Abstract

Author: Melwyn, Chinmay, Sayuj.

Don Bosco institute Prof. Pradeepkumar Suryavanshi.

Of technology, Mumbai university.

The main objective was designing and simulating a small wind turbine considering
the dimension restriction. The blades of the small horizontal axis wind turbine
were designed and simulated using Schmizt’s formula, Q blade software and
Ansys. While designing, various factors were taken into consideration such as the
angle of attack, power generated, tip losses, coefficient of power and lift and drag
coefficient. The main restriction was having maximum diameter of the turbine up
to 40cm. Comparing a group of aero foils we came up with the most efficient blade
design which gives a maximum output at such dimensions.
Literature survey was done to obtain a design procedure. The turbine dimensions
were small with a radius of 160mm and number of blades to be 4. Initial elements
of blade are of SG6040 aerofoil and rest are of SG6043. The twist angle decreases
along the blade with a maximum value of 58o to minimum value of 7.36o.
The resulting turbine was found to have a constant coefficient of power value to be
0.5 for TSR (tip speed ratio) ranging from 3 to 6 with a maximum wind speed of
12 m/s. The lift to drag ratio was found to increase gradually along the length of
the blade to a maximum value of 175. The angle of attack of 2o was maintained
across the length of the blade. At wind speed of 12m/s and rotational speed of 1000
rpm, the wind turbine was analysed to produce 19.8W of power which increased to
52.4W for a rotational speed of 2000 rpm.

The main application of the project aims at rural areas of India where electricity
cannot be yet provided by power lines. Small turbine is widely used in developed
and developing countries as major source for generating power . With this blade in
future we will be able to design a wind turbine for rural areas as source of electricity.
The estimated cost of this wind turbine model is around Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000
which is a lot cheaper than the commercial models which cost around Rs.50,000.
Also, when produces in large quantities, the overall cost can be reduced to around
Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000. This will enable and encourage more rural population to
make use of this model as an alternate and sustainable source of energy.