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Report from the Small Wind Research & Demonstration Facility Beech Mountain, NC Brent Summerville. 4th Annual Small Wind Power Conference June 17-18, 2008 Stevens Point, WI. Beech Mountain, NC. SWI Research & Demonstration Site Beech Mountain, NC. Research Acoustics Performance - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Report from the Small Wind Research & Demonstration FacilityBeech Mountain, NCBrent Summerville
4th Annual Small Wind Power ConferenceJune 17-18, 2008Stevens Point, WI
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Beech Mountain, NC
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SWI Research & Demonstration SiteBeech Mountain, NC
Research•Acoustics•Performance•Avian Impacts
Workshops•Introductory
•Advanced training•Bring in Experts
•Installations
Demonstration•Students
•Public•Always open
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Beech Mountain Turbines: Current
SWWP AirX [45’]
SWWP Whisper 100 [80’]
SWWP Skystream [70’]
SWWP Air Breeze [45’]
SWWP Skystream [34’]
Jacobs 31-20 [120’]
ARE 110 [105’]
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DosSkystreams
• 35’ monopole– Setup as a battery
charger– Backfeeding a 48V
Grid-tie Outback Inverter
• 70’ Tilt-up– Batteryless Grid-tie– With 70’ met tower
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Skystreams: Performance comparison
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Skystreams: Performance comparison
Vavg* (mph) TI70' Skystream 14.4 .2135' Skystream 11.6 .39
wind shear alpha 0.37% increase in Vavg 24%
Wind shear Turbulence Intensity
TI = std dev Vavg
* 10-min avg data
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Skystreams: Performance comparison
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Skystreams: Performance comparison
Energy (kWh)
70' 2,38335' 1,499
% increase windspeed
24%
% increase energy
59%
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Skystreams: The latest update is a welcome change
July
06
Jan
07
Jan
08
New 2.0 softwareNew Xbee radios
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Skystreams: May update
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Skystreams: May update
70' Skystream: May 2008
70' Skystream Vavg 15.0 mph
70' Skystream Max gust 68.7 mph
70' Skystream energy 440 kWh
70' Skystream max power 3856.5 W
70' Skystream max 10-min avg 2432.5 W
Other observations
35' Skystream Vavg 10.9 mph
Air Breeze max power 270.6 W
AirX max power 1172.8 W
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ARE110 Workshop
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ARE110 Workshop
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ARE110 Workshop
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ARE110 Workshop
Waiting on wind……..
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ARE110 Sound Study
How does the sound of the ARE110 compare with the ambient sound level?
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Air Breeze Sound Study
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Next Turbines?
Mariah PowerWindspire?
Earth Turbine ? 8-foot Hugh
Piggott Axial Flux?
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Brent [email protected] Questions?