Open AccessDesign and Fabrication of Multi-Rotor Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
Author(s) -
J. Jayapriya,
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D. Muruganandam,
D. Raguraman,
B. Senthilkumar,
V. Dhinakaran,
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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.f9528.088619
Subject(s) - wind power , turbine , marine engineering , rotor (electric) , automotive engineering , electricity , wind speed , torque , small wind turbine , electricity generation , environmental science , renewable energy , engineering , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , meteorology , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Wind is an endless resource which is abundantly found in nature. Harnessing wind energy for producing electricity is one of the ways for buildings for a sustainable future. Small-scale wind turbines could be a reliable energy source for usage in homes and in autonomous applications in locations that are far away from the grid power. Small wind turbines operating at low wind speeds regularly face the problem of poor performance due to small rotor size. To increase the power production additional wind turbines are installed. This increases the overall cost of the project. To reduce the cost and to improve the efficiency, multiple rotors are connected through a single shaft to the fixed single generator. The Implementation of this design permits start up at lower wind speeds, increasing the start-up torque and thus improving the overall performance of the turbine. This paper elaborates the design and fabrication of such a wind turbine. [1] [2] [3]