The objective of this project was to improve the amount of energy delivered by the wind turbine on Atwater-Kent Laboratories. This was accomplished by adding a monitoring and switching module as well as a second, low power, inverter in parallel to the currently installed inverter. A contactor was used to switch between the two inverters, controlled by the power monitoring circuitry. Information on the turbine's output was also recorded and saved on a computer.

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Creator

• Linnehan, Justin James
• Catanese, Christopher D.
• Vaccaro, Nicholas Charles

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042910-100836

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.

Year

• 2010

Sponsor

• National Grid

Date created

• 2010-04-29

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright