Wind turbines convert wind energy to electricity for distribution. Conventional horizontal axis turbines can be divided into three components: 1  The rotor component, which is approximately 20% of the wind turbine cost, includes the blades for converting wind energy to low speed rotational energy.
Blood Banking & Donation. Blood banking refers to the process of collecting, separating, and storing blood. The first U.S. blood blank was established in 1936. Today, blood banks collect blood and separate it into its various components so they can be used most effectively according to the needs of the patient.
(Blood can be stored without freezing for as long as 42 days.). Most of Appleton's blood sales are through a clearinghouse operated by the American Association of Blood Banks in Arlington, Va. Cable's center is paid $48 for each pint it sells - $10 above what it charges local hospitals.Cable said the profit helps underwrite his blood bank's operations.In 1988, Cable agreed to sell 50 pints of whole blood a week to the Central Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington.bout 565 pints a month. To areas of the country where people are less generous about donating blood than people here in Appleton. Cable is executive director of the Community Blood Center Inc., the blood bank for this city of 58,000 people.