Problem 1:

Constants:
Density of Air (kg/m^3) 1.2
Pi 3.141593

Variables:
Rotor Diameter (m) 90
Wind Speed for A)(m/s) 5
Wind Speed for B) (m/s) 15
Wind Speed for C) (m/s) 25
Actual Output for A) (kW) 250
Actual Output for B) and C) (kW) 3000

Problem 2:
Constants:
Days in a year (days) 365
Hours in a day (h) 24
Seconds in an hour (s) 3600

Variables:
Power Station Power (Gwe) 1
Energy Content of Coal (J/kg) 30000000
Energy Content of Natural Gas (J/kg) 55000000
Electrical Converting Efficiency 0.4
CO2 emissions per GDP (Tons/$1mill) 600
Set-up cost 1 Mwe Wind Turbine (mill) 2
Wind Turbine Capacity Factor 0.3
Wind Turbine Yearly Maintenance (%) 2
Lifetime of wind turbines (years) 20

Problem 3:
Constants:
Density of Air (kg/m^3) 1.2
Pi 3.141593

Variables:
Total Power Output (MW) 1000
Rotor Diameter (m) 90
Wind Speed (m/s) 11.94
Efficiency 0.3

Problem 4: v v^3
Mean wind speed in Spring (m/s) 8.57 629.4228
Mean wind speed in Summer (m/s) 5.75 190.1094
Mean wind speed in Fall (m/s) 3.71 51.06481
Mean wind speed in Winter (m/s) 6.64 292.7549

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 Part A: Part B: Part C:
Volume of air passing through turbine per second (m^3/s) 31808.63 95425.88 159043.1

Mass of air per passing through the turbine per second (kg/s) 38170.35 114511.1 190851.8

Power ( kinetic energy of the air per second) (kW) 477.13 12882.49 59641.17

Efficiency (actual output / predicted output) (%) 52.397 23.28742 5.030082

Part 1:
Input needed (J) 7.88E+16
Mass of Coal needed (M Tonnes) 2.63
Mass of CO2 Produced (M Tonnes) 9.64

Part 2:
Input needed (J) 7.88E+16
Mass of Natural Gas (M Tonnes) 1.43
Mass of CO2 Produced (M Tonnes) 3.94

Part 3:
Input Needed (Gwe) 3.33
Cost over lifetime of turbines ($ million) 9.33E+03
Mass of CO2 Produced per year (M Tonnes) 0.28

Power output by one turbine (W) 1949217.88

Number of turbines requires 513.03

Land area needed (km^2) 94.92

Mean Wind Speed cubed (<v>^3) 234.60

Mean Cubed Wind Speed (<v^3> 290.84
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