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Record 1 2013-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
DEF

[A vane used] for [the] overspeed control on American farm windmills [and oriented] in the same plane as the rotor disk.

OBS

This vane extended beyond the sweep of the rotor and was intended to furl the rotor during high winds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Dispositif que l'on utilisait pour tempérer la survitesse des moulins américains et qui était orienté dans le plan du disque du rotor.

CONT

Les moulins américains [...] Ces éoliennes sont pourvues d'un gouvernail de direction pour orienter le disque normalement à la direction du vent [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas - tipos
  • Energía eólica
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