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==Requirements== | ==Requirements== | ||
The wind turbine should be designed according to the [[OSE Core Values]]. | The wind turbine should be designed according to the [[OSE Core Values]]. | ||
==Design outlines== | |||
We want to have a rather small form factor, resulting in the following advantages: | |||
* easier maintenance | |||
* mobility, less weight | |||
* smaller impact on the environment/nature | |||
and the following disadvantages: | |||
* a little less efficiency | |||
If a larger energy source is required, we connect multiple wind turbines in a local grid -> distributed energy sourcing, a 'wind farm': | |||
Dabiri carried out field tests in the summer of 2010 at an experimental farm known as the Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE), which houses 24 10-meter-tall, 1.2-meter-wide VAWTs. In the field tests, which used six VAWTs, Dabiri and his colleagues measured the rotational speed and power generated by each of the turbines when placed in a number of different configurations. One turbine was kept in a fixed position for every configuration, while the others were on portable footings that allowed them to be shifted around. | |||
They found that the aerodynamic interference between neighboring turbines was completely eliminated when all the turbines in an array were spaced four turbine diameters (roughly five meters or 16 feet) apart. In comparison, propeller-style HAWTs would need to be spaced 20 rotor diameters apart - which equates to a distance of more than one mile for the largest wind turbines currently in use - for the aerodynamic interference to be eliminated. | |||
The six VAWTs generated from 21 to 47 watts of power per square meter of land area, while a comparably sized HAWT farm generates just two to three watts per square meter. | |||
* http://www.gizmag.com/optimizing-wind-turbine-placement/19217/ | |||
==Other links== | ==Other links== | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 22 March 2012
We want to develop OSE Wind Turbine with an agile open collaboration.
Team
If you want to participate add your name here and how you want to participate and introduce yourself in the Google Group.
- Alex Shure – research and development
- Nikolay Georgiev - communication and organization
Roadmap / Log
- 20120211 Alex Shure Start of "Open Agile SCRUM GVCS machine development" mailing list, Nikolay Georgiev sent an E-Mail to some OSE:E members - We begin to discuss the OSE:E project of constructing a wind turbine
- 20120222 Alex Shure First online meeting on the OSE:E project "develop a wind turbine" in mumble
- 20120311 Alex Shure I had a 6 hour meeting with a German wind turbine technician who works in QS where we discussed various aspects, advantages and disadvantages of horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines.
Requirements
The wind turbine should be designed according to the OSE Core Values.
Design outlines
We want to have a rather small form factor, resulting in the following advantages:
- easier maintenance
- mobility, less weight
- smaller impact on the environment/nature
and the following disadvantages:
- a little less efficiency
If a larger energy source is required, we connect multiple wind turbines in a local grid -> distributed energy sourcing, a 'wind farm':
Dabiri carried out field tests in the summer of 2010 at an experimental farm known as the Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy (FLOWE), which houses 24 10-meter-tall, 1.2-meter-wide VAWTs. In the field tests, which used six VAWTs, Dabiri and his colleagues measured the rotational speed and power generated by each of the turbines when placed in a number of different configurations. One turbine was kept in a fixed position for every configuration, while the others were on portable footings that allowed them to be shifted around. They found that the aerodynamic interference between neighboring turbines was completely eliminated when all the turbines in an array were spaced four turbine diameters (roughly five meters or 16 feet) apart. In comparison, propeller-style HAWTs would need to be spaced 20 rotor diameters apart - which equates to a distance of more than one mile for the largest wind turbines currently in use - for the aerodynamic interference to be eliminated. The six VAWTs generated from 21 to 47 watts of power per square meter of land area, while a comparably sized HAWT farm generates just two to three watts per square meter.