Open AccessDesign and Fabrication of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with introduction of Plastic Gear
Author(s) -
J. K. Adebayo,
Abayomi T. Layeni,
Collins N. Nwaokocha,
Sunday Olayinka Oyedepo,
S. O. Folarin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1378/4/042098
Subject(s) - alternator , aerodynamics , turbine , wind power , rotation (mathematics) , mechanical engineering , marine engineering , wind speed , rotational speed , bearing (navigation) , turbine blade , structural engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , automotive engineering , power (physics) , computer science , electrical engineering , physics , meteorology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
This project is a design of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine using Kinetic theory, Aerodynamics model, Hooke’s law and Young Modulus. Aerodynamic model method was use to design the blade and the blades are three for effective harness of the wind speed. Bearing was introduced for easy rotation and reduction of noise. The use of plastic gears was introduced so that one revolution of the shaft carrying the blades leads to forty six (46) revolution of the alternator. The alternator then generate electric power. The power generated was 65 W under wind speed of 0.8m/s..