Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural

Abstract

MOURA, Luis Fernando Silva and SOUZA, Teófilo Miguel de. Cata-vento: método de seleção e resultados obtidos pelo centro de energia renováveis da UNESP - campus Guaratinguetá. In Procedings of the 5th Encontro de Energia no Meio Rural, 2004, Campinas (SP) [online]. 2004 [cited 15 October 2024]. Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022004000100038&lng=en&nrm=iso> .

Windmills are always a good option to promote irrigate in areas with adequate potential wind. Its correct selection can guarantee the enough water suply with minimum cost. Since April 2004 the "Centro de Energias Renováveis da Unesp - Campus Guaratinguetá" has tested a commercial windmill with 18 blades rotor and 3,4 diameter meters, that in a area with approximately 3 m/s average wind speed, has been obtained a average daily 1500 water liters. This volumn is enough to suply a small country state, however, it could be get with a smaller capacity machine, if this worked properly.

Keywords : Cata-vento; seleção de cata-ventos; velocidade do vento; viabilidade; potência hidráulica.