Plenary Lecture
Study Regarding the Use of Wind Energy in the Area of Water Supply
Associate Professor Badea Lepadatescu
Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management
Transilvania University of Brasov
Romania
E-mail: lepadatescu@unitbv.ro
Abstract: In the paper is presented a solution to solve the problem of water supply for an isolated small community where the area posses an outstanding wind potential. It is a place with a few buildings which are located near a river and is needed water for daily requirements. The water must be taken from the river and send it to a tank from where it is sending anytime where is needed. It was taken into consideration two types of wind turbine, one with horizontal axis and other with vertical axis. After studying the advantages of each one it was taken a decision to produce and install a wind turbine with horizontal axis.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Badea Lepadatescu is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management of Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1998 in the area of machining through superfinishing process. After he graduated he worked five years as design engineer at Roman truck factory in the field of manufacturing processes where he designed many devices and special machine tools especially for superfinishing process. Started on 1982 he worked as research engineer at Transilvania University of Brasov, and after 1997 he is teaching at Department of Manufacturing Engineering. His main academic interests include Tolerance and Dimensional Control, Manufacturing Engineering Processes, Automation Processes, and Renewable Energy Sources. The research accomplishments are reflected through publications in a five books and authored or co-authored over 120 papers published at international conferences. He has extensive experience in both experimental and theoretical research work having more than 50 contracts with factories to design and produce machine tools for machining processes. Also in the field of Renewable Energy Sources together with a team he made two wind turbines, one with horizontal axis for taking water, and one with vertical axis to produce electric energy. He has been speaker to international conferences, has moderated forums, organized symposia, workshops and sessions at major international conferences.