DESIGNING AND MODELING OF A WIND POWER GENERATING PLANT

Ighodaro Osarobo*, Okogie Sunday, and Ozakpolor Jude

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

E-mail: osaighodaro@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The current situation of global warming and need for sustainable development calls for pragmatic solution to power generation using renewable and environmental friendly source as every economy of the world today requires electric power supply to run effectively. A large number of modern technology and civilization itself will become undermined without adequate power supply. This paper centers on the use of a wind turbine to harness the free energy in the wind for power generation. It contains results of experiments carried out during the course of the project using a bicycle dynamo and an anemometer to determine the variation of voltage with shaft speed, and wind speed determination, it gives detailed calculations of necessary parameters for the design of a typical model of an indigenous wind turbine and finally concludes with some recommendation for improvement of the wind turbine.