Wind Turbine Design & Implementation Milki Wakweya Jennifer Long Fairman Campbell Pranav Boda Advisor: Dr. Ajjarapu

Abstract In 2008 President Geoffrey introduced the Live green program which called for environmentally conscious living. In light of this initiative, it was decided to actively assemble a wind turbine that would supply power to Coover hall and reduce our carbon footprint

Problem/Need Statement The main scope of our project is to design and implement an inverter circuit that includes battery protection and an interface that displays the parameters of our choosing. The parameters we have decided on are wind speed, power output of system, current output of turbine, and battery charge. We will purchase and erect an AIR-X wind turbine to connect to our circuit. We will make the system expandable to 3 turbines.

Concept Sketch

Block Diagram Air-X Turbine Battery Bank DC Current/Voltage Sensors Capacity Sensor Circuit NI DAQ 6008 AC Current/Voltage Sensors RelayInverter Grid Load

Sensor Circuits

Visual Interface The interface takes the inputs from the voltage sensing circuit and current transformer. These chosen parameters are then displayed on a LabView interface along with their waveforms. Interface

Testing Individual –Sensors –Comparator –Turbine & Batteries –Interface Subsystems –Large Components –Control System Entire System

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