Description
Wind Power Generator Trainer
This system enables experimental investigation on the conversion of wind energy into electricity by means of a wind power generator. The system confi guration is stand-alone (isolated from the grid). The equipment is manufactured using real components available on the market.
Description:
The system consists of:
A) Horizontal axis wind power generator including a microprocessor-based controller
B) Table top control panel including:
B.1) Sinewave inverter
B.2) Electric loads
B.3) Electric instrumentation for detecting the energy flows in the different branches of the circuit
B.4) Data acquisition board with USB interface for PC connection (WG/EV)
C) Buffer battery
D) Wind speed and direction sensor (WG/EV)
Operating Principle:
Training Program:
- Physical principles whereby wind power is transformed into electrical power
- Study of Brushless Generators
- Understanding and use of the Country Statistics related to the specific place where the wind generator is installed
- Calculation of average generated power
- Distinctive features
- Installation
- Energy balance and effi ciency (for WG-C/EV)
- Battery charge control
- Study of energy fl ows and related measurement devices
PC Data Acquisition (WG/EV)
- The unit includes a data acquisition board with USB interface for connection to PC and voltage and current converters.
- A specific software (developed with LabView) is supplied to monitor the different parameters of the system.
- Parameters displayed:
- All DC (V-I-P) and AC (V-I-P-S-Freq-Power Factor) parameters
- Wind speed and direction
- The software enables to:
- Calculate wind energy conversion effi ciency
- Visualize the trend of the wind speed and the energy flows to and from buffer battery, inverter and wind power generator
- Draw the wind power generator characteristic curve output power vs wind speed to fi nd out the point of wind power generator maximum performance
- Save the exercises data for future analysis or project work
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