Electrical · Renewable Energy
Wind Turbine Resource Assessment
Beginner 4 weeks 30-40 hours
Build wind speed logger. Collect data. Estimate power generation using Weibull distribution. Create wind resource report for site analysis.
Major
Electrical
Focus area
Renewable Energy
Total hours
30-40 hours
What you'll need
- anemometer wind speed sensor for Arduino 0-5V output
- Arduino Uno R3 board with microSD card data logging shield
- waterproof electronics project enclosure box
- HMC5883L 3-axis digital compass magnetometer sensor
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Steps
- Pick a site and mount the anemometer and compass in the weatherproof enclosure at a steady height.
- Program the Arduino to log wind speed and direction to the microSD card every minute.
- Collect at least 2 to 4 weeks of data.
- Fit a Weibull distribution to your wind speed data in Excel or Python.
- Estimate yearly energy output for a small turbine using its power curve and your wind data.
- Write a wind resource report with a wind rose chart and document it for your portfolio.
What to photograph for your portfolio
- Wind speed distribution
- power curve analysis
- monthly forecast
- Weibull fit
- resource report
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Engineered a wind turbine resource assessment using Wind resource assessment, Arduino, statistical modeling
Applied data analysis to implement, test, and validate the analysis end-to-end
Skills you'll show off
Wind resource assessmentArduinostatistical modelingdata analysis