Wind Today

Mount Gilead, Oh--As costs for traditional fossil fuel sources keep increasing along with production costs to manufacture electricity many people, communities, businesses and government agencies have started to look towards a free “green” renewable energy source—wind.

Wind-generated electricity is now very close in cost to the power from conventional utility generation in some locations.

Wind energy is the world's fastest-growing energy source and will power industry, businesses and homes with clean, renewable electricity for many years to come.

In keeping with this year’s theme at NPE (National Plastics Exhibition) 2009 in Chicago of “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy” along with “Going Green” HPM America unveiled its newest product line—WIND TURBINES.

In introducing this new line of wind turbines HPM America will be addressing the needs of home owners, businesses, schools and universities, governmental institutions and other applications

The HPM America marketing campaign will be utilizing the slogan—“1 to 1—Your Total Community Wind Provider”

The new wind turbines from HPM America will be available from a small 1kW (kilo watt) unit to 1MW (mega watt).

Wind power generators are an excellent and modern source of electricity for people looking for a cost effective and environmentally friendly energy source.

People throughout the world are advocating for wind turbines and their positive effects on the environment.

HPM America is devoted to helping people purchase and attain wind power electricity sources.

The new HPM wind turbines will incorporate Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) technology which achieves more efficient wind power generation and is able to produce more power at lower wind speeds due to its coreless technology.

The ability of HPM generators to eliminate traditional cogging issues makes it the ideal candidate for wind turbine applications.

This new technology eliminates the need for a gearbox to be used as part of the wind turbine drive train thereby minimizing down time and reducing maintenance costs over the life of the system.

In AFPM generators, a coil is wrapped around a specially designed disc at the centre axis.

Magnetic discs then rotate on the sides of the coiled disc and generate electricity, consistent with Faraday’s Law.

This kind of power generating technology is therefore ideal for wind power generation because its initial operation torque (cut-in speed) is lower than the current Radial Flux Permanent Magnet (RFPM) method.

AFPM power generation is classified into two configurations, the inner type and outer type.

In the inner type configuration, only the magnetic disk rotates while the generator housing remains fixed.

In the outer type configuration, the whole generator body rotates by fixing the magnetic disk to the body.

Both configurations can be provided depending on the application specifications.

When the generator is operating and producing electricity, it produces heat.

As the heat increases, generator efficiencies decrease.

To solve this problem, our generators include a patented Liquid- Cooling system.

This drastically reduces the associated wear that high-temperatures can cause, and thus improves the life-span of our generators.

The HPM wind turbines operate using a technology that is not only innovative but has reduced the price point on our systems to ensure a faster return on investment to the end user.

For more information, call Gerard J. Sposato at 419.949.2206.

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