Conceptual Design of Innovative Eco-Friendly Windmill

Abstract:

A wind turbine performs the function of converting the energy (kinetic) derived from the wind into another form of energy (mechanical) which is employed for the purpose of driving the generator which in turn generates electricity from this mechanical energy. The most common types of windmills employed in practice include horizontal and vertical axis wind mill. These windmills are fabricated in different structures for producing electricity. The main objective of this paper is to design an innovative eco friendly windmill to overcome the various difficulties existing in conventional windmills. In conventional windmills, the propeller rotation depends on the velocity of wind flow in the environment. But in this paper, we have fabricated an innovative eco friendly windmill in which, the propeller rotation is increased four times for the wind velocity in the surroundings.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 531-538
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.852.531
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: I.S. Stephan Thangaiah*, P. Sevvel
• Keywords: Convergent Nozzle, Main Nozzle, Propeller, Venturi Effect Pressure, Wind Turbine, Wind Velocity

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