DEPT.

OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

POWER GENERATION USING MAGLEV

WINDMILL
Guided by:
Prof. T. J. Bharambe

Submitted by
Harshal Vaidya(25)
Bobby Khobragade(27)
Pooja Chandodkar(32)

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 Abstract
Factor EEE
Introduction
Need of project
What is maglev
Literature review
Problem formulation
Equipment used
Biography

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 The aim is to design and implement a magnetically levitated
vertical axis wind turbine system that has the ability to operate in
both low and high (1.5m/s to 40m/s) wind speed conditions.

This model uses magnetic levitation to reduce the internal

friction of the rotor which is considered as a revolution in the
field of wind technology.

This technology provides an extreme efficient, versatile and

elegant method of producing power from wind with nearly zero
pollution.

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 Factor EEE

Energy: It generates energy itself

Environmental: Wind turbines are a form of renewable
energy that will help the environment by not producing
emissions while creating electricity. As an end result less
fossil fuel would be required in order to provide electricity
for a house.
Economic: With a simpler design of these turbines and
easier assembly, it will make it possible for local hardware
stores to sell these products. Along with simpler design this
will also decrease manufacturing cost and make it more
economical for families to buy.

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 Maglev technology serves as an efficient replacement for ball
bearings used on the conventional wind turbine and
implemented with permanent magnets.

Unlike the traditional horizontal axis wind turbine, this design

is levitated via maglev (magnetic levitation) vertically on a
rotor shaft

Vertical axis wind turbines accept wind from any direction.

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 HAWT designs are continuously getting bigger to produce more
power.

Increased blade size leads to large bending moments on the

blades at high rotational speeds.

In Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) main axis is

perpendicular to the ground hence does not need the complicated
head mechanisms of conventional horizontal axis turbines..

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 What is Maglev?
Maglev=Magnetic Levitation

Operates on the repulsion characteristics of permanent magnets.

By placing these two magnets on top of each other with like

polarities facing each other, the magnetic repulsion will be
strong enough to keep both magnets at a distance away from
each other.

The force created can be used for suspension purposes and is

strong enough to balance the weight of an object depending on
the threshold of the magnets

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 The first accepted establishment of the use of windmills
was in the tenth century in Persia.

FIGURE: Early Persian windmill

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 In Europe, wind energy made
its appearance in the 11th
century A. D. Wind machines
were introduced from the
Middle East.

By the 14th century, the Dutch

used windmill widely for
draining the marshes and lakes
of the Rhine River delta.

FIGURE: Dutch Windmill

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 The wind turbines in USA
during the 19th century to
until 1930 were mainly
used for irrigation.

The first attempt to

generate electricity was
made at the end of 19th
century,

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 In 1931 Georges Jean Marie Darrieus, French aeronautical
engineer designed one of the most famous and common type of
VAWT i.e. Darrieus VAWT.
Finnish engineer Sigurd Johannes Savonius developed the
modern drag-driven rotor in the 1920s but Johann Ernst Elias
Bessler (born 1680) was the first to attempt to build a horizontal
windmill of the Savonius type in the town of Furstenberg in
Germany in 1745.

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 Literature Review
Chinese developers have unveiled the worlds first perm
anent magnetic levitation wind power generator at the
Wind Power Asia Exhibition 2006 in Beijing.

The generator was jointly developed by Guangzhou

Energy Research Institute under Chinas Academy of
Sciences

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 In the early part of the century, coal was the dominant
source of energy.

The most acute problem with the large oil consumption

is the environmental concerns associated with oil, i.e.
the greenhouse effect.

The wind as a fuel for producing electricity is

inexhaustible, free and always available somewhere,
and there is enough of it.

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 Increasing blade size adds extra weight to the blades, leading to
higher centrifugal and inertial forces that the blade must be able
to resist.

In vertical axis turbines main axis is perpendicular to the ground,

they accept wind from any direction .

Maglev technology serves as an efficient replacement for ball

bearings used on the conventional wind turbine and is usually
implemented with permanent magnets

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System Diagram

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 Two Plywood sheet cut into circle of 40cm diameter.
Two ring type Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) magnets having
outer diameter 40 mm, inner diameter 20 mm and thickness 10
mm at the center of the shaft.
Disc type magnets of 25 mm diameter alternate poles one after
the other, along the periphery of the rotor made of plywood sheet
of 40cm diameter.
Metal sheet for blade of turbine.
Copper coils
A rod to mount the stator and rotor periphery.

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 References
1. Minu John, Rohit John, Syamily P.S, Vyshak P.A, Maglev Windmill,
International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Volume: 03 ,
Issue: 05, May-2014
2. Dinesh N Nagarkar and Dr. Z. J. Khan, Wind Power Plant Using Magnetic
Levitation Wind Turbine, International Journal of Engineering and Innovative
Technology (IJEIT) Volume 3, Issue1, July 2013
3. Vishal D Dhareppgoal and Maheshwari M Konagutti, REGENEDYNE Maglev
Wind Power Generation, SARC-IRAJ International Conference, 16th June 2013,
Pune, India.
4. Tapan H. Barot, Hitesh Jariwala, Mayur Kevadiya, A Review on Straight Bladed
Vertical Axis H-Type Darrieus Wind Turbine, International Journal of Innovative
Research in Science Engineering and Technology Vol. 4, Special Issue 6, May 2015

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 References
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