Turbine blade model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CROSS-SECTION/WIND/VERTICAL AXIS
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0672.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC
- MODEL
- NRC RENEWABLE ENERGY EXHIBIT
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1978-1982
- Canada
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MODEL OF A MID-SIZE TURBINE BLADE DEVELOPED BY RAJ RANGI AND PETER SOUTH AT NRC. PART OF AN EXHIBIT LINKED TO THE 'RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT' SEPT 1978 - NOV 1982 IN A BUILDING AT THE RIDEAU FALLS FUNDED BY NRC; DEPT. OF ENERGY,MINES & RESOURCES; & PUBLIC WORKS. REFLECTS CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION FOLLOWING ENERGY CRISIS OF 1973 - Function
-
USED TO SHOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE TURBINE BLADES OF A PARTICULAR VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE DEVELOPED BY NRC - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF WIND TURBINE WAS DEVELOPED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ECONOMIES ARISING OUT OF LARGE SCALE WIND TURBINES. THE CANADIAN WIND POWER INDUSTRY BELIEVED AT THE TIME THAT SMALLER TURBINES DID NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY IN RELATION TO THEIR COST - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED ALUMINUM
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Turbine blade model, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1983.0672, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0672.001/
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