To Study The Onsite Data For The Placement Of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine For Effective Power Generation

mechanical engineering

Energy is an important aspect in our every day’s life. The resources we use are limited whereas the population consuming the same is increasing day by day. Therefore, there is a need of the hour to find suitable relationship between a natural resources and growing population. Thus, researching new and innovative systems in renewable energy sector is an indispensable prerequisite. Renewable energy source is much required at the moment than ever before. And wind energy can be a suitable option in this regard, Wind energy is free of cost and available with ease. It has been harnessed for centuries but it has only emerged as a major part of our energy solution quite recently and this project focus on utilizing wind energy by using vertical axis wind turbine. The project revolves around the study of Onsite Data for The Placement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for Power Generation to harness energy from busy railway tracks. There is profound amount of energy available in these railway tracks and can provide a considerable amount of wind energy to recapture, while the trains are in motion. The system works in a fashion that, the wind produced by the rapidly moving trains hits the blades of an VAWT located at an optimum distance from the railway track and this makes them turn, converting the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical energy (which makes the generator rotate) and finally converts to electrical energy, via the alternator below. Battery under the turbine stores the energy and, thus evaluation of how to use the electricity can be sized according to the demand.

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