Prof. Chirag p. Patel Name- Nirav Maheshbhai Desai
Associate. Professor En No.- 15012031009 Mechanical Department Name- Piyush Lalitbhai Madhavi UVPCE, Kherva En No.- 15012031015 Name- Dhruvil Manubhai Prajapati En No.- 14012031044 1.Introduction 2. Wind Turbine 3. VAWT 4. Types of VAWT 5. Problem description 6. Methodology • Wind turbines are a rotating machine that will spin and convert kinetic energy from the rotation in the wind into mechanical energy or electricity to use to power your house or anything else.
• There are various type of wind turbines these days.
• If they power machines directly such as a well pump then they are considered wind mills.
• If the energy produced is instead converted to electricity then the
source is considered a windturbine or wind generator. • Wind turbines can rotate about either a horizontal or a vertical axis, the former being both older and more common. They can also include blades, or be bladeless. Vertical designs produce less power and are less common.
• Types of Wind Turbines:-
1. Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) 2. Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) • Vertical-axis wind turbines (or VAWTs) have the main rotor shaft arranged vertically. One advantage of this arrangement is that the turbine does not need to be pointed into the wind to be effective, which is an advantage on a site where the wind direction is highly variable. It is also an advantage when the turbine is integrated into a building because it is inherently less steerable. Also, the generator and gearbox can be placed near the ground, using a direct drive from the rotor assembly to the ground-based gearbox, improving accessibility for maintenance. However, these designs produce much less energy averaged over time, which is a major drawback. • Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) use rotors that run vertically.
• Three well-known types of VAWTs are the
Darrieus Wind Turbine - a model that collects wind in cups dragging a turbine around, and that looks much like a 'giant eggbeater.
Giromill Wind Turbine - a subtype of Darrieus turbine with
straight, as opposed to curved, blades.
Savonius Wind Turbine - a dragtype device consisting of two or
three scoops causing a turbine to spin. • The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from the energy carried in the wind. The turbine consists of a number of curved aerofoil blades mounted on a vertical rotating shaft or framework. The curvature of the blades allows the blade to be stressed only in tension at high rotating speeds. There are several closely related wind turbines that use straight blades. This design of wind turbine was patented by Georges Jean Marie Darrieus, a French aeronautical engineer; filing for the patent was October 1, 1926. There are major difficulties in protecting the Darrieus turbine from extreme wind conditions and in making it self-starting. • Darrieus's 1927 patent also covered practically any possible arrangement using vertical airfoils. One of the more common types is the H-rotor,also called the Giromill or H-bar design, in which the long "egg beater" blades of the common Darrieus design are replaced with straight vertical blade sections attached to the central tower with horizontal supports. • Savonius wind turbines are a type of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), used for converting the force of the wind into torque on a rotating shaft. The turbine consists of a number of aerofoils, usually—but not always— vertically mounted on a rotating shaft or framework, either ground stationed or tethered in airborne systems. • In VAWT main problem is it required a high wind power. • VAWT is poor self starting capabilities. • VAWT approximately required a start up between 4m/s to 7m/s. • VAWT cut in speed is 4m/s. It is to high for the rotational moment. • In this project, We will design & analysis the blades design ,and also a redesign the blades to compatible for the VAWT .
• After the blades design we analysis the wind speed requirement
and cut in speed ratio.
• In this project we decrease the startup wind requirement ratio.