Design, build and testing of a hydrokinetic H-Darrieus turbine for developing countries

Author

Tanier-Gesner, Forest ; Stillinger, Chad ; Bond, Alex ; Egan, Patrick ; Perry, Josh

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Hydrokinetic turbines can provide a source of electricity for remote areas located near a river or stream. The objective of this paper is to describe the design, simulation, build, and testing of a novel hydrokinetic turbine. The main components of the system are a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), a machined H-Darrieus rotor, an embedded controls system, and a cataraft. The design and construction of this device was conducted at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Wilsonville, Oregon.

Keywords

permanent magnet generators; rotors; synchronous generators; wind turbines; Oregon Institute of Technology; PMSG; Wilsonville; cataraft; developing countries; electricity source; embedded control system; hydrokinetic H-Darrieus turbine design; hydrokinetic H-Darrieus turbine simulation; hydrokinetic H-Darrieus turbine testing; machined H-Darrieus rotor; permanent magnet synchronous generator; remote areas; Blades; Hydraulic turbines; Instruments; Rivers; Rotors; Voltage measurement; H-Darrieus; Renewable energy; hydrokinetic turbine; permanent magnet synchronous generator; power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

National Harbor, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939352

Filename

6939352