Why always clockwise?
We all know what's clockwise. Which way the hands of clock swept over its face might not seem to matter. Because no matter it is clockwise or anti-clockwise the time will be told faithfully. In history it is quite an accident decision made arbitrarily. But without doubt it is convenient and efficient.
Similarly, this happens to turbine blade manufacturing industry. It is conventional to make wind turbine turn around clock-wisely. But a recent Germany discovery showed that it may not be that simple. The researchers build a computer system to stimulate the air flow get through the wind turbine. They found that in north hemisphere, the turbine blade will generated same power during the day time but at night the power output can be up to 20% higher if the upwind turbine switched anti clockwise.
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Why is it always clockwise?
We all know what's clockwise what clockwise means. Which The way ("direction" might be better here) the hands of the clock swept move over its face might not seem to matter. Because no matter if it is clockwise or anti-clockwise ("counterclockwise" is more commonly used, at least here in the United States) the time will be told faithfully. In history it is quite an accidental decision made arbitrarily. But without doubt it is convenient and efficient.
Similarly, this decision is made in happens to the turbine blade manufacturing industry. It is conventional to make wind turbines turn around clock-wisely (more natural to say "in a clockwise direction"). But a recent Germany discovery showed that it may not be that simple. The researchers build built a computer system to stimulate the air flow get through the wind turbine. They found that in the northern hemisphere, the turbine blade will generated generate the same power during the daytime, but at night the power output can be up to 20% higher if the upwind turbine is switched to anti clockwise.
Interesting topic, I may look this up later. Good job :)
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