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Executive Report: Wind turine experimental report!
Author: An Trinh
Executive "ummary
We did si!"le e#"eri!ent $ith the $ind tur%ine to deter!ine the e&&e't o& di&&erent
s"eed on the $ind tur%ine on (e%rur) 12
th
.We deter!ined the "o$er out"ut o& the tur%ine %)
!ni"ulting $ind s"eed, nd resistn'e loding on the s)ste!. We did the e#"eri!ent $ith *
$ind s"eed nd * s)ste! resistn'es.
#ntroduction
An Trinh is the uthor o& the re"ort, nd grou" !e!%ers re Trung Hu)nh, nd +ui Hung
,g. -ur dut) is to generte t$o di&&erent sets o& gr"hs: one o& .oltge .s. 'urrent nd nother o&
"o$er .s. 'urrent. We 'onstru't these "lots using three di&&erent $ind s"eeds nd .r)ing the
lod "l'ed %) the *-stge genertor.
Discussion
The gr"h o& .oltge .s. 'urrent sho$ed tht the .oltge nd 'urrent in'resed $ith the
in'rese o& $ind s"eed t 'onstnt resistn'e. /n ddition, the in'rese o& the 'ir'uit resistn'e
rised the slo"e o& the .oltge-'urrent reltionshi" t di&&erent $ind s"eed. The s!e sitution
h""ened $ith the "o$er .s. 'urrent gr"h. Ho$e.er, t resistn'e 40 -h!, the .lues o& .oltge
nd "o$er t t$o s"eed 2.* !0s nd 2.1 !0s is si!ilr. Tht !) 'use %) the genertor
e#'ittion, $hi'h does not o"erte 'orre'tl). (urther!ore, $hen the resistn'e in'reses &ro! 10
-h!s to 40 -h!s, the "o$er de'reses. Ho$e.er, the "o$er in'reses dr!ti'll) $hen the
resistn'e 2ee" in'resing &ro! 40 -h!s to 70 -h!s.
The e#"eri!ent result sho$ed tht $ind s"eed in'reses $ill in'rese the "o$er
'orres"ondingl). 3od resistn'e on ele'tri'l 'ir'uit hs !4or i!"'t on the "o$er generted.
/n'resing resistn'e 'n in'rese or de'reses the "o$er generted.
Recommendation
The !nul o& the de.i'e is not $ell $ritten. -n the dis"l) o& .oltge nd 'urrent !eter,
there re so!e 'ontrol %uttons tht l'2 o& des'ri"tion tht 'n 'on&use students. /n ddition, The
genertor e#'ittion does not $or2 the $) it is designed. /ts .lue &lu'tutes in the rnge o& 5-
106. The di&&eren'e signi&i'ntl) inter&ere the out"ut 'urrent nd "o$er "rodu'ed sin'e it
dire'tl) 'ontrol the strength o& !gneti' &ield to generte 'urrent.
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