International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume 118 No. 11 2018, 557-561
ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version)
url: http://www.ijpam.eu
doi: 10.12732/ijpam.v118i11.71
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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF BLADELESS WINDMILL
R. Haridass1 , K.S.Jayaram singh2, T. Ramesh Kumar3,
B. Sabarish Kumar4, L. Thamarai Kannan5
1
Assistant Professor, 2,3,4,5 UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Karpagam College of Engineering, Cbe.
Abstract: At present India is stepping towards This is a wind generator without blades. The main
becoming a global super power. This implies that it is advantage of this underlies the absorption of energy
leading the list of developing countries in terms of through the vortices of a rigid member similar to an
economic development. Therefore the energy effect of aerodynamics.We are going to generate
requirement of the country would increase in rapid rate. electricity by using the bladeless windmill. This wind
At present there is existing blade windmill to produce mill will have no blades. It will generate electricity by
energy, but its capital cost, maintenance cost, friction using oscillation due to wind.
loss is high. So in our project we are going to generate
electricity by using BLADELESS WINDMILL. 2. Problem Identification
Bladeless wind generation uses radically a new
approach of capturing wind energy. It works on The rate of wind power developed founds costly when
principle that when wind is allowed to strike the compared to an existing wind mill. For these several
column mast, it tends to vibrate and this vibrational invetigations need to be found out. Some of
energy is further converted to mechanical energy. The identifications are as follows:
spring is provided inside mast which is connected to Higher capita expenditure in observed in
crank shaft. The vibration is transmitted to crankshaft erection and commisioning of a wind mill.
which is then supplied to generator. It is an eco friendly Conventional windmill requires places where
project and it reduces the friction losses. wind speed is more. Such places are limited.
Hence windmills working on lesser wind
Keywords: Bladeless Windmill, Vortex Induced speeds are need of the hour.
Vibrations. Spring The cost of manufacturing different parts of
1. Introduction windmill is very high. A typical windmill will
cost $3000-$8000 per kilowatt.
In these days non renewable energy sources are gone to So also the transportation of such huge parts is
the depth of earth, so we can obviously produce energy very costly and risky. If during transportation
by renewable energy sources. Wind energy has became components get damaged then again cost
a legitimate source of energy over the past few decades. increases.
The construction of bladeless windmill is quiet simple. Designing of windmill blades is also a big task.
The conical mast is pivoted vertically with the help of The size of the assembled windmill is also very
cylindrical rod which is held within roller bearing in large. The conventional windmills occupy lots
such a way that it vibrate in one direction only. The of space. The commercial turbines can be
portion below pivot is covered with help of metal sheet. 160m high.
The upper part of mast flutters in wind while crank Area of installation is 60 acres per megawatt of
shaft is connected to lower part. capacity of wind farms.
Also they prove fatal to birds.
They produce low frequency sound which is
not good for human health.
3. Methodology
Methodology is the basic requirement for a project,
because it defines the proper start and end condition of
the works to be done. Proper planning and execution of
the workflow decides the successful completion of the
Figure 1. Vortex windmill project. The methodology of this project is as follows.
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Obviously, we can use a rectifier circuit to
VORTEX SYSTEM transform this A.C. current to D.C. current and charge a
battery or connect it the load.
PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION
WORKING
COMPONENTS
EXPERIMENTAL
CALCULATION
Component Selection
The bladeless windmill consists of the
SCOPE
following components to fulfil the requirements of
completing the operation of the machine.
Centre base
Spring
Mast
Crank Shaft
CONCLUSION
Flywheel
Belt
Alternator
Chain drive
3.1 Working Principle
Blower
The energy conversion happens in the mast, in which Centre Base
the wind strikes the column mast to vibrate. This
vibration is converted into mechnical energy and then Base is made up of the rigid iron angular
to electrical energy. When the wind impinges on the structure. The base provides equidistant point for the
projected surface area of the mast from one specified position of the mast. It is capable of tolerating the
direction, stream lines of the wind tend to depart and mechanical stress acting on it. This provides the strong
get sheared off. Further passage results into the foundation to the mast and spring.
formation of wind currents called vortices or eddies.
When they are strong enough to overcome the internal SPRING
resistance offered by the mechanism (crank shaft or
direct linear alternator), the mast vibrates due to spring Spring is mounted at the centre of the mast
connected at outside surface of the mast. Then spring is which provides the oscillation of the mast in any of the
connected to the foundation seat. The connecting rod is direction. Safe design consideration adopted for the
bound to transmit this vibration to the crank. The crank spring, such that it takes the entire load of mast.
shaft can be connected to a generator further. We can
also connect the lower end of the mast with the linear MAST
alternator directly. The rigid, osciillating part at the centre which
has a conical shape forms the mast. The mast is made
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lighter in weight to increse the oscillations and to Radius=9cm, Depth=18cm
reduce the stress due to inertia which transfers to the
base. Full Setup:
Length=60cm,width=30cm, height=27cm
Crank Shaft
Mast:
The crank shaft is used to perform conversion
between reciprocating motion and rotating motion. It is Larger radius of the Mast, R1 =0.125m
usually connected to flywheel.
Smaller radius of the Mast,R2 =0.0625m
Flywheel
Length of the Mast L =3m
The flywheel is provided to increase the low
Velocity of the wind, v=40 m/s
RPM at the input side to higher RPM at the generation.
The flywheel is provided with the counter weight to Projected area of mast exposed to wind
increase the speed of the rotate of the generator and it
helps to rotate for the longer time. The flywheel is A= (R1 +R2 ) *3.00
rotated by placing it on the hub which is connected to
the small sprocket. The larger sprocket is connected to = 0.5625 m^2
the small sprocket of the flywheel through the chain.
Force of the wind on the projected area,
Belt
F = ρ ×A×v 1 air
The leather belt is used to drive the generator. =1.225 × 0.5625× 11.12^2
The belt is connected to the pulley of the generator and
the flywheel. =85.20 N
Alternator Table 1. Scope (Comparision Between Windmills)
The alternator is driven by the power wheel via PARAMETERS CONVENTIONAL BLADELESS
WINDMILL WINDMILL
the belt drive. The generator is design by using a
ceiling fan stator which consists of 16 set of windings..
It is made to generate to electricity by replacing the MODE OF It generates electric It generates
metal rotor with a wooden rotor which comprises of OPERATION power with blades electricity
Neodymium magnets. without
blades.
Gear Drive MODE OF It captures wind It captures
GENERATION energy using wind energy
Rotational motion of using
Gear drive helps in increasing the speed. The the blades. “Vorticity”
teeth are connected to the cycle hub and tightened and STRUCTURE The design is sturdy The design is
supported using a metallic frame. The compound chain & there is high wear sturdy & there
drive is used to reduce the space required. &tear. is minimal
wear.
Blower SAFETY It is not safer for It is also safer
Blower is used to supply the artificial air required birds,that often for birds,that
by the mast. suffer fromcollision often suffer
with blades from collision
4. Experimental Calculation with blades
MAINTENANCE It is not feasible to It is easy to
Rack Setup: maintain, as it has maintain.
highermaintenance
Length=40cm;Width=2cm cost
CONSTRUCTION It has more moving It has less
Gear Wheel Setup: parts moving parts
EFFICIENCY It has high It has low
Gear =16cm,8.5cm efficiency. efficiency.
Flywheel:
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5. Conclusion Carlson, Yaha Modarres-Sadeghi. Paper No. (Journal
Of Fluids And Structures, Issue 15, July 2014)
Wind energy holds the potential to be the world’s
primary source of energy. The papers conclude that the [11] Application of Vortex Induced Vibration
vortex windmill is one of the greatest wind energy Energy Generation Technologies to the Offshore Oil
generation system .The generation system is useful for and Gas Platform: The Preliminary Study World
each and every individuals as well as residential, small Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
scale industries. The problems with cost efficiency and International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace,
the negative side effects that the modern wind turbine Industrial, Mechatronic and Manufacturing
has an attempt to compensate for these problems, Engineering.
Vortex bladeless wind turbine is less expensive. In
summary, the generation of electricity is made possible
by the small structure of bladeless turbine. Efficient
power is generated. This project will satisfy the need of
continuous generation of electricity. The overall project
uses less space area . The purpose of this paper is to
provide some fundamental results on the bladeless wind
system and serve as stepping stones for the future
development of bladeless wind power generating
system. The forces that is beneficial or useful to
generate power in bladeless are different from those in
conventional horizontal axial wind turbines.
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