Description
Overview
With the renewable energy kit students can investigate key concepts around energy transformation and factors that affect the efficiency of wind turbines and solar (photovoltaic) cells. The setup is easy and can be done in the classroom or lab for fast results.
For a given wind speed the Number of Blades vs. Energy Outout
is shown. Blade length and pitch were kept costant.
Using PASCO sensors for voltage and current, students can explore the following concepts:
- Effect of angle, light intensity, and temperature of solar cell output
- Calculating solar cell and wind turbine efficiency
- The effect of number of blades, length, pitch, and shape on wind turbine power output
- Energy transformation, power curves, and efficiency
After exploring these concepts, students will be challenged to create a design for either solar or wind power that maximizes energy output under a given set of conditions. This is a great way to leverage the knowledge they’ve acquired for an engineering design challenge and bring STEM into your classroom.
Includes
The Renewable Energy Kit contains every thing needed for a single lab station.
- Long turbine blades (6)
- Short turbine blades (6)
- STEM adapters for student designed blades (6)
- Towers (2)
- Patch Cords (2)
Interface Required
To use this product you need a PASCO interface.
New to probeware or have questions about sensors or interfaces? Contact us, we’re here to help!
Software Required
This product requires or recommends PASCO software for data collection and analysis. Either SPARKvue software or PASCO Capstone software may be used.