• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Main navigation

  • The Association
    • Our Members
    • Executive Board
    • Projects
      • Member Projects
      • WE Projects
    • Join us!
    • Sponsoring us
  • Small Wind Systems
    • Small Wind Turbines – The Basics
    • The Piggott Turbine
    • Wind Resource Assessment – The Basics
  • Working Groups
    • Delivery Models
    • Education
    • Maintenance
    • Market Assessment
    • Measurement
    • Technology
  • Resources
    • Document Library
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • Reviews
      • Vendor Reviews
      • Product Reviews
    • Links
  • Contact
  • Forum
  • Login

October 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Performance testing and design of small axial flux permanent magnet wind turbines for developing countries

Joost Sterenborg

Proposal number: 01
Revision number: 00
Proposal owner: Joost Sterenborg
Date: 01/03/2011
Background:Describe the background situation that leads to this project proposal – why should we do this? When we have more detailed insight in the behavior and performance of the wind turbine, we can use this as a benchmark to see when we try to make design improvements. In order to compare and learn from turbine changes it is important to have not too many parameters changed at the same time. A wind tunnel can provide the possibility to re-simulate the same environmental conditions when you are measureing.Furthermore, the measurements can be used to build and validate a computer model. The computer model can be used to predict the change in turbine performance when making a design change.

We got the great opportunity to make use of the wind tunnel OJF from the areospace faculty at TU Delft.

Objective: The objective of this project is to identify the performance of a small axial flux wind turbine, based on the design by Hugh Piggott. Bottlenecks will be identified and listed. From these bottlenecks ideas for possible improvements will be created and applied in building a new wind turbine.
Description deliverable: Describe the product outcome of the project – what will be delivered, and in which format? Time series of the following channels of original and new design of turbine at windspeeds between 3-25 m/s:
Yaw angle – Rotational velocity – Vane position – Exerted Torque – Temperature – Wind speed – Airdensity, strain gauge in tower in fore-aft bending mode – Amperage and Voltage.Documented: the test setup, set of measurement conditions, new design, results and comparison of performance between designs.
Approach: Described the methodology to be used in the project – how are we going to achieve our targets? The first set of wind turbine tests will result in a powercurve for the potential aerodynamic performance for different types of loads on the turbine. From a second set of wind tunnel tests the real powercurve will result. In this test the complete generator system including the battery will be tested. From this test also the furling behaviour will be identified. These first wind tunnel tests will clarify the performance of the wind turbine and make bottlenecks visible. Next to the wind tunnel test also experience and feedback from the field is required, to make a plan for an improvement of the wind turbine. The new design will be tested in the wind tunnel again and compared to the current design.
Estimated capacity & competences needed: Master student with Aerospace background – 6 months full time
Daily supervisor that has wind tunnel test experience – Flexible availability
Contruction manufacturer to help incorporate measurement devices on turbine – Flexible availability
Share

Filed Under: Research projects

windempowerment

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Time limit is exhausted. Please reload CAPTCHA.

Primary Sidebar

Donate via PayPal

Instagram Feed

Something is wrong.
Instagram token error.
Load More

Newsletter

Recenly Published

  • 500rpm: Presenting the “Rural Development with Wind Energy Program” in Patagonia (Informe en Espanol)

    500rpm: Presenting the “Rural Development with Wind Energy Program” in Patagonia (Informe en Espanol)

    November 24, 2019
    A project to teach and illuminate. Recovery of energy systems of rural schools in Patagonia with wind energy 2019 has been an incredibly creative year …Read More »
  • Nepal National Market Assessment Final Report

    Nepal National Market Assessment Final Report

    November 18, 2019
    In the first half of 2018 Wind Empowerment members Alfie Alsop and Kimon Silwal (of the Kathmandu Power and Energy Group, or KAPEG) worked together …Read More »
  • KAPEG small wind turbine testing in ICCS-NTUA through EriGRID Transnational Access

    KAPEG small wind turbine testing in ICCS-NTUA through EriGRID Transnational Access

    November 13, 2019
    Wind Empowerment member KAPEG (Nepal) participated last year in an ERIGrid Transnational Access to conduct lab tests of KAPEG’s axial flux permanent magnet generator (AFPMG) in a …Read More »

Tags

500rpm Argentina Blade Design collaboration Conference data-logger datalogger design Education WG Ethiopia funding grid connection India INTI Ireland magnets maintenance market assessment Market Assessment WG Nepal open-source Patagonia Peru Piggott Piggott Wind Turbines power curve Production PureSelfMade Resource Assessment Small Wind Turbines summary test site Turbine installer uk v3 power WEAthens2014 webinars WEIndia2018 wind Wind Empowerment wind turbine Wind Turbines WISIONS workshop Workshop teacher

Footer

Blog archive

Follow us on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Donate to our work!

Search on the website

© 2014 Wind Empowerment · Email: info@windempowerment.org
Wind Empowerment is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the charities commission of the UK · Charity number: 1165510