Wind Turbine Research

Wind Turbine Research

1. DRM

   • Digital RPM meter
     • Revolutions per minute
       • How is it usually measured?
         • Tachometer
           • Often used in measuring the RPM of an engine
             • Measures the rotation of shaft/disk (dependent on the engine type)
           • • Analog example, project requires it to be digital
           • Considering a sensor is mentioned in the brief, I believe this would be the best type
         • Multimeter
           • More for electrical circuits, not wind turbines
         • Direct Observation
           • Done with observation and a timer
             • Not really what we want for the project as we want it to digitally measure RPM

2. Arduino Coding

   • Can use C - Have experience with it in the programming module of this year
   • ArduBlock
     • No experience with it, but supposed to be "Straightforward"
   • May be told what code we specifically need to code in
     • Wait for a while until we get further into the project to decide on coding language
   • Python
     • Heard it's very straightforward, but would mean I need to learn a full new language

3. Designing element of Project

   • Wind Turbine Design
     • Using Fusion 360
     • Blades
       • ETHICS
         • Issues with birds, need to look into it
       • Big surface area, better speed
         • Light material
     • General Design
       • Draw inspo from WT designs from actual engineers
       • Moments, needs to be weighted so blades don't snap the shaft/tip the whole thing over
       • Different material for shaft than blades
   • Housing for Arduino chip
     • Using Fusion 360
     • Need to know specs/dimension of the board
       • Must have a gap in order for the sensor to fit snugly into the housing
       • Can't look bulky on the wind turbine

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