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Report from the Small Wind Research & Demonstration Facility Beech Mountain, NC Brent Summerville. 4th Annual Small Wind Power Conference June 17-18, 2008 Stevens Point, WI. Beech Mountain, NC. SWI Research & Demonstration Site Beech Mountain, NC. Research Acoustics Performance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Report from the Small Wind Research & Demonstration FacilityBeech Mountain, NCBrent Summerville
4th Annual Small Wind Power ConferenceJune 17-18, 2008Stevens Point, WI
Beech Mountain, NC
SWI Research & Demonstration SiteBeech Mountain, NC
Research•Acoustics•Performance•Avian Impacts
Workshops•Introductory
•Advanced training•Bring in Experts
•Installations
Demonstration•Students
•Public•Always open
Beech Mountain Turbines: Current
SWWP AirX [45’]
SWWP Whisper 100 [80’]
SWWP Skystream [70’]
SWWP Air Breeze [45’]
SWWP Skystream [34’]
Jacobs 31-20 [120’]
ARE 110 [105’]
DosSkystreams
• 35’ monopole– Setup as a battery
charger– Backfeeding a 48V
Grid-tie Outback Inverter
• 70’ Tilt-up– Batteryless Grid-tie– With 70’ met tower
Skystreams: Performance comparison
Skystreams: Performance comparison
Vavg* (mph) TI70' Skystream 14.4 .2135' Skystream 11.6 .39
wind shear alpha 0.37% increase in Vavg 24%
Wind shear Turbulence Intensity
TI = std dev Vavg
* 10-min avg data
Skystreams: Performance comparison
Skystreams: Performance comparison
Energy (kWh)
70' 2,38335' 1,499
% increase windspeed
24%
% increase energy
59%
Skystreams: The latest update is a welcome change
July
06
Jan
07
Jan
08
New 2.0 softwareNew Xbee radios
Skystreams: May update
Skystreams: May update
70' Skystream: May 2008
70' Skystream Vavg 15.0 mph
70' Skystream Max gust 68.7 mph
70' Skystream energy 440 kWh
70' Skystream max power 3856.5 W
70' Skystream max 10-min avg 2432.5 W
Other observations
35' Skystream Vavg 10.9 mph
Air Breeze max power 270.6 W
AirX max power 1172.8 W
ARE110 Workshop
ARE110 Workshop
ARE110 Workshop
ARE110 Workshop
Waiting on wind……..
ARE110 Sound Study
How does the sound of the ARE110 compare with the ambient sound level?
Air Breeze Sound Study
Next Turbines?
Mariah PowerWindspire?
Earth Turbine ? 8-foot Hugh
Piggott Axial Flux?
Brent [email protected] Questions?