How fast are the tips of a power generating windmill spinning?
Answer:
The turbines in the source turn at up to 22 rpm (revolutions per minute) and have a diameter of 70 meters. Doing the math:
Circumference = Pi * diameter
=3.14 * 70
=220 meters.
22 rpm means the tips cover 22 times that distance in one minute which is 22 * 220 = 4,840 meters in one minute.
That is 4.84 km or about 3 miles a minute.
60 MPH is one mile per minute, so that wind turbine's tips are moving 180 miles per hour at top speed.
Whats the diameter and revolutions per minute?
A 60 foot blade travels diameter times pi per revolution.
60 x 3.14 = 188.4 feet per revolution
Multiply that by RPM for feet per minute.
If it turns a revolution in a second that is 60 RPM
60 x 188.4 = 11304 feet per minute or about 2 miles a minute
If you know the circumference and the RPM you have the answer.
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Based on the description of the wind turbine I see out my window (link), on which the tips travel ~140 mph, 200 mph wouldn't be out of the question.
Depends upon how fast the wind is blowing, the design of the blade, and how long the blade is.
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