Mini Wind Turbine is designed for children to learn the Wind Power Technology. You can modify the parameters (blades and vane) of this turbine to see how the output is changed. This is not realistic for students to do this on a real wind turbine. You may use the natural wind or a fan as the source of wind for doing experiments or driving electronic devices.
The LED inside the main body will light up when the generator is generating electricity. Vane will automatically align the generator to the direction of the wind. A Light and Music Module is available for your evaluation.
Mini Wind Turbine can generate electricity at low wind speed. It operates on a small 3-phase AC alternator. The AC electricity is rectified to DC electricity which can be stored in the Gold Capacitor inside or sent to the output connector directly.
Mini Wind Turbine comes with a set of 3 blades and 1 vane. They are cut from flexible plastic (Poly-Propylene) sheets. The design concept is to let you design your own blades and vanes with easily available plastic or paper card sheets. Scissors and Punch are the standard stationery needed to work with your imagination to create your own blades and vanes. You can modify the number, size and shape of the blades to see how the output is affected. You may also modify the size, shape and color of the vanes to make fun with it.
You may connect several wind turbines together to form a Wind Farm. You will learn how to configure the wind turbines to increase the output voltage or current by connecting them in Series or in Parallel. You will also notice how the output is affected when the outputs of the individual turbines are different because their receptions of the wind energy are different.
You may use our LED Voltmeter (not included in the package) to observe the output of the wind turbine. The higher the voltage, the higher is the output power.
Specifications
| Power Capacity (@ Rotor speed of 2000 RPM) |
1 Watt |
| Direct Output Voltage (@ Rotor speed of 2000 RPM) |
DC 10V |
| Direct Output Current (@ Rotor speed of 2000 RPM) |
DC 100 mA |
| Direct Output Voltage (@ Rotor speed of 1000 RPM) |
DC 5V |
| Direct Output Current (@ Rotor speed of 1000 RPM) |
DC 50 mA |
| Maximum Output Voltage from Storage Capacitor |
DC 6V |
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| Internal Resistance of the Dynamo |
80 ohms |
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| Charge-Up Time (Capacitance 0.22F, Wind Speed @ 5 mph) |
1 min. |
| Music Box can sound for |
30 min. |
| LED Torch can light for |
15 min. |
| Start-up (Rotor about to turn) Wind Speed |
3.5 mph (or 1.6 m/s) |
| Cut-In (Generator Starts to generate electricity) Wind Speed |
5 mph (or 2.2 m/s) |
