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Small wind-turbine design–build–test project

A five-person university curriculum project combining collaborative concept selection, practical construction, electrical measurement and evaluation.

Status
Completed project
Project type
University curriculum project
Team
5 students
Role
Team member — individual responsibilities to be confirmed

01 / Project summary

Objective

Design and manufacture a small wind turbine capable of generating electrical power, then test and evaluate its performance.

Requirements and constraints

  • The turbine was required to generate electrical power.
  • The project combined collaborative design, practical construction, testing and evaluation.
  • Dimensions, performance targets and resource constraints remain to be supplied.

02 / Accountability

My contribution

  • Personal responsibilities have not yet been supplied.
  • This section will identify the concepts, components, construction tasks, measurements and evaluation completed individually.
  • Claims about the complete turbine will be labelled as team achievements.

03 / Engineering process

From brief to evaluation

  1. 01

    Design brief

    The five-person team was tasked with designing and manufacturing a small wind turbine that generated electrical power.

  2. 02

    Concept selection

    Concept options and selection criteria will be added from the team’s project evidence.

  3. 03

    Blade or rotor design

    Blade or rotor geometry, rationale and ownership are awaiting confirmation.

  4. 04

    Mechanical construction

    The turbine was constructed and tested. Materials, interfaces and build decisions remain to be documented.

  5. 05

    Electrical measurement

    Electrical output was measured during testing; no values are shown without the original data.

  6. 06

    Testing & evaluation

    The team tested and evaluated the turbine. Procedure, iterations and conclusions will be added from the project record.

Design decisions

  • Concept-selection method to be added.
  • Blade, rotor and mechanical-interface decisions to be added with evidence.

Manufacture or implementation

The team manufactured a working small wind turbine. Construction methods, materials and personal responsibility are awaiting confirmation.

04 / Test methodology

Testing, results and evidence

Method

The turbine was tested and electrical output was measured. The equipment, operating conditions and procedure have not yet been supplied.

Evidence status

No power, voltage, rotational-speed, efficiency or dimensional values are displayed because the original measurements have not been provided.

Limitations

  • Test conditions and measurement uncertainty are not yet available.
  • The influence of manufacturing variation requires supporting evidence.
  • Any constraints on further iteration remain to be documented.

05 / Improvement

Next iteration

  1. Add the design brief and selection matrix.
  2. Publish the original electrical measurements and test conditions.
  3. Document any design changes made during the project and their effect.

Skills and tools

  • Mechanical design
  • Manufacture
  • Electrical measurement
  • Testing