25-08-2017, 09:32 PM
Abstracts: The objective of the project is to design a wind turbine to recapture wind energy from vehicles on the highway. Wind energy is considered the fastest growing clean energy source however; it is limited by variable natural wind. Highways can provide a required considerable amount of wind to drive a turbine due to high vehicle traffic. This energy is unused. The wind turbines will be placed on the medians therefore fluid flow from both sides of the highway will be considered in the design. For this project we are looking for “Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”. In this method the windmill blade is designed in a vertical direction and it is kept at the middle of the highway divider by a series combination. The force in the middle portion is higher than the side of the road .This force will rotate the vertical turbine blade. And this blade is coupled with the generator and this generator will produce electricity.