Power Controller

[zander1976]

Hello,

I have been looking at wind turbine engines and I am in over my head again. I am slowly getting a grasp on solar power but now I am lost again with wind turbine. From what I can tell from solar I need to pick a voltage but with wind the voltage quickly goes out of control. How do I integrate a wind generator into an inverter with voltage ranging from 10 volts to 100 or so volts. Is there a way to convert voltage into current and reduce the voltage down to a 12 volt setup. Or do I just have a controller dumping load above 12 volts.

Thanks,
Ben

[zander1976]

ps. I am working on VAWT..

[Tritium]

You need a battery which by its nature will clamp the voltage to 12V nominal until it is full then you need a dump load controller (see ghurd controller) to get rid of the extra power from the battery to an auxiliary load of some sort (usually a resistor array as heat).

Thurmond