Building a wind turbine for rural home

Al‐Bahadly, Ibrahim

doi:10.1016/j.esd.2009.06.005

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“…The power output will increase whenever the swept area increases and the variation will depend on the wind speed that strikes on the rotor blades. The air density was considered as constant except at high altitudes .

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Section: Estimation Of the Torque And Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a low cost wind turbine in highways for rural house electricity demand

Santhakumar¹,

Palanivel²,

Venkatasubramanian³

2018

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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The main aim of this work is to design, fabricate, and test a wind turbine for power generation applications in rural areas. Vertical Axis Wind Turbines were selected to harness the energy from wind through the drag forces induced due to vehicular movements. Various parameters were analyzed for the design of a low‐cost wind turbine. A Savonius blade was selected for the design, which could be accommodated on the median of the highways. By using recycled materials, a low‐cost wind turbine was fabricated at a cost of $117.5 approximately. The wind turbine was placed on the houses and on the highway medians to test the power output at various operating conditions. Average electricity consumption at selected rural houses were calculated. The calculated average electricity demand during power cuts in the selected rural houses was around 0.2–0.6 kWh/day. Average generated electricity from the turbine at highways was observed to be around 0.67 kWh/day. The Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of the generated electricity from the proposed SWT on highways is around $0.04/kWh. The LCOE of the proposed design is relatively cheaper when compared with the conventional horizontal axis wind turbines. The energy demand during power cuts was met completely when the SWT was placed on the highways. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38: 278–285, 2019

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bold-italicP = 0.5 bold-italicρ bold-italicA {bold-italicv}^{3} {bold-italicη}_{boldt boldo boldt bolda boldl}

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Section: Estimation Of the Torque And Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Building a low cost wind turbine in highways for rural house electricity demand

Santhakumar¹,

Palanivel²,

Venkatasubramanian³

2018

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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“…Formerly used for Savonius rotor [14], next for straight blade [12]. The same equation is used in [15] to assess such values as rotor blade configuration, aspect ratio, overlap ratio, number of buckets to finalize the design of Savonius rotor. In contrast to the convex side of the blade facing the thrust, the correct is the relationship (2).…”

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Determination of the number of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine blades based on power spectrum

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Abstract. Technology of wind exploitation has been applied widely all over the world and has already reached the level in which manufacturers want to maximize the yield with the minimum investment outlays. The main objective of this paper is the determination of the optimal number of blades in the Cup-Bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. Optimizing the size of the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine allows the reduction of costs. The maximum power of the rotor is selected as the performance target. The optimum number of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine blades evaluation is based on analysis of a single blade simulation and its superposition for the whole rotor. The simulation of working blade was done in MatLab environment. Power spectrum graphs were prepared and compared throughout superposition of individual blades in the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine rotor. The major result of this research is the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine power characteristic. On the basis of the analysis of the power spectra, optimum number of the blades was specified for the analysed rotor. Power spectrum analysis of wind turbine enabled the specification of the optimal number of blades, and can be used regarding investment outlays and power output of the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine.

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“…Related works on small wind turbines have focused on the use of wind turbines in rural areas [18]. Santhakumar et al build a Savonius wind turbine, which can be placed close to highways and supply rural areas with electricity [19].…”

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Building a Wind Power Plant from Scrap and Raising Public Awareness for Renewable Energy Technology in a Circular Economy

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Putting renewable energy to good use is necessary to deal with one of the greatest challenges of our time, namely, climate change. One problem, however, is that the technology we are using today turns into toxic waste at the end of its useful life, which in particular concerns the blades of wind turbines. We investigated how the ideas of a circular economy can be applied to address this issue. To this end, we built a small wind turbine almost entirely from used mAterials. The social purpose of this is to raise public awareness about renewable energy technology that is part of a circular economy. Therefore, we chose a reliable and easy-to-build concept for a small wind turbine, which can be reproduced in a "Do It Yourself" (DIY) approach. The core challenges we had to face consisted of how to acquire appropriate used mAterials and how to improve the efficiency of the system to obtain adequate electrical power. With a financial investment of less than €100, we built a Savonius wind turbine for use in, for example, a private garden to charge a power bank or other USB-chargeable devices.

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Building a wind turbine for rural home

Cited by 63 publications

References 7 publications

Building a low cost wind turbine in highways for rural house electricity demand

Building a low cost wind turbine in highways for rural house electricity demand

Determination of the number of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine blades based on power spectrum

Building a Wind Power Plant from Scrap and Raising Public Awareness for Renewable Energy Technology in a Circular Economy

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