1. DESIGN OF 4 VANE VAWT AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE OF TURBINE FOR MICRO-WIND ENERGY GENERATION TEST

With the depleting conventional energy resources there is need for renewable sources of energy like the solar energy and wind energy. Wind energy although a good energy resource large wind farms are not practically possible in urban areas hence small or micro wind mills can prove to be a feasible method for energy generation. Present project describes one such method of micro energy generation using a micro wind turbine which will be designed as a vertical axis wind turbine using modern methods of manufacturing like Fused deposition method (FDM) for production of parts. The discusses the design development of a vertical axis micro - wind turbine with four vanes. The objective of the project being to design a turbine such that the energy generation through the turbine can be augmented through use of enhanced wind energy extraction devices like vortex vanes to improve the energy generation. The work will include the theoretical design of the turbine rotor, shaft, vane brackets, vortex vanes etc. The parts will be modelled using suitable modelling tools, the analysis will be done using Ansys Work bench and the manufacturing of the vane brackets and vortex vanes will be carried out using 3 -d printing or fused deposition method. The test and trial on the turbine will be carried out for performance evaluation of the turbine in three configuration s namely, without vortex vanes, with single vortex vane and with two vortex vanes. The comparative analysis will be carried out to determine the optimal performance of the turbine for micro -wind energy generation.