1. Open Source Wind Turbine Henry Louie, PhD Chapter Chairs Meeting PES General Meeting 27 July 2010 Minneapolis, MN

2. Open Source Wind Turbine Objective: develop a low-cost wind turbine design that can constructed in developing communities

3. Building Relationships, Working Together

4. Not Reinventing the Wheel Homemade wind turbine construction designs exist – Homebrew Wind Power Dan Bartman, Dan Fink www.otherpower.com – A Wind Turbine Recipe Book Hugh Pigot http://www.scoraigwind.com/

5. Our Contribution Modify/Adopt existing designs for rural communities Document, Document, Document Test, Test, Test Deploy

6. Organization MechanicalElectrical StructuralDocumentation

7. Wind Turbine Parts source: www.otherpower.com

8. Parts: Stator source: www.otherpower.com

9. Parts: Magnet Rotor source: www.otherpower.com

10. Parts: Frame & Tail source: www.otherpower.com

11. Parts: Frame & Tail source: www.otherpower.com

12. Parts: Tail source: www.otherpower.com

13. Parts: Blades source: www.otherpower.com

14. Parts: Tower source: www.otherpower.com

15. Our Team Henry Louie (lead electrical) Carmen Cejudo (lead mechanical)

16. Our Team Mechanical Engineers Electrical Engineers Civil Engineers Welders Machinists Aerodynamicists Students Researchers Utility workers Retired engineers Training specialists Wind industry Professionals

20. Next Steps Complete Prototype: September Design Iterations: Fall Local Field Test: Fall-Winter Test Deployment: Summer 2011

21. Questions?

22. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Henry Louie, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 901 12th Avenue, Bannan 219 P.O. Box 222000 Seattle, WA 98122-1090 www.seattleu.edu Tel: (206) 398-4619 Fax: (206) 296-5962 louieh@seattleu.edu COLLEGE OF