savonius wind
turbine in 1922, but according to Venger, their V2
design is a big step forward from previous iterations of the unique vertical axis
turbine design.
Due to the varied nature of a mechanical
design engineer role, this question could as easily refer to gas
turbine basics as it could to beam bending.
«Energy production relies on mechanical
engineers to
design, build and maintain structures and systems that collect, contain and transmit vast amounts of energy, from wind
turbine blades, gearboxes and towers to high pressure boilers and nuclear reactors.»
Mechanical
engineers at an oil service company are responsible for
designing the equipment and machines that the offshore
engineers and technicians depend on, such as pipelines, valves and
turbines, making sure that it is reliable, efficient and safe to use.
Responsibilities: • Collaborated with
engineering team in the
design and development of gas
turbine combustion systems advanced technology.
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SUMMARY Professional Ph. D mechanical
engineer with 40 years of experience in the
design, troubleshooting, installation, operation, and control of rotating equipment including compressors, gas
turbines, steam
turbines and pumps.
Oversee
turbine modifications to ensure conformance with
engineering design and performance specifications.