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I created the [[WikiNode]]. | I created the [[WikiNode]]. | ||
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''(Should I move these to dedicated pages such as [[electronics workbench]], etc.?)'' | ''(Should I move these to dedicated pages such as [[electronics workbench]], etc.?)'' | ||
== wind turbine maximum power point tracker == | == wind turbine maximum power point tracker == | ||
− | ' | + | I'm thinking about designing a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) specifically optimized for wind turbines. |
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+ | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_power_point_tracker| wikipedia: maximum power point tracker] | ||
+ | for details). | ||
− | + | Currently available off-the-shelf MPPTs work fine in the application they were designed for, but apparently they won't work with wind turbines. | |
+ | When they pull the maximum instantaneous power from a spinning turbine, the turbine blades go slower and slower until it stops, at which point you're getting zero power out. | ||
− | + | The wind turbine maximum power point tracker I'm designing will extract more energy over the course of a day than those MPPTs. | |
− | + | Instead of pulling the current that maximizes instantaneous power out, it will pull somewhat less current in order to keep the blades spinning at the optimum speed. | |
− | + | That speed will change over the course of the day as the wind speed changes. | |
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− | + | --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 08:14, 26 September 2008 (PDT) | |
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* [http://www.microchip.com/unio UNI/O single I/O serial bus] -- seems to contradict my earlier suspicion -- the hardware is simple (connect a I/O pin on the MCU directly to the I/O pin on the EEPROM), and the software doesn't seem very complex. | * [http://www.microchip.com/unio UNI/O single I/O serial bus] -- seems to contradict my earlier suspicion -- the hardware is simple (connect a I/O pin on the MCU directly to the I/O pin on the EEPROM), and the software doesn't seem very complex. | ||
* ... more to come ... | * ... more to come ... | ||
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