Consider a design of wind turbine with rated power of 500 kW and blade length of 25m. What is the blade length required if the wind turbine is scaled up to generate 850 kW rated power? (1.5 Points) 42.5 m 32.6 m none of these 30.6 m
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In general, the rated power of a wind turbine is proportional to the square of the blade length. So, if we have a wind turbine with a rated power of 500 kW and a blade length of 25m, we can set up the following equation: (500 kW) / (25m)^2 = (850 kW) / Show more…
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