Honeywell WT6500 owner manual Introduction, Turbine Operating States, Starting/Stopping Turbine

Operation 28

Introduction

The basic operation of the turbine/SMARTBOX™ Controller electronic system is to optimize the efficient utilization of the energy captured from the wind. Low wind energy is stored in batteries while loads are connected automatically to the grid. High wind energy is efficiently and rapidly transferred to the load via the bulk storage capacity of the batteries.

If the batteries are fully charged and no AC demand is present, the SMARTBOX™

Controller will send the turbine’s energy to a dump load, and wait for an AC demand.

Turbine Operating States

The turbine goes through a series of different states. The chart lists and describes each possible operating state:

State	Description
Bulk Charge	Bulk charging the
	batteries

Charger	Inverter	Transfer	Dump
		Switch	Load
On	Off	Grid	On*

Absorption Charge	Absorption charging	On	Off	Grid	On*
	the batteries
Float Charge	Float charging the	On	On	Turbine	On*
	batteries
Fault Stop	Turbine fault exists	Off	Off	Grid	On
User Stop	Turbine stopped by	Off	Off	Grid	On
	user

* The dump load is enabled as required to keep turbine voltages at an efficient level. Figure 4.1 Turbine Operation States

Starting/Stopping Turbine

1. Toggle the DOWN key on the SmartBox front panel to MAIN MENU.

Display	Description
MAIN MENU	Allows user to turn the turbine on or off
.STOP-START TURBINE?

2. Press enter

Display	Description
TURBINE-STOPPED	Press UP to stop the turbine. Press DOWN to start
UP=STOP DWN=RUN	the turbine

Viewing Operating Status

The operating status of the WT6500 can be viewed via the LCD screen on the SMARTBOX™ Controller. To regulate energy consumption, the SMARTBOX™ Controller has two operating states: display and running. The SMARTBOX™ Controller will also maintain one of three different turbine operating states: turbine running, fault stop and user stop.

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