DocumentCode :
149162
Title :
Novel wind tunnel for power generation
Author :
Atieh, Ahmad ; Al Shariff, Samir ; Tammas, Ali ; Alharbi, M.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Taibah Univ., Medina, Saudi Arabia
fYear :
2014
fDate :
25-27 March 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
Novel wind tunnel with conical and elevation structure is proposed and demonstrated for power generation. The tunnel is evaluated and characterized using sucking fan which is placed at the front end to simulate available wind in the atmosphere. A wind turbine is placed at the back end of the tunnel to generate electricity. The tunnel structure is made up from galvanized aluminum with square front and back ends with side length of 0.75 m and 0.5 m, respectively. The elevation of the tunnel measured from center to center of the front end and back end is 1.5 m. The used wind turbine in the tunnel has 48 cm diameter blades made up from aluminum. The average monthly wind speed in Medina, KSA is 5.5 m measured over 10 years. This wind speed was used in the analysis of the wind tunnel.
Keywords :
fans; wind power; wind tunnels; wind turbines; Medina KSA; average monthly wind speed; conical structure; elevation structure; galvanized aluminum; novel wind tunnel; power generation; size 0.5 m; size 0.75 m; size 1.5 m; size 48 cm; size 5.5 m; sucking fan; wind turbine; Blades; Shape; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines; renewable energy sources; wind energy; wind speed in Medina; wind tunnel; wind turbine;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2014 5th International
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2196-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IREC.2014.6826913
Filename :
6826913
Link To Document :
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