DOE Collegiate Wind Competition
Team Turbine Electric
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created the Collegiate Wind Competition in 2014 to help facilitate wind energy incorporate into the United States power generation mix. Wind Vision report: By 2035 wind energy could supply the nations electricity needs by 35%. Competition objective: Preparing students to enter the wind energy workforce by providing real-world technological experience.
There are two converters we will need to build. First, we will have to rectify the AC signal that is produced from the 3-phase AC motor attached to the wind turbine. We will then need to use a DC-DC converter to get the voltage within the desired range for the competition. The wind turbine will produce a variable DC signal once it has been converted from AC. Our design will need to be able to accept a wide range of DC input ranges and boost it to a consistent voltage. We will also need to power our arduino and the circuit we build using the wind turbine.
We would like to thank Professor Willy for sponsoring our project and giving us guidance throughout the build of this design. A special thanks to Dr. Yaramasu for helping our team design our prototypes and test our final product. Lastly we would like to thank the DOE for creating this competition.
During our project we encountered a few expected issues with the design.The first issue, some of the components got burned during testing. This issue generated another concern. Making more testing became time consuming because the burnt components has to be replaced. Over all, the design worked but it was very sensitive when it came to testing.
Team Lead
Sponsor Liaison
Treasurer
Abdallah Alsharrah, Chris Taylor, Juntong Liu
Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers
Chris Taylor, Riley Sinek, Tanner Lehr
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