Residential Wind Turbine Design
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Authors
Gardner, Kaden
Hoxie, Caleb
Date of Issue
2024
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Utility Mapping Services (UMS, Clancy, MT) presented students in the Carroll College Senior Engineering Design Class with the opportunity to complete an engineering design for a Skystream 3.7 wind turbine. We are specifically tasked with choosing a preferred project location from seven alternatives. After a project location was selected, we are now preparing a foundation design for the wind turbine. UMS also tasked us with providing professional construction documents to give to a contractor to implement our design.
When choosing a preferred project location we took into several factors. The Skystream 3.7 wind turbine has several design requirements that the selected project location needed to meet. This included undisturbed area, available height, and a minimum wind speed. Other considerations were how close the project site is to where the wind turbine is currently being stored in Jefferson City, Montana. Using the design requirements and location consideration, 8 Kestrel Drive Jefferson City, Montana was chosen as the project location. After picking a project location we have moved forward with designing an appropriate foundation and preparing the construction documents for UMS. The foundation design will be done to meet the design requirements for keeping the wind turbine erected for the design life.
We believe that we have chosen a design location that meets the design requirements and is near the wind turbine’s current location. With this we have also produced a foundation design that is structurally sound for the duration of the wind turbine’s design life.