Abstract
The village power group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been researching the most practical and cost-effective means for producing ice from off-grid wind-electric power systems since 1993. The first phase of the project demonstrated that commercial vapor-compression ice makers could operate effectively when powered by a variable speed permanent magnet wind generator. In thesecond phase of the project, steady-state and dynamic numerical models of these systems were developed and experimentally validated. The third phase of the project was thorough steady-state and dynamic testing of a commercial 1.1 ton ice maker unit powered by a commercial 12 kW wind turbine alternator on an NREL dynamometer test stand. With the data from phases I-III, an economic feasibilityanalysis was performed. It is hoped that continued development, and eventually commercialization, of this concept will take place in the private sector in the form of small business partnerships.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 11 |
State | Published - 1998 |
Event | Windpower '98 - Bakersfield, California Duration: 27 Apr 1998 → 1 May 1998 |
Conference
Conference | Windpower '98 |
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City | Bakersfield, California |
Period | 27/04/98 → 1/05/98 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-500-24662