DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF A SMALL HOMEMADE ...

[Pages:49]DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF A SMALL HOMEMADE WIND TURBINE BLADES

CAPSTONE DESIGN Ms. RAYHANE ABOUCHOUKRI SUPERVISED BY: Dr.ABDERRAZZAK ELBOUKILI

- SPRING 2018

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Acknowledgments

I would like to dedicate this piece of work to my beloved family; father, mother, brother, aunt, and dearest friend, who have always been supportive, and encouraged me to go beyond my limits.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr.El Boukili Abderrazzak for his support and guidance during this capstone project. He always had the ability to make complicated and difficult things easier by simplifying the data.

I would also like to thank some of my professors and closest friends for believing in me and supporting me through my toughest times in my journey at the university.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Figures .............................................................................................................................. 5 Table of Tables ............................................................................................................................... 6 Table of Equations .......................................................................................................................... 7 Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Feasibility study .............................................................................................................................. 9

Project Context: ....................................................................................................................... 9 Market Analysis:...................................................................................................................... 9 STEEPLE Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 10 1. Social.................................................................................................................................. 10 2. Technology ........................................................................................................................ 10 3. Environmental.................................................................................................................... 10 4. Economical ........................................................................................................................ 10 5. Political .............................................................................................................................. 10 6. Legal .................................................................................................................................. 10 7. Ethical ................................................................................................................................ 10 Chapter 1: State of the Art ............................................................................................................ 11 1.1: Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 12 1.2: Advantages of Wind Power ............................................................................................... 13 1.3: Disadvantages: ................................................................................................................... 14 1.4: Types of Wind Turbines..................................................................................................... 14 1.4.1: Horizontal Axis Wind turbine ..................................................................................... 15 1.4.2: Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ........................................................................................ 16 1.5 Power Plants ........................................................................................................................ 17 1.5.1: Onshore Power Plant ................................................................................................... 17 1.5.2: Offshore Power Plant .................................................................................................. 18 1.6: Morocco as a Leading power in the Wind Turbine Technology: ...................................... 19 1.7: Moroccan Wind Farms....................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 2: Blades .......................................................................................................................... 22 2.1 Why HAWT? ...................................................................................................................... 23 2.2 Blades .................................................................................................................................. 23

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2.2.1 Blades Components ...................................................................................................... 24 2.2.2. Blades Structure........................................................................................................... 27 2.2.3 Blades Structural Design .............................................................................................. 27 2.4: Materials............................................................................................................................. 27 2.4.1: Fiber Material .............................................................................................................. 28 2.5: Current Challenges............................................................................................................. 29 Chapter 3: Design of the Wind Turbine Blades............................................................................ 30 3.1: Design of the blades ........................................................................................................... 31 3.1.1: Why design with Solid works software? ..................................................................... 32 3.2. Design of the Rotor ............................................................................................................ 33 3.2: Materials to be used ........................................................................................................... 33 3.3 Cost...................................................................................................................................... 35 Chapter 4: Fabrication Process ..................................................................................................... 36 4.1: Fabrication of the Blades ................................................................................................... 37 4.2: Dimensions of the blades ................................................................................................... 37 4.3: Final Cost ........................................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 5: Equations & Mathematical Calculations..................................................................... 41 5.1: Swept Area ......................................................................................................................... 42 5.2: Equations............................................................................................................................ 43 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 44 Future work ................................................................................................................................... 45 References..................................................................................................................................... 46

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Table of Figures

Figure 1 Types of Wind Turbines ................................................................................................. 15 Figure 2 Horizontal Axis wind Turbine Components................................................................... 16 Figure 3 Wind Power Plants Types .............................................................................................. 17 Figure 4 Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines ..................................................................................... 18 Figure 5 Evolution of Offshore HAWT Wind Turbines............................................................... 19 Figure 6 HAWT Blade.................................................................................................................. 23 Figure 7 Chord Length Image....................................................................................................... 25 Figure 8 Upper view of the design of Blade using Solid Works .................................................. 31 Figure 9 Frontal view of the design of the blade .......................................................................... 32 Figure 10 Rotor and blades ........................................................................................................... 33 Figure 11 PVC Pipe ...................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 12 Homemade PVC blades................................................................................................ 38 Figure 13 My wind turbine & I..................................................................................................... 39 Figure 14 Sweap Area................................................................................................................... 42

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Table of Tables

Table 1 World Ranking................................................................................................................. 13 Table 2 Moroccan Power Plants ................................................................................................... 21 Table 3 Prices of materials............................................................................................................ 35 Table 4 Dimensions of the blades ................................................................................................. 37 Table 5 Final Cost .......................................................................................................................... 40

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Table of Equations

Equation 1 Sweap Area................................................................................................................. 42 Equation 2 Power equation ........................................................................................................... 43

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