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October 2015 – Rural electrification project in Ethiopia using locally manufactured wind turbines

 

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December 2015 – Assembly of the Prusha i3 3D printer at the Athens Hackerspace

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‘Thermal analysis of an axial flux permanent magnet generator for locally manufactured small wind turbines’

Abstract Subject of the present work is the thermal analysis of small axial flux coreless permanent magnet generators for locally manufactured small wind turbines. An introduction is made on the principles of appropriate technology and the applications of small wind … Continue reading

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‘A study of the effects of increasing the rated power of locally manufactured small wind turbines with the use of different optimization techniques’

Abstract In this work axial flux permanent magnet rotors are studied as parts of small wind turbines in off-grid systems. Trying to increase the power of such turbines brings significant challenges which are mainly connected to the best possible dimensioning … Continue reading

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‘Experimental and computational analysis of the efficiency of a locally manufactured small wind turbine rotor’

Abstract The purpose of this dissertation is the experimental calculation of the efficiency of a small wind turbine’s rotor and the comparison of experimental results with the computational analyses. The experimental tests were performed at the wind tunnel of the … Continue reading

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January 2015 – Rural electrification project in Ethiopia

   

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‘A study of different magnetic materials for locally manufactured axial flux small wind turbine generators used in rural electrification applications’

Abstract In this work axial flux permanent magnet generators are studied as parts of small wind turbines in off-grid systems. The majority of these generators are manufactured today with neodymium magnets (NdFeB), which although extremely powerful magnets, have been associated … Continue reading

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‘Modeling of a photovoltaic cell and long term performance testing of a photovoltaic module in outdoor conditions’

Abstract The scope of this thesis was the continuous study and monitoring of the behavior of a polycrystalline photovoltaic module in real life conditions, for an entire year. The module that was chosen for this purpose was a polycrystalline module … Continue reading

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July 2013 – Construction of the NTUA small wind turbine test site in Rafina

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August 2013 – Ferrite magnet generator for a 2.4m rotor SWT for battery charging

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