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New MPPT Board Prototype
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This is a demonstration of a wind turbine max peak power tracking board that I designed. It has many features that should make it useful as a turbine characterization tool...
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Train_Shots
sjh7132
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This is a short break from the wind turbine videos to show off some of my (our) Lionel trains. The track is a little over 100ft long and is a simple loop.
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Java based Physics Simulation of Adaptive VAWT Blades
sjh7132
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This video shows some java classes that I wrote to construct models of physical systems, including masses, springs, dash-pots, ropes / rubber bands, and wings. I wrote th...
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Simulating VAWT Startup
sjh7132
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This video shows a new software tool I wrote that lets me simulate and check for VAWT startup problems.
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Testing on the pole
sjh7132
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This is the 3rd part of testing my VAWT, this time on the pole. Power was not impressive, but I think that may be the fault of my alternator which has a huge air gap and h...
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More VAWT Experiments
sjh7132
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This video show experiments I did with various VAWT configurations.
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Testing the 3/4 Elliptical blade VAWT
sjh7132
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Test of my elliptical blade VAWT. The blades have a chord of 8 long and 3.2 inches thick. The outside back quarter of the ellipse is removed.
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Analysis of the LynxSteam Turbine
sjh7132
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Analysis of the LynxSteam Turbine done with OpenFoam-1.5-dev. The mesh was made with gmsh. The results look good, and so does the turbine.
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Evolving Wind Turbine Blades
sjh7132
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This video shows the use of a genetic algorithm to develop VAWT wind turbine blades. One of the resulting blades is quite different and seems to simulate well. The breedi...
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Lenz2 Blade Simulation
sjh7132
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This is an OpenFOAM simulation of a Lenz2 blade. The solver is IcoDyMFoam. The blade is 18" from the center and is rotating at 60 RPM. The wind is 15 MPH (6.7 m/s). The...
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