Feasibility of Highway Energy Harvesting Using a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehab Hussein Bani-Hani ◽  
Ahmad Sedaghat ◽  
Mashael AL-Shemmary ◽  
Adelah Hussain ◽  
Abdulmalek Alshaieb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Design and performance evaluation of vertical axis wind turbine for wind energy harvesting at railway

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashwini Lalchand Thadani ◽  
Fadia Dyni Zaaba ◽  
Muhammad Raimi Mohammad Shahrizal ◽  
Arjun Singh Jaj A. Jaspal Singh Jaj ◽  
Yun Ii Go
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis paper aims to design an optimum vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and assess its techno-economic performance for wind energy harvesting at high-speed railway in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis project adopted AutoCAD and ANSYS modeling tools to design and optimize the blade of the turbine. The site selected has a railway of 30 km with six stops. The vertical turbines are placed 1 m apart from each other considering the optimum tip speed ratio. The power produced and net present value had been analyzed to evaluate its techno-economic viability.FindingsComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0020 blade has been carried out. For a turbine with wind speed of 50 m/s and swept area of 8 m2, the power generated is 245 kW. For eight trains that operate for 19 h/day with an interval of 30 min in nonpeak hours and 15 min in peak hours, total energy generated is 66 MWh/day. The average cost saved by the train stations is RM 16.7 mil/year with battery charging capacity of 12 h/day.Originality/valueWind energy harvesting is not commonly used in Malaysia due to its low wind speed ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 m/s. Conventional wind turbine requires a minimum cut-in wind speed of 11 m/s to overcome the inertia and starts generating power. Hence, this paper proposes an optimum design of VAWT to harvest an unconventional untapped wind sources from railway. The research finding complements the alternate energy harvesting technologies which can serve as reference for countries which experienced similar geographic constraints.

ENERGY HARVESTING FROM COOLING TOWER BY VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE (VAWT)

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Azizan Abd Rahman ◽  
Nor Afifah Yahaya ◽  
Rosnadiah Bahsan ◽  
Umi Kalsom Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Wasted Energy ◽  
Suitable Location

In general, Malaysia is not a suitable location to harvest energy from wind. This is because Malaysia’s mean annual wind speed is low (less than 4 m/s) and inconsistent throughout the year. However, exhaust air systems which are usually installed in commercial buildings creates a uniform and consistent wind speed. Therefore, this provides a suitable place to harness wind energy. In this study, an innovative idea by harnessing wasted energy from the cooling tower with vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) has been done. The VAWT was equipped with a guide-vane to increase the inlet wind speed and an enclosure to avoid the wind coming from the opposite direction. The result shows that this system was capable of generating electricity by approximately 0.0081 W.

Calculating the aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Thi Bich Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Rotor Blades ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Velocity Triangle ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Vertical axis wind turbine technology has been applied last years, very long after horizontal axis wind turbine technology. Aerodynamic problems of vertical axis wind machines are discussible. An important problem is the determination of the incidence law in the interaction between wind and rotor blades. The focus of the work is to establish equations of the incidence depending on the blade azimuth, and to solve them. From these results, aerodynamic torques and power can be calculated. The incidence angle is a parameter of velocity triangle, and both the factors depend not only on the blade azimuth but also on the ratio of rotational speed and horizontal speed. The built computational program allows theoretically selecting the relationship of geometric parameters of wind turbine in accordance with requirements on power, wind speed and installation conditions.

Design and Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. R.K. Bhoyar ◽  
Prof. S.J. Bhadang ◽  
Prof. N.Z. Adakane ◽  
Prof. N.D. Pachkawade
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
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