Wind Turbine Building Course - Hands-on workshop

Dates: 01st - 03rd Oct 2010

(NOTE: Evening course also available from 28th Sep or contact us for further evening courses www.imecofarm.com)

Day 1: Oct 1st 10am to 5pm

Day 2 : Oct 2nd 9am  to 5pm

Day 3 : Oct 3rd 9am  to 5pm

Description:

This is hands on building a highly robust wind Turbine, built with auto furling and electric braking to suit Irish Climates.

This machine is highly efficient and the only successful home built turbine for these large size machines.

We concentrate on a 2.4m turbine on the course and show how this size machine can be connected into your home for free hot water. ( This turbine can be connected easily and gives constant hot water from the wind.)

The different-sized machines, up to 5.2m rotor, are all similar to make, and we have detailed drawings for all machines.

The Wind Turbine’s efficiency is due to:

         1.No Gear Box  - speed of propellers is the generator speed.
 
      2.No Friction - Most wind turbines, including this design, use permanent magnets.  This means brushes are not needed as magnets travel close to the stator, without touching, so there is no power lost, due to friction.

      3.Tried and Tested: This design is being built throughout the world for the past 30 years and even Military in Afghanistan have built this machine, due to its simplicity and robustness.

Attendance Certificate and Full course notes and Drawings for 2.4m, 4.2m, and 5.2m turbines are included.

Details:

Day 1:

Morning : Tea coffee on arrival.

We examine our fully installed system, & explain how it all works -

We explain the connecting up of the system, step by step.

Volt, Amp, Watt, connections, cable sizing, battery capacity, 3 phase vs single phase, ac vs dc, inverters, controller, heat loads, power output etc.. (Notes also provided)

Light lunch provided - 1pm to 2pm

Afternoon:

Steel work, metal parts and welding frame.

Attaching and lining of permanent magnets.

Jigsawing timber work.

Day 2:

Morning: Tea/Coffee on arrival.

Winding copper wire for Stator. Again showing accuracy to exact size and thickness.

Soldering Stator and preparing timber for resin. ( Polyester resin is used to make the stator solid and weather resistant)

Light lunch provided - 1pm to 2pm

We pour resin on magnets and stator, and allow to set overnight.

We begin propeller carving.

Day 3:

Morning: Tea/Coffee on arrival.

We finish propeller carving. We carve propellers step by step, one section at a time.

We use electric planers and belt sanders to give a good finish.

These blades are extremely accurate in shape and design, for high efficiency.  They can be coated with a choice of finishes to make them weather resistant.  A spinning propeller also naturally keeps dry. i.e. rot is not an issue. Wear can be an issue along the leading edge of the blade, and we show how this can be rebuilt easily with body fillers.

Light lunch - 1pm to 2pm.

We finish propellers, and assemble 3 propellers for turbine.

We assemble turbine and show test results with multimeter, showing voltage, watts etc.

We show how the design changes for different size slightly for different turbines.

Cost: €320 for three full days of training including tea/coffee and light lunches.

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