The inverter doesn't "handle" power; it sets the power level that the turbine gets loaded at based on its MPPT table (which usually means it is based on voltage). If the unloaded voltage of the Jake running full up against the governor is 240V AC that is fine, after rectifying that's still far below the 600V limit.
Well, the inverter has to "handle" power in the form of input current and voltage. And that's what I'm wondering - what does it do if the input power in kW is more than the inverter can handle, even if the voltage doesn't go over 600.
I don't know what a 23-10 will do running unloaded with the field being driven at full power. The open voltage might skyrocket past 600. I don't know of anybody that's tried it and I don't know that it would even be advisable to try it. The Fidelity generator in the 23-10 is designed to operate at 60 amps @ 180 VAC at full load, with the field being driven at 2 amps @ 120 VDC.
At any rate it sounds like an interesting electrical engineering challenge to get an Aurora inverter to work with a 23-10. The Jake's UL508 inverter that comes with the 23-10 already has a sort of MPPT scheme built into its electronics, but it does everything based on how it drives the field to match available rotor rpm and power to generator output, matched to the load and inverter output. The Jake has no need for an MPPT scheme that adjusts the voltage the generator "sees" to track Maximum Power Point. It does it by adjusting the field to do that, and if you rotate the knob on the front of the panel to the Field Amps position while the turbine is running you can see the field current displayed that the inverter is sending to it - and it constantly varies to keep the turbine running at peak power output for the available wind speed.
I'm guessing that for nbrooks' application, where he needs an off-grid machine, that it's going to be much cheaper to convert the turbine to battery charging. And he has selected the wrong bank voltage (at 24 VDC) for that because he's only going to get about 2.5 kW continuous out of it on a 24 volt system. To really take advantage of what the 23-10 can do on battery charging you need a 120 VDC system. But it all depends on his needs. The 23-10 will make 32 kWh a day on a 24 volt battery bank @ 12 mph wind speed, which is nothing to scoff at for an off-grid power system. There's a 23-10 on an island on The Lake of The Woods in Ontario that's been doing that since 1986. That turbine is on a 120 foot tower, surrounded by open water on all sides for three miles. When the owner put that turbine in he bought a Lister standby generator. The turbine ran for 12 years and never once did he have to start his Lister. One day a big high pressure area settled in and that 23-10 stopped after running steady for 12 years. When he went to start the Lister to charge his battery bank the engine was stuck and wouldn't turn. So what I'm saying is that a 23-10 Jake can pretty easily power an entire off-grid home on 24 volt battery charging, even severely de-rated by the 24 volt system.
For off-grid you can make things really difficult, or you can make things simple. In my experience, making the system simple and basic reliably keeps the lights on.
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Chris