Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Design and performance evaluation of vertical axis wind turbine for wind energy harvesting at railway

Design and performance evaluation of vertical axis wind turbine for wind energy harvesting at... This paper aims to design an optimum vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and assess its techno-economic performance for wind energy harvesting at high-speed railway in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis project adopted AutoCAD and ANSYS modeling tools to design and optimize the blade of the turbine. The site selected has a railway of 30 km with six stops. The vertical turbines are placed 1 m apart from each other considering the optimum tip speed ratio. The power produced and net present value had been analyzed to evaluate its techno-economic viability.FindingsComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0020 blade has been carried out. For a turbine with wind speed of 50 m/s and swept area of 8 m2, the power generated is 245 kW. For eight trains that operate for 19 h/day with an interval of 30 min in nonpeak hours and 15 min in peak hours, total energy generated is 66 MWh/day. The average cost saved by the train stations is RM 16.7 mil/year with battery charging capacity of 12 h/day.Originality/valueWind energy harvesting is not commonly used in Malaysia due to its low wind speed ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 m/s. Conventional wind turbine requires a minimum cut-in wind speed of 11 m/s to overcome the inertia and starts generating power. Hence, this paper proposes an optimum design of VAWT to harvest an unconventional untapped wind sources from railway. The research finding complements the alternate energy harvesting technologies which can serve as reference for countries which experienced similar geographic constraints. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development Emerald Publishing

Design and performance evaluation of vertical axis wind turbine for wind energy harvesting at railway

Download PDF
28 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/design-and-performance-evaluation-of-vertical-axis-wind-turbine-for-6DHnM5NGqc
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
2042-5945
DOI
10.1108/wjstsd-11-2020-0088
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

This paper aims to design an optimum vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) and assess its techno-economic performance for wind energy harvesting at high-speed railway in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis project adopted AutoCAD and ANSYS modeling tools to design and optimize the blade of the turbine. The site selected has a railway of 30 km with six stops. The vertical turbines are placed 1 m apart from each other considering the optimum tip speed ratio. The power produced and net present value had been analyzed to evaluate its techno-economic viability.FindingsComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 0020 blade has been carried out. For a turbine with wind speed of 50 m/s and swept area of 8 m2, the power generated is 245 kW. For eight trains that operate for 19 h/day with an interval of 30 min in nonpeak hours and 15 min in peak hours, total energy generated is 66 MWh/day. The average cost saved by the train stations is RM 16.7 mil/year with battery charging capacity of 12 h/day.Originality/valueWind energy harvesting is not commonly used in Malaysia due to its low wind speed ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 m/s. Conventional wind turbine requires a minimum cut-in wind speed of 11 m/s to overcome the inertia and starts generating power. Hence, this paper proposes an optimum design of VAWT to harvest an unconventional untapped wind sources from railway. The research finding complements the alternate energy harvesting technologies which can serve as reference for countries which experienced similar geographic constraints.

Journal

World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 7, 2021

Keywords: Techno-economic; Optimization; Alternate energy; Tip speed ratio

References

  • Global Mean Wind Speed at 80m
  • Aeroelastic energy harvesting: a review
    Abdelkefi, A.
  • Maximum obtainable energy harvesting power from galloping-based piezoelectrics
    Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi, M.Y.; Shadloo, M.S.; Karimipour, A.
  • Experimental analysis of multiple modes and nonlinear behavior in electromagnetic type vibration energy harvesters
    Ahmad, I.; Khan, F.U.
  • Evaluation of wind energy investment interest and electricity generation cost analysis for Turkey
    Akdağ, S.A.; Güler, Ö.
  • Experimental comparison study for Savonius wind turbine of two and three blades at low wind speed
    Ali, M.H.
  • Integration of aero-elastic belt into the built environment for low-energy wind harnessing: current status and A case study
    Aquino, A.I.; Calautit, J.K.; Hughes, B.R.
  • Modeling and experimental characterization of A fluttering windbelt for energy harvesting
    Arroyo, E.; Foong, S.; Wood, K.
  • Karman vortex creation using cylinder for flutter energy harvester device
    Atrah, A.B.; Ab-Rahman, M.S.; Salleh, H.; Nuawi, M.Z.; Mohd Nor, M.J.; Jamaludin, N.B.
  • Wind power utilization assessment and economic analysis of wind turbines across fifteen locations in the six geographical zones of Nigeria
    Ayodele, T.; Ogunjuyigbe, A.; Amusan, T.
  • Modified Savonius wind turbine for harvesting wind energy from trains moving in tunnels
    Bethi, R.V.; Laws, P.; Kumar, P.; Mitra, S.
  • Fabrication and experimental analysis of wind belt for small power generation
    Bhattacharjee, S.; Singh, S.P.; Sharma, V.; Sisodiya, P.S.
  • Energy harvesting technologies for tire pressure monitoring systems
    Bowen, C.; Arafa, M.
  • Vibration energy harvesters with non-linear compliance
    Burrow, S.; Clare, L.; Carrella, A.; Barton, D.
  • Flutter phenomenon in flow driven energy harvester–a unified theoretical model for ‘stiff’ and ‘flexible’ materials
    Chen, Y.; Mu, X.; Wang, T.; Ren, W.; Yang, Y.; Wang, Z.L.; Sun, C.; Gu, A.Y.
  • Response of uni-modal duffing-type harvesters to random forced excitations
    Daqaq, M.F.
  • Design and analysis of savonius wind turbine blades
    Deshmukh, K.M.; Mishra, D.V.; Somani, V.P
  • Design and development of prototype highway lighting with road side wind energy harvester
    Devi, R.; Singh, J.
  • Nonlinear modeling of electro-aeroelastic dynamics of composite beams with piezoelectric coupling
    dos Santos, C.R.; Pacheco, D.R.; Taha, H.E.; Zakaria, M.Y.
  • Broadband piezoelectric power generation on high-energy orbits of the bistable duffing oscillator with electromechanical coupling
    Erturk, A.; Inman, D.J.
  • A piezomagnetoelastic structure for broadband vibration energy harvesting
    Erturk, A.; Hoffmann, J.; Inman, D.J.
  • A fluttering-to-electrical energy transduction system for consumer electronics applications
    Fei, F.; Li, W.J.
  • Design optimization of low power wind belt electric generator using piezoelectric transducer
    Fernandez, E.O.; Gobres, E.R.; Thio-ac, A.C.; Jandumon, M.S.; Ong, C.L.G.; Perez, R.B.; Ramos, P.G.
  • Effects of global warming on wind energy potential
    Gungor, A.
  • Triboelectric-piezoelectric-electromagnetic hybrid nanogenerator for high-efficient vibration energy harvesting and self-powered wireless monitoring system
    He, J.; Wen, T.; Qian, S.; Zhang, Z.; Tian, Z.; Zhu, J.; Mu, J.; Hou, X.; Geng, W.; Cho, J.
  • Wind energy in Malaysia: past, present and future
    Ho, L.-W.
  • Does wind speed effects performance and cost of energy? A case study of wind farm
    Hulio, Z.H.; Jiang, W.
  • Numerical simulation of aerodynamic noise radiated form vertical axis wind turbines
    Iida, A.; Mizuno, A.; Fukudome, K
  • Wind energy engineering
    Jain, P
  • Practical wind-generated electricity
    Johnson, C
  • Generation of electricity using wind energy produced due to the motion of trains
    Joshi, S.; Mathur, A.; Jain, A.; Gupta, S.; Jani, N.; Chhabra, B.
  • Kinetic energy harvesting using piezoelectric and electromagnetic technologies—state of the art
    Khaligh, A.; Zeng, P.; Zheng, C.
  • Piezo-smart roads
    Kumar, P.
  • Generating and saving energy by installing wind turbines along the railway tracks
    Kumar, A.; Karandikar, P.; Chavan, D.S.
  • Nonlinear aeroelastic analysis of airfoils: bifurcation and chaos
    Lee, B.; Price, S.; Wong, Y.
  • Low cost electrostatic vibration energy harvesters based on negatively-charged polypropylene cellular films with a folded structure
    Ma, X.; Zhang, X.
  • Dynamic stall of an airfoil with different mounting angle of gurney flap
    Masdari, M.; Mousavi, M.; Tahani, M.
  • Assessment of wind energy potential mapping for Peninsular Malaysia/Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
    Mohammad Rafiqul, I
  • The evolution of the modern wind turbine, 1973 to 1990
    Musgrove, P
  • Feasibility study on wind energy harvesting system implementation in moving trains
    Nurmanova, V.; Bagheri, M.; Phung, T.; Panda, S.K.
  • Characterization of a wind flutter generator
    Pimentel, D.; Musilek, P.; Knight, A.; Heckenbergerova, J
  • A renewable energy approach by fast moving vehicles
    Prasanth, G.; Sudheshnan, T.
  • Wind power generation system using railway – a prototype model
    Sagar, I.; Dipak, G.; Bhushan, R.
  • Review of mems electromagnetic vibration energy harvester
    Tan, Y.; Dong, Y.; Wang, X.
  • Possibility of electricity from wind energy in Malaysia: some rough
    Teh, C.
  • Use of A piezo‐composite generating element for harvesting wind energy in an urban region
    Tien, T.; Goo, S.
  • Performance and flow field evaluation of a savonius rotor tested in a wind tunnel
    Torresi, M.; De Benedittis, F.A.; Fortunato, B.; Camporeale, S.M.
  • Power generation through wind created by moving train
    Tupe, S.; Chavan, D.; Avhad, C.; Pathak, A.
  • Design of aeroelastic wind belt for low-energy wind harvesting
    Vinayan, V.; Yap, T.; Go, Y.
  • Piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with two-stage force amplification
    Wang, L.; Chen, S.; Zhou, W.; Xu, T.-B.; Zuo, L.
  • A comprehensive Review on vibration energy harvesting: modelling and realization
    Wei, C.; Jing, X.
  • Design and analysis of 5 kW Savonius rotor blade
    Widodo, W.S.; Hasoloan, H.I.P.; Yaakob, M.Y.
  • High-performance piezoelectric energy harvesters and their applications
    Yang, Z.; Zhou, S.; Zu, J.; Inman, D.
  • A Report Card (2019), strengthens the growth of renewable energy and its industry in Malaysia