Reference documents

KUIDL/ARA

ARA Footprint

ACU/CDX 2010

ARA Autonomous Renewable Power Stations

List of reference documents and datasheets:

Status information
- Turbine Deployment Status
- Shipping
  - RPSC Shipping Manual
  - Shipping Documents
Polar Power References
Turbines
- Bergey XL1 -- XL1 Comparisons -- Weibull Spreadsheet -- Tilt-up Tower
- Raum Specs -- Maintenance -- Install Manual -- Summary -- custom base plan
- Hummer -- 1kW specs -- 1kW manual -- 18m tower -- brochure
- LVM-Aerogen -- Aerogen 6 Manual -- Aerogen brochure
- Ampair 600 -- 600 Manual -- Canada case study -- chart
- Kestrel -- e300i Data Sheet -- Power Curve -- User manual -- Power Tables -- Flyer
- WindSpot -- 1.5kW Specs
- Xzeres -- Flyer -- Mechanical manual -- Electrical manual. (This unit was recently deployed at Pole by NREL.) -- Deployment Photo 1 -- Photo 2
- Marlec Furlmatic 1803 tech --
- Marlec-Rutland fm910 Data sheet -- Manual
- Proven 2.5 Installation --
- Proven 7 Specs -- Brochure
- Proven 6 Installation Manual --
- Aerodyne Lakota -- Summary -- Chart
- Antaris 1.7 -- Summary -- Chart
- FuturEnergy -- Summary -- Chart
- Samrey Merlin (LE-1000) -- Summary -- Chart
- Soma 1kW -- Summary -- Chart
- Wind Arrow -- Summary -- Chart
- Windcore 1500 -- Summary -- Chart
- General -- Best Practices Installation --
Towers/Masts/Guy-wires and other structures
- Bergey Tilt-tower installation
- Raum -- 15m tower Install -- 15m tower Gin Pole -- 70' Guyed Monopole Tower Install -- Lattice Tower Install
- Study of Sastruga and effects on wind (Jackson & Carroll)
- Videos of Windspot towers: Mechanical Assembly -- VGP Tower Install
- Rohn --
- U.S. Tower --
- Valmont --
- Air Guyed --
- windenergy.com (vendor) --
- Phillystran Kevlar cable for guy wires
Copper Wire
- Insulation Characteristics
- ArcticUltraflexBlue
- Polar Wire Catalog
- Belden 7927A 1304A 1305A
- MS3116 Circular Connectors
- Amphenol RJF Ethernet Connectors
- Tyco CPC Series45 (plastic)
- Tyco 2008611 Brochure Instructions Applications
- Dummy Loads: Case Resistor Selection 10-ohm-example
- Wirewound Selection 2-ohm-example
- Edgewound Selection 2-ohm example
Turbine Charge Controllers
- Ampair Regulator
Photovoltaic Charge Controllers ( incl. MPPT)
- Simple Power Point Tracker paper
- Scientific American Blog
- Windsun Controller
- Linear Tech LTC1149 for MPPT
- UNAVCO drawings 1, 2, 3
- Enphase Inverter (used by NREL at Summer Camp)
Photovoltaic Equipment
- Sharp Polycrystalline 80W (used on plateau by UNAVCO and others)
- Sharp Monocrystalline 175W (used in Summer Camp)
- Sharp Monocrystalline 235W (proposed)
- Sharp Photovoltaics
- Report on PV at Summer Camp -- Data from Summer Camp
Batteries and Battery Chargers
Sensors
- Vaisala WXT520 -- Vaisala wx52 Wind Sensor Spec -- Manual
- RMYoung 05103 Anemometer-- Manual -- Campbell manual for 05103
- Current Sensors -- Allegro 0758 -- Allegro 714 -- 714 board -- Teridian -- 78M6618 -- Silicon Labs SI85xx
- Pressure Sensors -- SPC family -- SPC1000-d01 -- board
- Temperature Sensors -- TMP125
Polar Grease: Royco 27, MolyKote 33
Enclosure
- Hardigg-Mobile-Military
- UNAVCO Insulation Docs: 1, 2, 3
- Nanopore Insulation
- Copper Fabric
- STEP heaters
- UNAVCO connector Docs 1, 2
- Gore protective vents -- Installation
- UNAVCO photos 1, 2, 3, 4
Connectors
- d38999c series
- N
- RJFTV series
- Tyco RJ45 family & catalog
- MS311x series
- MS5015 series (MS310x, 97 series)
- Terminal Rings: 8awg
- Daniels Crimper
IDL Documents
- SHM Overview
Data
- Average Wind Speed Plot (AWS)
- Average Temperature Plot (AWS)
- 2000 Wind Speed Plot (AWS)
- 2000 Temperature Plot (AWS)
- Single month wind speed Plot (AWS)
- S.P. met data (obtained by Matt Newcomb)
ESD-related issues
- Schmidt, et al, "Electrostatic Force in Blowing Snow", 1999
- Latham, "Electrification of Snowstorms and Sandstorms", 1963
- Griffiths and Latham, "Electrical corona from ice hydrometeors", 1974