FACILITIES

We have facilities and tools for design, analysis and testing of your systems and components.  Our experience is extensive, speeding the process of troubleshooting, design, and turning your concepts into reality.

Our wind turbine computer analysis capabilities are unmatched, with tools to handle both component as well as full-system performance.  These include:

• ADAMS with AeroDyn for virtually unlimited flexibility to model any degree of freedom, transient events, unsteady aerodynamics, and control system dynamics. Simulation results are accepted by Germanischer Lloyd for certification of wind turbines.
• FAST for moderately complex designs and typical configurations. This simpler code speeds preliminary design tasks. Also accepted by Germanischer Lloyd for certification of wind turbines.
• SolidWorks with Cosmos FEA for solid body modeling, fabrication drawings, and detailed stress analyses of complex geometries.

Test Site

Located at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, 50 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah, our test site exhibits a year-round diurnal wind pattern with typical winds of 10-14 m/s nightly, and 0-4 m/s during the day. This makes it ideal for field testing small turbines where work can be conducted during the day without missing out on or being interrupted by strong winds. Crane, machine shop and welding services are available locally on short notice.

Wind resource at the test site was measured to be a Class 6 by the Utah Energy Office in 1990 at 95 ft above ground level, with distribution data as follows:

The site is equipped with 120V and 240V single-phase service, as well as 480V 3-phase, and is located adjacent to high power lines enabling testing of nearly any type wind generator system.