At 08:35 PM 12/07/2013, you wrote:
Thanks you to most of you who have provided informative responses!
I'm off to throw an orange-bellied parrot on the barbie....
Thanks & Regards,
Nelson Handcock
0409 149919
Thanks for linking to the article.
A quick back of the envelope calculation shows that a tens of
megawatt wind farm (like the one in question - 46.5Mw capacity) will
possibly have wake turbulence comparable to a medium sized passenger
airliner like a 737.
The problem with wake turbulence isn't the magnitude but the fact
that the energy is concentrated in small areas. No problem until you
run into them. Under normal circumstances I would expect the wake
turbulence downwind of a wind farm to be dispersed and relatively
harmless but if conditions are just right (wind the right direction
and strength, presence of an inversion, right spacing of the turbines
etc) this may not be so. Might make a nice academic research project
for someone. It would be nice to know. As Mythbusters would say, I'll
call that one plausible for now.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784
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P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia
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