Constructing transmitting interface of running parameters of small-scaled wind-power electricity generator with WSN modules

The main purpose of this paper was to explore strategies of how to design the interface with brand-new techniques for collecting running parameters of small-scaled wind-power electricity generators as well as its monitoring and controlling Graphic Interface System software. Affected by shortage of oil energy, the whole world was positively developing renewable energy such as solar, wind-power, biologic, tide etc. For Taiwan, the renewable energy policy was actively pushed by government and civic organizations, and how to encourage industrial manufacturers to invest the related technologies of renewable energy; furthermore, to research and develop advanced techniques in this field so that those techniques could create another prosperous business for Taiwan after 3C business. In this study, WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) and its related modules such as ZigBee and Bluetooth would be combined together to construct transmitting interface of running parameters of small-scaled wind-power electricity generator. The study content included building ZigBee wireless network, communication interfaces of ZigBee and Bluetooth with microprocessor, coding and decoding techniques of ZigBee and Bluetooth, and software programming of graphic interface system (GIs). This study was sponsored by Taiwan Education Ministry under Teaching Superiority Project, and the system implemented in real wind-power electricity generator system and the research outcomes has been proved to be very successful and stable. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.