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My 17' Turbine so far
nekit:
Here's some more info I have gathered on my setup.
-I ran my Axial flux in my Bridgeport Mill and got the following voltages out of the rectifier with no load.
RPM DC Volts
80 96
135 168
200 277
325 423
-Also the tail is 10' long
-When I stated the offset of the generator to the yaw bearing that figure is centerline to centerline. The amount forward is yaw centerline to the center of the blades.
Hope this info helps others.
snake21:
hi,just a curious question if you dont mind.how much did all these things cost you?i mean the whole system
nekit:
I had a lot of the materials on hand from other projects, so it's hard to say exactly. Turbine, tower, inverter, controls and all the misc. I have probably about $6,000 in it. $3,600 of which is the inverter. I'm a fabricator for a living, so I get some pretty good deals on most of the materials and had all the equipment. If some one went out and bought all the parts I would guess it would be close to $10,000.
I'm doing it for fun and as long as I don't go broke I don't mind spending some money.
SparWeb:
--- Quote from: nekit on October 10, 2010, 12:28:15 PM ---Here's some more info I have gathered on my setup.
-I ran my Axial flux in my Bridgeport Mill and got the following voltages out of the rectifier with no load.
RPM DC Volts
80 96
135 168
200 277
325 423
-Also the tail is 10' long
-When I stated the offset of the generator to the yaw bearing that figure is centerline to centerline. The amount forward is yaw centerline to the center of the blades.
Hope this info helps others.
--- End quote ---
You bet it is helpful, Nekit. Thanks a lot for all the information. Especially the tower construction and performance info. That is a lot of turns in the stator wire. Designing for grid-tie may sound complicated at first, but I'm getting the impression that the programmable Aurora makes a lot of hit-and-miss go away.
I really look forward to seeing it in the air and pumping out the watts!
itsandbits:
great looking rig so far. I bet it will light a good string of leds when its up and flying
;<)
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