Design of a miniature wind turbine for powering wireless sensors

F. J. Xu; F. G. Yuan; J. Z. Hu; Y. P. Qiu

doi:10.1117/12.847429

Design of a miniature wind turbine for powering wireless sensors

F. J. Xu
, F. G. Yuan
, J. Z. Hu
, Y. P. Qiu

Department of Engineering Science

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Abstract

In this paper, a miniature wind turbine (MWT) system composed of commercially available off-the-shelf components was designed and tested for harvesting energy from ambient airflow to power wireless sensors. To make MWT operate at very low air flow rates, a 7.6 cm thorgren plastic Propeller blade was adopted as the wind turbine blade. A sub watt brushless DC motor was used as generator. To predict the performance of the MWT, an equivalent circuit model was employed for analyzing the output power and the net efficiency of the MWT system. In theory, the maximum net efficiency 14.8% of the MWT system was predicted. Experimental output power of the MWT versus resistive loads ranging from 5 ohms to 500 ohms under wind speeds from 3 m/s to 4.5 m/s correlates well with those from the predicted model, which means that the equivalent circuit model provides a guideline for optimizing the performance of the MWT and can be used for fulfilling the design requirements by selecting specific components for powering wireless sensors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847429
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 2010 Mar 8 → 2010 Mar 11

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7647
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10-03-08 → 10-03-11

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Xu, FJ, Yuan, FG, Hu, JZ & Qiu, YP 2010, Design of a miniature wind turbine for powering wireless sensors. in Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010., 764741, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7647, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010, San Diego, CA, United States, 10-03-08. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847429

Design of a miniature wind turbine for powering wireless sensors. / Xu, F. J.; Yuan, F. G.; Hu, J. Z. et al.
Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010. 2010. 764741 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7647).

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