Title Investigation of prameters of wind flow catchers /
Translation of Title Vėjo srauto gaudyklės parametrų tyrimas.
Authors Kuruvalli Nemakal, Vinay ; Harith, Ramesh Mynavathy
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Pages 85
Keywords [eng] wind flow ; innovative method ; energy
Abstract [eng] This thesis attempts to explain an innovative method of generating clean energy from a fast moving vehicle (train) by various courses. The energy generated from this method is produced as the consequences of human activity. The methods used to produce energy are from wind and excreta available from a moving train. One of the biggest obstacles to the widespread use of wind power generation is that many areas just aren’t that windy. The alternative form of wind energy produced by trains is very unique, as it does not depend on any natural energy resource. A moving train compresses the air in the front of it and pushes the air to its sides thereby creating a vacuum at its rear and its sides as it moves forward. To fill up this vacuum a mass of airflow rushes into the sides and the rear. The kinetic energy of the wind movement thus created is used to generate electricity. This generated electricity can be further used for various applications. The aim is to produce electricity by using the concept of the rotation of wind turbine due to the wind caused by the moving train and also by using an electrical power generation system. As anyone living near railway tracks will tell you, speeding trains generate quite a bit of wind as they whoosh past. The idea is to design a wind turbine that can be installed next to the track, and as the train passes. The wind drives a turbine to generate electricity. These devices could be placed along railway or subway lines, and make good use of an otherwise wasted resource. An electrical power generation system comprises a variable capacitor and a power source. The power source is used in the form of a generator to prime the variable capacitor that effectively multiplies the priming energy of the power source by extracting energy from the passing vehicle. Alternately priming the variable capacitor using charge from the power source and discharging it at a later time in a cyclic manner to change the capacitance produce a significantly large amount of electrical energy is produced due to change in capacitance. The various methods of harnessing this wind energy, theoretical calculations and flow simulation are performed. The detailed literature and results for this idea are also generated in the enclosure.
Dissertation Institution Šiaulių universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language English
Publication date 2016