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- I completed the first two weeks on Coursera, but I didn't take the quizzes due to limited time | - I completed the first two weeks on Coursera, but I didn't take the quizzes due to limited time | ||
- We have been working on a mount for the five solar panels. We will most likely build a solar-sail that rotates around its middle axis. Its angle of rotation can be manually adjusted for winter and summer times. We will have to dig at least four post holes to keep the construction sturdy during heavy storms. | - We have been working on a mount for the five solar panels. We will most likely build a solar-sail that rotates around its middle axis. Its angle of rotation can be manually adjusted for winter and summer times. We will have to dig at least four post holes to keep the construction sturdy during heavy storms. | ||
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- work when it doesn't rain | - work when it doesn't rain | ||
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Revision as of 14:16, 17 September 2020
by Leon Santen
These are notes for my wind turbine independent study with Jeff Dusek.
9/17/2020 - Wind Profiles
What I did:
- I measured wind speeds throughout the week. At a height of 4 m, the wind speeds vary around 0-4 mph. We had gust of up to 10-15 mph. However, wind speeds seem to be quite low. From talking to a nearby farmer I learned that wind speeds increase during the months November - January.
- I completed the first two weeks on Coursera, but I didn't take the quizzes due to limited time
- We have been working on a mount for the five solar panels. We will most likely build a solar-sail that rotates around its middle axis. Its angle of rotation can be manually adjusted for winter and summer times. We will have to dig at least four post holes to keep the construction sturdy during heavy storms.
- the surface roughness is important for wind energy estimations
- surface roughness is hard to determine
To Do:
- mount anemometer higher up in the trees
- look into turbine tree mounting techniques
- interview farmer Ann again
- finish week three and take week 2 quizzes
- work when it doesn't rain
- what's the surface roughness here at the farm?
- find possible turbine spots
9/12/2020 - I began Coursera Course
- we have a hight surface roughness probably around z_0=0.4 (wind profiles)
- Eddies are swirls of a fluid and it's reverse current in a turbulent flow regime (Wikipedia)
Wind Resource Assessment
- due to roughness of the forest, wind speed increases
- The Wind Atlas Analysis And Application Program (WAsP) provides an upward and downard analysis of the terrain
- on top of hills, we have over speeding due to continuity
- What is Weibull distribution?
9/10/2020 - First Semester Call with Jeff
site assessment - take photography and topography
data collection with raspi anemometer
hard part: is there enough detail in the Coursera course?
deliverables: structural design of design the tower, beam bending, blade design --> lifting line theory
model for the amount of power --> modeling in Simulink --> amount of wind, size of turbine...
Grade? --> a few deliverables: weekly journal entry/blog, Coursera quizzes (weekly entry), site assessment, modeling,
Get started: Coursera, as you work trough (document built-in quizzes) Do Simulink onramp
To-do for next week:
- Write up ISR-G application
- First week or two of Coursera course, wind resources, tests, and measurement part
- Personal notes in a google doc, final Report - technical report in latex, final deliverable that is more public-facing
