Tripalium Week

Within the wonderful TiEole workshop, the Tripalium association is meeting this week for its annual general assembly. Members from all over France are converging to Valence to discuss new developments within the association such as the newly found interest in electronics.

The week will be roughly organized as in the table below:

Day 1 – Monday 26th September

Pre-General Assembly

The first morning is dedicated to discuss several issues of the Tripalium network. Among the many issues are:

  • Tripalium’s website (found here)
  • How to fund projects within Tripalium
  • The focus of the association
  • The emergence of electronics within the network

Charge controller workshop

In the afternoon a workshop took place to explain the new charge controller system which is under development for small wind and grid tied systems.

Wind Empowerment Presentation

In the evening there was a presentation of Wind Empowerment during dinner. The discussion was focused on the WEPatagonia2016 conference, how W.E. is funded and potential project funding for Tripalium.

Tripalium Pre-General Assembly
Maintenance WG Coordinator Explaining the Maintenance Survey
1st Day Dinner
Wind Empowerment Presentation

Day 2 – Tuesday 27th September

General Assembly

The Sun rose to a cloudy Valence as everyone got ready for Tripalium’s General Assembly. The agenda will be roughly:

  • General presentation
  • Members’ projects for next year
  • Finance
  • Electronics within Tripalium

Datalogger workshop

Aworkshop for wind dataloggers followed the general assembly of Tripalium. Gilles LONGUET, member of Tripalium and electronics enthousiast, has explained the details of the open-source datalogger. The proposed technology is capable of:

  • Wind speed and direction
  • Input AC Power
  • Output DC Power
  • RPM speed
  • Outside temperature
Beginning of the General Assembly
Datalogger Workshop

Day 3 – Wednesday 28th September

Charge Controller Workshop

We started our third day by working on the charge controller activities that have been taking place within Tripalium. Clement and Bastien have presented their prototypes, one of which is funded by the Technology WG Kickstarter project.

The Charge Controller Workshop
Clement and Bastien explaining their ideas and future work
The Charge Controllers

Visit of the Collibri Wind Turbine

In the afternoon we visited the Collibri wind turbine near Valence, France. This wind turbine is the outcome of local collaboration and genius. Meant to be a low-cost semi-industrial wind turbine, its development was very cheap and quite competitive. Some pics below.

The electrical equipment of the Collibri
Hoisting the Collibri down
The Collibri descending
Ants on honey
The stator and rotors of the Collibr
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