Homemade Wind Turbine Generator - New Tips To Create Electricity
Before exploring the main topic Homemade Wind Turbine Generator , we should consider a new plan to generate electricity.
New plan to generate electricity for the family:
More details: Ancient Invention Generates Energy-On-Demand
Note: Using the wind generator properly is also a good way to reduce your household electricity bill. So I have a good tip on using the Wind Turbine and the UPS + Inverter Power Storage that I share at the end of the article. Check it out!
How can wind be used to generate electricity?
This is done using a large wind turbine usually consisting of propellers; The turbine can be connected to a generator to generate electricity, or the wind is used as mechanical energy to perform tasks such as pumping water or crushing particles. As the wind passes through the turbines, it moves the blades, turning the shaft.
Learn more: Basics of AC and DC electrical motors
Homemade wind-turbine generators are gaining in popularity as many people across the country want to go green but find that purchasing pre-made systems is out of their price range. Many clever and motivated individuals have set about making a homemade wind turbine generator as a viable and affordable alternative
Homemade Wind Turbine Generator - Can you build your own wind turbine?
Get a Hold of a Blueprint
Make the Turbine Face the Wind
Get the Necessary Paper Work
Homemade Wind Turbine Generator - step by step
There are a lot of them out there in an amazing variety of designs and complexities. All of them had five things in common though:- Blades
- A mounting that keeps it turned into the wind
- A tower to get it up into the wind
- Batteries and an electronic control system
Making the Blades
Blades and a hub to connect them to were the next order of business. More online research ensued. A lot of people made their own blades by carving them out of wood. That looked like an outrageous amount of work to me. I found that other people were making blades by cutting sections out of PVC pipe and shaping them into airfoils. That looked a lot more promising to me. This web site tells you how to make a set of blades for a small wind turbine using PVC pipe.
I then did a little extra smoothing and shaping using my belt sander and palm sander on the cut edges to try to make them into better airfoils. I don't know if it's really much of an improvement, but it didn't seem to hurt, and the blades look really good (if I do say so myself).
Building the Hub
Next I needed a hub to bolt the blades to and attach to the motor:Rummaging around in my workshop, I found a toothed pulley that fit on the motor shaft, but was a little too small in diameter to bolt the blades onto. I also found a scrap disk of Aluminum 5 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch thick that I could bolt the blades onto, but wouldn't attach to the motor shaft. The simple solution of course was to bolt these two pieces together to make the hub. Much drilling, tapping and bolting later, I had a hub.
Building the Turbine Mounting
Next I needed a mounting for the turbine. Keeping it simple, I opted to just strap the motor to a piece of 2 X 4 woodThe correct length of the wood was computed by the highly scientific method of picking the best looking piece of scrap 2 X 4 off my scrap wood pile and going with however long it was. I also cut a piece of 4 inch diameter PVC pipe to make a shield to go over the motor and protect it from the weather. For a tail to keep it turned into the wind, I again just used a piece of heavy sheet Aluminum I happened to have laying around. I was worried that it wouldn't be a big enough tail, but it seems to work just fine. The turbine snaps right around into the wind every time it changes direction. I have added a few dimensions to the picture. I doubt any of these measurements is critical though.
Next I had to begin thinking about some sort of tower and some sort of bearing that would allow the head to freely turn into the wind. I spent a lot of time in my local homecenter stores (Lowes and Home Depot) brainstorming. Finally, I came up with a solution that seems to work well. While brainstorming, I noticed that 1 inch diameter iron pipe is a good slip-fit inside 1 1/4 inch diameter steel EMT electrical conduit. I could use a long piece of 1 1/4 inch conduit as my tower and 1 inch pipe fittings at either end. For the head unit I attached a 1 inch iron floor flange centered 7 1/2 inches back from the generator end of the 2X4, and screwed a 10 inch long iron pipe nipple into it. The nipple would slip into the top of the piece of conduit I'd use as a tower and form a nice bearing. Wires from the generator would pass through a hole drilled in the 2X4 down the center of the pipe/conduit unit and exit at the base of the tower.
Build the Tower Base
For the tower base, I started by cutting a 2 foot diameter disk out of plywood. I made a U shaped assembly out of 1 inch pipe fittings. In the middle of that assembly I put a 1 1/4 inch Tee. The Tee is free to turn around the 1 inch pipe and forms a hinge that allows me to raise and lower the tower. I then added a close nipple, a 1 1/4 to 1 reducing fitting, and a 12 inch nipple. Later I added a 1 inch Tee between the reducer and the 12 inch nipple so there would be a place for the wires to exit the pipe. This is shown in a photo further down the page. I also later drilled holes in the wooden disk to allow me to use steel stakes to lock it in place on the ground.The second photo shows the head and base together. You can begin to see how it will go together. Imagine a 10 foot long piece of steel conduit connecting the two pieces. Since I was building this thing in Florida, but was going to use it in Arizona, I decided to hold off on purchasing the 10 foot piece of conduit until I got to Arizona. That meant the wind turbine would never be fully assembled and not get a proper test until I was ready to put it up in the field.
Paint All the Wood Parts
Next, I painted all the wooden parts with a couple of coats of white latex paint I had leftover from another project. I wanted to protect the wood from the weather. This photo also shows the lead counterweight I added to the left side of the 2X4 under the tail to balance the head.
The Finished Head of the Wind Turbine
One windy day though, I did take the head outside and hold it high up in the air above my head into the wind just to see if the blades would spin it as well as I had hoped. Spin it they did. In a matter of a few seconds it spun up to a truly scary speed (no load on the generator), and I found myself holding onto a giant, spinning, whirligig of death, with no idea how to put it down without getting myself chopped to bits.
Practice: Homemade Wind Generator
Preparing for homemade work Wind generator
- Electromagnetic induction - how to generate electricity and generators
- Calculating electrical power
- Theory for generator
- The physics of transmission and motion transformation
Preparing parts of wind power generator system:
- Generator
- Wind structure
- Transducer and motion converter
- Store energy and inverter to use clean electricity
Generator gor Homemade Wind Generator - What types of generators are used in wind turbines?
1. Small Permanent Magnetic Alternator 500W 600W AC 3 Phase eolienne 12V 24V 48V New Generator
2. 2000w Real Gerador De Energia 2kw Magnetic Power Generator 48v/96v Ac Three-phase Permanent Magnet Wind For Sale For Home Use
- low start-up torque, wind energy utilization high;
- small size, beautiful appearance, low vibration;
- human friendly design, easy installation, maintenance and repair;
- permanent magnet generator rotor using patented alternator, together with the special stator design, effectively reduce the generation of resistance torque, while allowing more wind turbines and generator has good matching characteristics, the unit runs reliability
3. 48V 96V 110V 120V 220V 230V 240V 2KW Permanent Energy Power Magnetic Generator 2000W PMG
4. 800W 12V 24V 48V Permanent Magnet Generator Motor Wind Generator Motor For Wind Turbines Blade Controller 3 Phase Current PMSG
Wind Turbine Generator - buy a suitable one
1. 300W Wind Generator AC12V/24V Wind Turbines Wind Turbines Generator with 3 Nylon Fiber Blades for Home Solar Streetlight, Boat
2. Small Home Wind Turbine Generator Windmill Fit For Street Lamps, Monitoring Boat Free 600W Wind Controller 10 Years Warranty
3. 4000W Wind Turbines Generator Lantern Vertical Axi 12V 24V 5 Blades Motor Kit For Home Hybrids Streetlight Use Electromagnetic
4. Hot selling 1kw ac three phase output wind mill generator 1000w home wind turbine with 3 blades
Model
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NE-1000M5
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Rated power
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1000W
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Maximum power
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1050W
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Rated voltage
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24/48V
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Start-up wind speed
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2.5m/s
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Rated wind speed
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12.5m/s
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Survival wind speed
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40m/s
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Windwheel diameter
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2.35m
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Suggested Guy cable tower height
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6m
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Noise at max power
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less than 50db
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Brake
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by controller
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Electricity produced per day
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about 40% efficient 4 hours
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Number of blades
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3
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Blades material
| Nylon fiber |
Generator type | 3 phase permanent magnet AC generator |
Magnet material | NdFeB |
Generator case | Casting aluminum alloy |
Speed regulation | Automatically adjust windward direction |
Certificates
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CE, ISO14001, ISO 9001, TUV
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Gurantee
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3 y
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Gross weight
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32kg
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Packaging
| 131*39.5*29.5cm |
Unique features
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Quietest Turbine in the Industry
Maintenance free
Over 10,000 Naier wind turbines installed world wide every year 9 years manufacturing experience
Easy installation
3 years warranty Average lifetime over 20 years |
Use external inverters for wind turbine generators
- UPS inverter pure sine wave 2500W DC 12v to AC 220v LCD display Inverter+Charger & UPS,Quiet and Fast Charge power supply
- Big-capacity LG 36V 40AH li-ion lithium polymer battery for inverter/motors/solar panel/outdoor emergency power source
New tips to create electricity: You can buy an inexpensive type Wind Turbine - built-in generator, then combine with UPS above. Function:
- Generate customized electricity using a UPS - inverter
- Can save money on equipment
- Reduce a large amount of your electricity bill
- Storing a large amount of electricity can be used in the family.
More details: Ancient Invention Generates Energy-On-Demand
If you think the traditional way of building a generator is annoying, the program will show you another way, which is "Impulse Technology" to create a new type of electricity. This new electricity will then be converted into alternating current for use if needed.
- About "Impulse Technology": Tesla’s Radiant Energy
- Talking about the new type of electricity: Aether Theory - Radiant Energy