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Wind Generators. Tom Rebold Monterey Peninsula College [email protected]. Need to know…. Basic Electricity Measurements Power Calculations Power in wind, electricity, and movement of water Wind Tower Design (engineering statics) Wind generator blade design (aerodynamics) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Wind GeneratorsTom ReboldMonterey Peninsula [email protected]
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Need to know…•Basic Electricity Measurements
•Power Calculations ▫Power in wind, electricity, and movement of
water
•Wind Tower Design (engineering statics)
•Wind generator blade design (aerodynamics)
•Water Pump Design (hydraulics)
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Electrity: Three Main Invisible Quantities•Voltage, V, Volts
▫Provides the “push” •Current, I, Amperes (Amps)
▫Flow of Electrons▫Amount of Current is dependent on Voltage
and Resistance•Resistance, R, Ohms ()
▫Limits the amount of current
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Safe Levels•Voltage: 30 V
▫Voltages inside a computer do not exceed 12 V, except at the power supply and power switch, which are at 120 V.Be careful in these areas!
•Current: 5 mA (0.005 Amperes)
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Voltage Can Be Provided From…•A battery
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Voltage Can Be Provided From…•A generator
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Current•…is simply the flow of electrons•Direction depends on convention
Conventional Current Flow (+) to (-)
Electron Current Flow (-) to (+)Electron flow is from (-) to (+) (flow of electrons)Conventional flow is from (+) to (-) (hole flow)
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Resistors – Basic Specs•Can be rated by…
▫Resistance (Ohms, )▫Tolerance (% of nominal value)▫Power Rating (Watts)
•Schematic Symbol…
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Resistors – Types•Fixed
Variable (Potentiometer, Rheostat)
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Resistors – Color Code
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Resistors –Colour Code Example
3 3 102
5%(gold)
1st band: orange = 3 2nd band: orange = 3 3rd band: red = 2 (i.e. 102) 4th band: gold = 5%
33 x 102 =
3300 = 3.3 k
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Resistors – Typical Power Ratings
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Ohm’s Law
RVI
“Current (I) is proportional to Voltage (V) and inversely proportional to
Resistance (R)”
RIV IVR
UNITS: 1 Volt across 1 Ohm produces 1 Amp of current
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Calculate the current in this circuit using Ohm’s Law3
6VI
RVI
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Calculate the current in this circuit using Ohm’s Law1.5
6VI
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Calculate the current in this circuit using Ohm’s Law3
3VI
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Calculate the current in this circuit using Ohm’s Law300
6VI
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How Many Volts across Resistor?
2A
300
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Ohm’s Law, Including Power
Reproduced by permission of Tony van Roon, 2002 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon
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How Many Watts dissipated by Resistor?
2A
300
P=I2R
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1.5
6VI
P=I2R = V2/R = IV
How Many Watts dissipated by Resistor?
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Water Pump
Wind Generator
I
P=I2R = V2/R = IV
For your Wind generator, same calculations apply
To find the power delivered to our pump, we will have to measure V and I
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Complete System Drawing
Fuse
Pump
10 ft wire
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Wind and Hydro Power Calculations•How much power is in the wind?
•How much power does it take to pump a liter of water 2 m uphill in 5 minutes?
•How can we evaluate how effective our wind system is at pumping water?
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Engineering a Power Conversion System
Wind Electrical Pumping
Power Power Power
Each conversion results in a loss of power
50 W 5 W 1 W
This system has an overall efficiency of 1/50 or 2%In subsequent designs, engineers would try to improve the efficiency
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The Power in the Wind • From basic physics we have “Kinetic Energy”
▫K = ½ M V2
K = energy in Joules (or N-m, or even KW-hr) M = mass, kg V = velocity of object, m/s
• In the context of wind, we can determine the mass of the cylinder of air that hits our generator in a certain time interval.
• Power is the amount of Kinetic Energy we capture divided by the time we are gathering it. ( Watts)
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Hydraulic Power•In order to pump a mass m kg of water h
meters uphill, we require an amount of energy equal to ▫E = m g h (Joules) where g = 9.8
m/s2
•To pump uphill in T seconds, would require a power of ▫P = E/T (Watts)
•Suppose m = 1 kg, d = 2 m, T = 60 s▫P = 1 x 9.8 x 2 / 60 = .3 W
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Tower Design•In ENGR 8
You can determinetension in cables!
•Keep tower simple. 2x4 with 4 cordsattached to stakes
•Mount motor using steel bands and screws
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Thoughts on Propeller Blade Design•http://www.practicalaction.org/docs/energ
y/blades_manual.pdf
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Balance•By all means, make sure you balance your
blades before testing!
•Use some small weights, coins, anything to make sure the blades are evenly weighted.
•Otherwise your generator could quickly destroy itself!
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Pump Construction•http://www.ircwcc.org/manual/PUMP/PUMPS.
HTMhttp://bb_ops.tripod.com/RC_Combat/Hind_Pump.htm