The presentation deals with Vertical Axis wind turbines covering their components, construction, working, advantages and disadvantages.

1. VAWT FOR
HIGHWAYS

2. 1. Sidharth K Byju (Roll No:43)
2. Sidhesh Sudhakar (Roll No:45)
3. Sivaprasad S (Roll No:46)
4. Vishnu Das T M (Roll No:56)
TEAM MEMBERS

3. Index
1. Introduction 8.References
2. Components
3. Construction
4.Working
5. Advantages
6. Disadvantages
7.Conclusion

4. Introduction
❖ Wind energy is the fastest growing source of clean energy
worldwide
❖ By using wind energy from highways power can be generated.
❖ Each vehicle on the highway offers uncontrolled source of wind
due to turbulence and that source of wind can be used for
power generation .
❖ The generated power is used for powering road lamps and
many different application .

5. Wind Turbine
VERTICAL AXIS WINDMILL HORIZONTAL AXIS WINDMILL

7. WORKING PRINCIPLE
The kinetic energy of the wind is converted into rotational energy using the
vertical axis wind turbine which is either coupled directly or through gear to
alternator.
Rotational energy from the turbine is converted into electrical energy by the
permanent magnet synchronous generator whose output is fed to an IGBT
based chopper.
Since the wind speed is variable, the output of the generator will also be
variable.Chopper regulates the output of the generator and charges the
battery.
Stored energy in the battery can be used to light LED based street lights
using an LED driver circuit.

9. Construction
➢ WIND TURBINE
➢ GENERATOR
➢ TRANSMISSION
➢ BATTERY

10. Construction

11. Transmission
With the help of rotor and gear box the rotational motion of wind
turbine is transmitted to the generator.

12. GENERATOR
The electric generator is a device that converts mechanical
energy to electrical energy.

13. Battery
Battery stores the energy generated from the generator and supplies
whenever needed.

14. Advantages
➔ The energy produced is pollution free.
➔ Safety of birds and animals are ensured.
➔ Maximum utilisation of renewable source of energy.
➔ Development of remote locations.
➔ Wind energy which is under utilised as of now can be
harnessed efficiently.
➔ Wind energy has a very good potential and is a fast
growing energy source.

15. Disadvantages
➢ One turbine can’t provide sufficient power,so collective
turbine systems need to be used.
➢ Light Vehicles do not produce sufficient turbulence for
high power generation.
➢ Initial cost of setup is high.
➢ Can only be used effectively on highways having
considerable traffic.
➢ Vehicles have to maintain a minimum speed to generate
sufficient turbulence.

16. CONCLUSION
India has a vast supply of under utilised renewable energy resources.
The total demand for electricity is expected to cross 2550,000 MW by 2030. The
electrical sector has an installed capacity of 185.5 GW as of November 2016.
India is currently suffering from major shortage for electricity. India should become one
of the leading power producers in the world, but the current technologies are not
sufficient to achieve our goal .
To overcome the above problem, we need to implement the new technologies in
production of energy. Smart Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into useful
form of energy such as electrical energy by using wind turbines in the middle or either
sides of the highways to generate electricity.

17. REFERENCES
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ISSN: 2278-800X, www.ijerd.com Volume 3, Issue 12 (September 2012), PP. 04-09 4 .
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used in Wind turbines," IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Vol.2, 6-10 June
2004 Page:2012– 2016
[4]. “A method for generating electricity by capturing tunnel induced winds” by REKHI,
Bhupendra, Singh.
[5]. C.J. Baker (1986), “Train Aerodynamic Forces and Moments from Moving Model
Experiments

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