Design and fabrication of a low-cost Darrieus vertical-axis wind-turbine system, Phase II. Volume 2. Final technical report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6321998

This report describes Alcoa's successful fabrication, installation, and check-out of 100-kW 17-metre Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs). The turbines are Darrieus-type VAWTs with rotors 17 meters (55 feet) in diameter and 25.15 metres (83 feet) in height. They can produce 100 kW of electric power at a cost of energy as low as 3 cents per kWh, in an 18-mph wind regime using 12% annualized costs. Four turbines were produced; three are installed and are operable at (1) the Wind Systems Test Center, Rocky Flats, Colorado; (2) the US Department of Agriculture Conservation and Production Research Center at Bushland, Texas; and (3) Tisbury Water Authority, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The fourth turbine is stored at Bushland, Texas, awaiting selection of an erection site. Technical direction was provided to Alcoa by Sandia National Laboratories. Contract results are documented in this report (SAND82-7113) and in the Phase I Technical Report (ALO-4272), both of which are available through NTIS.

• Research Organization: Aluminum Co. of America, Alcoa Center, PA. Alcoa Labs.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6321998
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-7113/2; ON: DE83012360
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
170602* -- Wind Energy Engineering-- Turbine Design & Operation
DARRIEUS ROTORS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
INSTALLATION
MACHINERY
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
ROTORS
TESTING
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
VERTICAL AXIS TURBINES
WIND TURBINES