Windchargecontroller

WindChargeController-Capstone2024

Wind Charge Controller for BEng Capstone 2024

Objective

To develop a low cost, all-in-one Wind Charge Controller that caters to the average residential consumer considering wind power as a viable energy source for any relatively low power operations (<1kW). This can be broken down into 3 main components:

• MPPT Formula
  • We aim to make a Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm specifically tuned for use with small scale wind turbines to maximimize efficiency and also very importantly, reduce turbine noise pollution
• User Accessibility
  • It is important for the product to be simple to install to cater to our target audience. Measures will be taken to design an intuitive interface and provide clear, user-friendly instructions, ensuring that even individuals with limited technical expertise can effortlessly install and operate the equipment
• Integration of additional devices
  • We wish to offer users a seamless plug-and-play experience with other devices by utilizing the Victron environment and allowing integration with, for example, solar panels to ease the sporadic nature of wind power.

LTspice

System Overview

To get the LTspice simulation to run

1. Open "LTSpice\WCC\windchargecontroller.asc"
2. Go to "Tools > Control Panel > SPICE" and change "Solver" to "Alternate"
3. Copy paste the following into "Tools > Control Panel > Sym. & Lib. Search Paths > Symbol Search Path[*]"

..\WCC_lib

Benchmark

To get the benchmarks to run

1. Open "LTSpice\Benchmark" and Open the file you want
2. Go to "Tools > Control Panel > SPICE" and change "Solver" to "Alternate"
3. Copy paste the following into "Tools > Control Panel > Sym. & Lib. Search Paths > Symbol Search Path[*]"

..\WCC_lib

Media

Further Reading

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Credits

Kurt Querengesser

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Garnett Goodacre

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Jaylin Lee

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Michael Dao

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