Research Paper
Experimental setup of micro wind turbine
The exhaustion of fossil fuels, spreading global warming, the higher need for energy, and the lack of power supplies lead to the use of renewable sources of energy like wind energy. Although there is abundant wind energy available in many regions in our country, the application of wind turbines to harness power efficiently is very limited. The primary objective of this project is to study the fabrication of windmills, study and analyze the results, and to use them in various applications like automobiles, top story buildings, coastal areas, and boats. Also to analyze the output generation on different environmental conditions like wind speed, air density, etc. Simulation, theoretical and experimental methods will be used. In experimental methods, direct results will be analyzed from the experimental setup of the turbine. In simulated methods software like Ansys will be used to calculate the fluid flow, structural data, etc. And in the theoretical method calculation of the expected power will be done using theoretical formulas. The research also focuses on a selection of wind turbines and the selection of their components like generators, material selection, etc. For that, a market survey is important to minimize the cost and increase the effectiveness of the wind turbine. The market survey can be done in two types offline market surveys like visiting local shops and industries and online market surveys which can be done using Google, Amazon, etc. The expected outcome is to generate power of range 50-100 W. For this research blades with different materials were used to test the effectiveness of the turbine. Along with that different types of motors were used as a generator for testing. Power of a minimum of 10 W and a maximum of 50 W was produced. This research also focused on the cost-effectiveness of the turbine. It was manufactured in 6000 INR.
Published by: Mayuresh Gokhale, Ajay Kale, Shreyas Joshi, Piyush Butala, Devashish Game
Author: Mayuresh Gokhale
Paper ID: V8I1-1181
Paper Status: published
Published: January 11, 2022
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