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Advanced Wind Weekend. Preston Montford, Shrewsbury. April 2008. Introductions…. V3 Power:. Aran Eales , Tom Dixon ,. RES:. Richard Bridle. Who are you?. Energy Usage UK. Fuel Used in Electricity Generation in the UK: 1999. Renewable Sources Used to Generate Electricity: UK 2000.
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Advanced Wind Weekend Preston Montford, Shrewsbury April 2008
Introductions… V3 Power: Aran Eales, Tom Dixon, RES: Richard Bridle Who are you?
Energy Usage UK Fuel Used in Electricity Generation in the UK: 1999 Renewable Sources Used to Generate Electricity: UK 2000
Benefits of Wind: • Available away from the power grid • Pollution free, • Sustainable • Doesn’t require fuel • Doesn’t create green house gases • Small land use required (2% on farmlands) • Community Ownership, people empowered
Drawbacks of wind • Capital intensive • Wind is unreliable • Carbon Impact of build materials (Danish wind energy association say energy payback less than a year on good site) • Geographical/Location constraints • Danger to wildlife- siting needs to be considered in relation to flight patterns
WIND - Air in a hurry… Solar energy creates pressure differences Air moves from high to low pressure causing wind World Wind Patterns Boundary Layer Effect
World Wind Resource • 1200 TW World Resource • 10TW Theoretically recoverable • Worlds Energy Consumption 1.3TW • Huge potential resource
History of Wind Power Persian (2000 b.c) Direction of Prevailing Wind Drag machine - used for grinding corn
Wind Pumps • Developed in 19th Century • Enabled colonisation of Australian outback • Still used widely in Africa
Early Electricity • End of 19th Century • Used to charge batteries • 12kW • 12m blade diameter • Development abandoned due to cheap fossil fuels Source www.windpower.dk
1970s and 80s 70s oil crisis renewed interest in wind power - especially in California, Denmark and Holland. • 75kW Vestas • 1983 • grid-connect • 15kW Polenko • 1983 • stand-alone
1990s • In late 80s renewable generation subsidised through NFFO • Cemmaes wind farm - first in UK • In 2003 300kW machines replaced with 850kW
Small Scale 2000+ • Suited for remote power supplies • 600W Proven • 2.4m rotor diameter Source Proven Engineering
The Biggest Turbine Ever Built • 5MW • 126m rotor diameter • Installed off the coast of Scotland
POWER AVAILABLE IN THE WIND K.E. = 1/2 mv2 K.E. = ½.(.V).v2 K.E. = ½.(.A.D).v2 K.E. = ½.(.A).(v.t).v2 K.E. = ½..A.v3.t Equations you should know: K.E. = 1/2 mv2 Mass = density x volume Distance = speed x time Power = Energy = 1/2 A v3 Time
Increase wind speed: Cubic increase in power (If windspeed doubles, you get 8 times as much power) Power = 1/2 A v3 Increase diameter of blades: Swept area A = r2 =/4 d2 Squared increase in power (doubling size of blades gives 4 times as much power)
Tip Speed Ratio (TSR) TSR for our turbine is about 4 – depending on how well the blades are carved… Cp TSR
Solidity • High Solidity machines have low TSR and High Torque • Low Solidity machines have high TSR and low torques
The turbine we will build... • Hugh Piggot’s Design: • www.scoraigwind.com • 500W Rated output • 2.4m blade diameter • Materials available locally in most areas of the world • Low Embodied Energy • Man Power • Recycled Materials
Blades Stages • Width • Twist • Thickness • Aerofoil • Wedges and Disks Tools • Planes, chisels, mallets, ruler, pencils Skills • Patience, accuracy
Blade Movement DRAG Reflected Wind Wind Twist - DRAG
Aerofoil - LIFT Lift Blade Motion Apparent Wind Resultant Wind Head Wind
Bernoulli Effect Higher speed over the airofoil causes low pressure Lower speed under the aerofoil causes high pressure Pressure difference causes upwards force This is LIFT
Alternator Components • 2 magnet disks • 1 Stator • Bridge Rectifiers Jobs • Mould prep • Magnet positioning • Casting
Faradays Law of induction Passing a magnet over a wire causes a current to flow along the wire
Alternator Theory One end of each coil is connected to the “ring neutral”
Alternator Theory One end of each coil is connected to the “ring neutral” The other end is sent to a bridge rectifier
Mounting and Tail Materials • Bearing • Angle Iron • Steel Pipe • Nuts and Bolts Skills • Welding • Grinding • Filing