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Installation of small wind turbine

on a telecom tower
Site: Sreedharaghattu, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Indian Institute of Technology


Hyderabad
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Phase 1 Phase 2
- Installation of small sensors on the tower - A small wind turbine will be installed on the
- Ready for immediate installation tower
- Will monitor wind speed, accelerations, and - Preliminary analysis shows that the tower
strain values would be safe.
- Total weight of the sensors and the enclosure - Detailed structural and electrical plans will be
(~10 kg) shared before procuring the turbine.
- Total power requirement (~20 Watts)
- The data will be used to calibrate the
simulations
- Proposed date: November 7, 2017.

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Phase 1
Installation of Sensors
Proposed date: November 7, 2017

Indian Institute of Technology


Hyderabad
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Cable layout for various sensors
Cable layout for Power Supply to the DAQs

DAQ 1 DAQ 1

Accelerometer

Anemometer

Strain Sensor
Armored power cable

DAQ 2 DAQ 2

AC to DC

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All sensors cables will be protected with DC to AC Power Supply
UV resistant heat shrink sleeves
SENSORS AND CABLES

Type of Sensor Number of Sensors Panel number Length of Cable (m)


Anemometer 01 13 10
Strain 02 16 4.5
Strain 02 02 1
Accelerometer 02 18 3
Accelerometer 01 18 4.8
TOTAL 8

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DATA ACQUISITION
DAQ 1
 The DAQs are to be installed on the 2nd and the 16th panel

 These will be housed in a waterproof boxes


Location of DAQs

DAQ 2
The DAQs being used: NI-9063 NI-9219 NI-9215 NI-9230
ACCELEROMETER
 Number of accelerometers : 3

 Height at which the sensors are to be mounted : 40 m

Accelerometer 3

5 mm
60 mm
~ 70 mm

60 mm
Accelerometer 2
Angle section over which the Required dof’s
sensor is to be mounted Accelerometer 1
Plan at the top of the tower

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ANEMOMETER
 The anemometer is to be fixed at a height of 32 m from the base of
the tower

Location of anemometer

Anemometer used
STRAIN SENSORS
 Total number of strain sensors : 4
Number of Height of Panel ID
sensors installation (marked in the figure)
2 7.5 m 2
2 35.5 m 16
2 (40+0.9) m Along the pole of turbine

5 mm
60 mm 4 mm 45 mm

60 mm 45 mm
Panel 2 Panel 16
Angle section over which the sensor is to be mounted
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