Data collection for aeroelastic model validation
Our Model 3.1 will collect an enormous amount of data that will be used to validate our suite of aeroelastic models. For such small instruments, these gauges are low cost and produce a huge amount of data. The Hall Effect sensors and a precise time stamping process ensures that data from the rotation is matched against the direction and speed of the wind.
Omar Garcia, our intern in TX prepares precise placement of strain gauges on blades.
Hall Effect Sensors measure RPM and rotor positioning.
Transmitters in place and ready to send strain gauge data to receivers
Transmitter ready to send data from gauges on upper blades.
Strain gauges installed on mast measure loads and harmonic resonance.
Antonio Ojeda testing strain gauge and transmitter pre-installation
Contact: Jen Hoover, jhoover@windharvest.com
Wind Harvest International, Inc. is a California-based renewable energy technology company, founded in 2006. The company makes, sells, and develops projects for its Wind Harvester brand of H-type turbines, the only known product designed to harvest the highly energetic, turbulent wind that blows 15-80 feet above the ground. Wind Harvest’s wholly-owned financial subsidiary Wind Harvest Pilot Project Inc. raises funds and loans it to the parent company.
