
That's the latest creation. It's made using a 120dcv permanent magnet treadmill motor as a generator. Blades are from a stop sign I bought years ago and the hub is a special design of my own that gives it about a 25* pitch. She's mounted on a pole about 24ft high...just a test pole, she'll be on a 40ft guy'ed platform if I can get her to produce decent voltage. Here's a video:
www.photoartclub.net/turbine/turbine.mpg
Vid was taken during 5-ish mph winds.
Her only problem is that she only spins about 200rpm...if my math is correct the fastest I've seen her spin was 233rpm, as she produced a flat 5dcv for a few moments. She typically is producing 2~3dcv. I'm not sure what kind of amperage or wattage...I just now found out how to test that kind of stuff.
What's a good way to increase my RPM without buying a premade blade set? I like making these thins on my own. Current rotating diameter is about 52" and the blades are 4" wide at the base and 3 at the tips.
Another problem she's got is that she nearly stops if I short her out...I'm not sure if that's what's supposed to happen or not. I'm going to put a little light bulb on her tomorrow so I can test amperage propperly and see if she's supposed to completely brake under load conditions.
The label on the motor says 120dcv, 14.6 amps, 5100rpm...if that means anything.
Next...
Is it possible to run multiple wind turbines in series? With what I've got here it seems that 4~5dcv is what I'm going to produce. I would like to be able to put my batteries on the system and keep them charged and maintaned and run a 12dcv to 120acv converter from that bank (12 car batteries). The current experiement is to simply run the majoraty of my shop...lights, a couple grinders, an air compressor, and a mill. A total of 84kwh/mo.
At the moment I have six generators that I can EASILY produce 4~5 dcv a piece with. I would like to set them up in threes to pull between 12 and 15 dcvon each, then run each bank parallel. But I don't know if you can really run turbines in series like you can battaries.
Next...
I have two other generators that I'm clueless as to how to get them to operate to my liking.
The one I REALLY want to see working is a JX Motor Co MY1080. This thing is rated for 36dcv at 2600rpm. Rated current is 33amps and output is 900 watts. If I'm not mistaken that means I could make nearly a 1kw turbine if I could just spin her 2600rpm lol. As it stands I'm going to have belt drive her (I don't have chains and gears that will bolt up...but I got pullies and belts all over the place). I would just hook a prop up to her just to see what I get but she's got a lot of torque when loaded. If I'm going to belt drive her, though, I'm going to be a bit more optimistic than 12dcv. The frame I'm building right now has the prop at the opposite end fo a shaft as an 11" pully. A bracket will hold this motor directly above that shaft and the motor will be fitted with a 1" pully. A 10ft prop I built run pretty well at 150rpm...if my math is correct that would put me at 25.2dcv without a load.
The other motor is similar to the above, but it's a 120dcv motor rated to spin 13,000rpm.
Any suggestions for either of these generators would be excellent.
I have a LOT of other questions but I'm settling for this as of right now...I'll address my other concerns later. Thanks guys! |
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