Design and fabrication of a low-cost Darrieus vertical-axis wind-turbine system, Phase II. Volume 3. Design, fabrication, and site drawing

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

OSTI ID:6457545

This report contains the design, fabrication, and site drawings associated with fabrication, installation, and check-out of 100-kW 17-metre Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs), under a 2-year, $1.8 million Phase II contract with the US Department of Energy. Design by Alcoa in Phase I of this contract, the turbines are Darrieus-type VAWTs with rotors 17 metres (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.

• Research Organization: Aluminum Co. of America, Alcoa Center, PA. Alcoa Labs.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6457545
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-7113/3; ON: DE83010900
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FABRICATION
FEDERAL REGION I
FEDERAL REGION VI
FEDERAL REGION VIII
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