> "if the voltage exceeds 30v then all we need todo is effective open the circuit which will reduce the load on the bike's DC generator"
Looks good on paper.
> So 20 people, pedaling their butts off, into a load,
> Suddenly go open circuit???
> Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Symphony?
> All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth?
> "voltage management"? Are you trying to make voltage, or power to boil water?
> "inverter parallel configuration"?
> Did you read Flux's reply? It was the first one.
>The conceptual design parameter is to make a lot of power? To boil water?
Think about it. 2,000W to boil a kettle of water. Now check how many watts your kettle uses.
> The design is flawed at the most elementary levels.
> G-
Look you pissed me off with that last comment, that is the long and the short of it. I can't change that it is done. If Anyway, if you are not interested in discussing this with me further, then that's cool, there is no love lost!
Anyway, incase you are remotely interested. To try to answer your question: The simple idea is to produce 10kw of power as real time as possible, hence why we are not simply charging a battery bank. A family will live in a standard house for 14 hours, unaware of the human power station outside. A group of which will be pedalling 'baseload', fridge, lights etc.
So say someone in the house switches on the 3kw kettle - the ultracaps will provide about 60secs (assuming no other significant load). However, groups of cyclists will be on standby to replace the lost energy. So although we will have a extensive realtime human control, ultimately we can't exceed the UCs ceiling threshold of 16v. The answer your comment about 'parallel configuration' - Victron inverts support a parallel configuration to allow for higher output.
Well Glen .. your move! ( sorry cough)