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Data acquisition and analysis system for the Sandia 34-meter Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

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OSTI ID:5901556

Sandia National Laboratories has designed and built a 34-meter Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. Acquisition, storage, reduction, display, and analysis of the extensive data from this machine are accomplished with the use of a minicomputer-based data acquisition and analysis system. This paper discusses the development of that system and describes the vendor-supplied computer-system hardware and software, analog-to-digital converter hardware, and the Sandia-developed data acquisition and analysis software that is now operational. Plans for future enhancements of the system are also discussed. 8 refs., 4 figs.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); New Mexico Engineering Research Inst., Albuquerque (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5901556
Report Number(s):
SAND-87-1082C; CONF-880132-3; ON: DE88002417
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English