UCS 1001 Critical Thinking And Communication

According to the article “ Possible to dramatically increase power density in wind farms with SeaTwirl’s vertical axis turbines'' published on Seatwirl (Johansson, 2022), it states that in wind farm designs, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) outperformed Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) due to their superior power density, quicker wake recovery, and increased turbulence generation. SeaTwirl enlisted Dr. Pablo Ouro from the University of Manchester to conduct research on optimal wind farm configurations, featuring 25 turbines of 10 MW each arranged in five rows. They observe that the slender VAWTs, taller with a smaller diameter, achieved a remarkable power density of nearly 19 MW/km2, surpassing the 2.65 MW/km2 of typical HAWT setups. This aspect ratio flexibility enhances SeaTwirl's appeal to developers for dense offshore wind farms (Johansson, 2022). Listing its features, the offshore VAWT has wind blades attached to the turbine body, an energy converter, a buoyant...

According to the article "offshore floating wind turbine ‘seatwirl’ stores kinetic energy to stabilize voltage” posted at designboom(Matthew, B, 2022), it introduces the SeaTwirl vertical axis turbine(VAWT). According to the article, Seatwirl uses kinetic energy from the wind pushing its blades to produce electrical energy as one of its functions. In terms of features, the SeaTwirl VAWT consists of a dynamic wind turbine, a vertical axis wind turbine blades, and a floating turbine body. The dynamic wind turbine enables the SeaTwirl VAWT to withstand high wind speeds that are experienced further out in the ocean. The blades of the SeaTwirl VAWT can utilize wind regardless of its direction. The floating wind turbine body enables the SeaTwirl VAWT to operate on waters with depths lower than 200 meters. 

JiaLe and I watch a video about Vertical Axis wind turbine aerodynamics and design on youtube. We utilize ChatGPT to provide an overview of the topic as well as to list companies who use Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT). Following that, we use Google Scholar to look up VAWT articles and patents. We produce a summary and overview of the topic using the publications and patents.

  Subject: Self-Introduction Letter - Keris Dear Professor Brad, I am Keris, a first-year student at SIT, deeply passionate about mechanical engineering. This trimester, I am excited to attend your classes for critical thinking and communication. I graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in engineering with business. Despite having the option to focus on either business or engineering, I wholeheartedly chose engineering, specifically in the field of mechanical engineering. Over the course of three years, I not only acquired knowledge but also discovered my true passion for mechanical engineering. During my internship at EOS Singapore, an additive manufacturing company, I was initially involved in software-based data entry and non-technical tasks. However, what truly ignited my passion was observing application engineers engaged in the intricate process of transforming engineering drawings into physical parts through 3D printing. This experience fueled my curiosity and ...