Table top wind tunnel with side/ top covers having transparent viewing window & protection cage to facilitate identification of components of windmill.
3 phase motor with axial fan blades as blower to simulate variable wind.
VFD to control speed of motor/ blower with continuously variable speed to set wind speed.
Renewable energy basics, energy conservation, charge controller, storage system & invertor etc.
Converting kinetic wind energy into electrical energy in laboratory using BLDC generator.
500mm cuboid using aluminium profile, 2 such racks connected each other to form wind tunnel containing wind blower and wind turbine.
Pitching and yawing provision provided. Wind turbine mounted on Pillar with bearing to facilitate yawing.
Optional PC interface.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Wind turbine & Wind blower
Consist of table top wind tunnel made of two numbers of 30x30mm aluminium profile cuboid (500mm) rack with perforated aluminium protection cage and holding wind blower & wind turbine
Wind turbine - 1 No.
O/P wattage- 100W
O/P voltage- 75V
O/P current- 2A
Blade dia. 550mm x 6 nos.
Nut and screw arrangement for pitching
Mounted on rotating table to facilitate yawning, tail length= 250mm
Wind blower - 1 No.
3 phase 4 pole induction motor with 19 shaft
Rated star 415VAC & Delta 230VAC, 1HP, 50Hz, 1450 RPM
Blade dia. 550mm x 6 nos.
Wind blower panel (RE1) - 1 No.
Motor input terminals terminated on shrouded sockets
Wind generator panel (RE2) - 1 No.
Generator output terminals terminated on shrouded sockets
Diode bridge (1000V/35A)- 2 Nos.
Digital anemometer- 1 No.
Anemometer to measure air flow with digital display (0.5”, 4 digit LCD)
Measurement units- Air velocity: m/s, km/h, ft/min, knots
Measurement units- Air flow: CMM (m3/min), CFM (ft3/min)
Dimension/Wt.- 156x67x28mm/ 260g
Main Rack/ Control Unit
Consists of table top aluminium profile (45x45) strudy modular flat demo panel rack (4x3 matrix) system, holding various panels as below
Single phase supply panel (EMT16A) - 1 No.
Single phase MCBs of 10A
Lamp load
IGBT controlled AC drive panel (EMT33) - 1 No.
Input voltage: 230VAC, 50Hz
Output voltage: 3 phase 200 to 230VAC
Range (frequency control): 0.1Hz to 100Hz (50Hz factory set)
Control mode: Sine wave PWM
Capacity: 2HP with reverse and forward direction
DC Application panel (ST3)- 1 no
12V LED lamp/ LED strip and fan.
Charge controller Panel (ST4) - 1 No.
Rated voltage- 24Vdc, Max current- 6A
Max generator voltage-25V
Min generator voltage-20V
Battery Capacity- 7Ah
Battery rated voltage- 12V
Battery type- Lead acid
Stand- alone Inverter panel (ST5) - 1 No.
I/P DC voltage-10-15Vdc, O/PAC voltage- 2 30Vac
O/P power rating- 210VA/ 500VA
DC voltmeter & DC ammeter panel (EMT68) - 2 Nos.
DC voltmeter (0-50V)
DC ammeter (0-5A) with polarity protection diode.
AC voltmeter & AC ammeter panel (EMT6)- 1 No.
Voltmeter: 300V, Ammeter: 0.5A
Lamp load panel (EMT7) - 1 No.
230V/15/40/60/100W x 3 bulbs with individual ON/OFF using 6A toggle switches.
AC voltmeter panel (EMT2) - 1 No.
Voltage range : 300V OR 500VAC.
1 pole 4 way switch to select line voltage for three phase
Rheostat for generator loading (600E/1A)- 1 No.
List of experiments
To study characteristics of wind velocity and generator power.
To analyze effect of pitching (blade angles) on performance of wind turbine.
To study yawing due to change in direction of wind.
To perform experiment to study working of inverter and calculate its efficiency.
To study VI characteristics of wind turbine.
To study working of MPPT charge controller.
To study working of DC application (load).
To perform experiment to study & plot IV/PV characteristics of wind generator on PC screen using VWB V11.x software using MPPT controller & graph window (Optional)
To perform experiment to study MPPT charge controller (Optional)
To identify cut in velocity of wind turbine.
Optional PC interface - WET needs following additional panels & S/W: EMT8, ST8, CIP-II panels
Instrumentation power supply cum multichannel DPM panel (EMT8)- 1 No.
DC Multi Output power supply.
Provides 1 Ph. AC supply through 3 MCB's, 4A each to power up other panels in the rack.
Multi channel DPM for temperature display.
20 pin FRC power bus to supply power to neighboring
Green shrouded socket provided to extend earth
MPPT charge controller Panel (ST8)- 1 no
2 IGBT modules, 1st for charging control & 2nd for load ON/OFF
5 nos of analog outputs AI (0-2.5V) for RE voltage, RE current, Battery voltage, Irradiance measurement & Load/ battery voltage
2 nos of DAC inputs for PWM control and load ON/OFF
Built in battery- 12V/7Ah, Type: Lead acid
Computer interface Panel (CIP-II)- 1 no
Connects to PC (Win7/8/10) USB port through USB IO module & type Ato mini B cable
8 ADC channels I/P: 0 to 2.5V FS with 1 no. input simulation pot. 2 DAC channels O/P 0-2.5V FS
V to I function block: I/P 0 to 2.5V and O/P 0-20 or 4-20mA (100 ohm load) switch settable.
I to V function block: I/P 4 to 20mAand O/P 0-2.5V
USB converter to interface 25 pin D connector on CIP panel to USB enclosed in 25 pin D shell using type Ato mini B type cable
Software on CD
Virtual Workbench (VWB) software package is a USB based software working on windows .net platform coupled with USB IO module useful as general purpose S/W utility which supports different control strategies like , MPPT controller etc.
Mechanical Dimensions (mm)/ Net Wt./Gross Wt. (Kg) Wind blower & Wind turbine: 500(W) x 1000(L) x 500(H)/ 35Kg/ 45Kg, Main rack: 545(H) x 960(W) x 300(D)/ 30Kg/ 40Kg