STUDY OF WIND TURBINE

BY INCREASING THE BLADE LENGTH

Done by

N. PADMANATHAN
D. PADMANABAN
K. PARTHIBAN
K. JOB RAJ
Guided by

M.SACHIDHANANDAM,
Asst.Professor
AIM OF THE PROJECT


To study & execute the modification in wind turbine blade


To modify the blade length from standard specification of
32m & 3tons weight into incremental length without change
in its weight

Obtain the optimum wind (low) speed

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
ABSTRACT
Standard wind turbine blade, the specification of 32 m
length & 3 ton weight gives us power of 1.25MW

To analyze the result of length increase in each blade by
10m

To run the wind turbine in low wind speed

Design of blade construction
1. Blade
2. Generator
3. Hub
3.1 Hub Housing
3.2 Slew Ring
3.3 Pitch Drives with Motors
3.4 Hub Control Panel
3.4.1 IC500
3.4.2 Battery Back up
3.4.3 Frequency Converter
(Inverter Drive)
3.4.4 DC to DC Converter
3.4.5 Resolver
3.4.6 Position encoder
3. Nose Cone
Blade
Hub
Nose Cone
Generator
CONSTRUCTION OF WIND TURBINE
6
Hub Housing
Oil Cooler
Girder
Bearing Housing
Rotor Shaft
Yaw Rim
Yaw Base
Yaw Motor
Generator
Filter Unit
Gearbox
Pitch Motor
with Drive
Pitch Control
Unit
Shrink
Disc
Slew Ring
Fluid coupling
Brake Disc
CONSTRUCTION OF WIND TURBINE GENERATOR
Wind Turbine
Blade
Design

BLADE SPECIFICATION


Qty / Set : 3 blades
Size in mtrs : 31 or 32 m length
Weight : 3 Tones each approx
Material : FRP (Fibre Reinforce Plastic)
Function : Conversion of kinetic energy
of wind into mechanical energy
VIEW OF BLADE MANUFACTURING UNIT
CALCULATION OF WIND POWER
Power in the Wind = AV
3
Power in the wind
Effect of swept area, A
Effect of wind speed, V
Effect of air density,
Swept Area: A = R
2
Area of the
circle swept by the rotor (m
2
).
- CONTINUED
Wind Power
1926 Betz Limit (~59%)
Wind Velocity
Blade Length
BLADE CONSTRUCTION FIBERGLASSO
Lightweight, strong,
inexpensive, good fatigue
characteristics
Variety of manufacturing
processes
Cloth over frame
Pultrusion
Filament winding to produce
spars
Most modern large
turbines use fiberglass
MANUFACTURING BLADES
The blade mold (left) is lined with layers of fiberglass, then injected with epoxy
resin. To enhance stiffness, a layer of wood is placed between the fiberglass
layers. The two molds are joined and adhered together using a special liquid
epoxy, which evenly joins the two sides of the blade.

Finally, the whole mold is baked like a cake! 8 hours at 70 degrees C.
Before delivery, samples of the rotor blades have to go through a variety of
static and dynamic tests. First, they are subjected to 1.3 times the maximum
operating load. To simulate 20 years of material fatigue, the blades are then
mounted on special test beds and made to vibrate around two million times,
before the endurance of the material is again tested with a final static test.

The blades are painted white, then shipped to wind farms all over the world.
AIRFOIL NOMENCLATURE
WIND TURBINES USE THE SAME AERODYNAMIC PRINCIPALS
AS AIRCRAFT