Vertical Axis Highway Wind Turbine

Abstract

Now a day the demand of electricity is higher than that of its production. The main aim of our project is to generate electricity by using the dynamic action of air created by the high speed moving vehicle in highways. The wind back created by the fast moving vehicle is wasted without any utilization. There are several places where the traffic is high all day long and in night also.  In highways the vehicles face problems when travels in night time due to bad light, in highways. This problem can be overcome by using the “VERTICLE AXIS HIGHWAY WIND TURBINE”. There are several places on roadways where the traffic is very heavy all day as well as night. The wind turbines will be installed at the middle of the highway’s divider in a series combination. Therefore, air flow from either sides of the road will be considered in the turbine design. The motive of this project is to spread the knowledge towards clean energy in a feasible way. This paper focuses on use of wind generated by the fast moving automobiles on highway which will utilized by the wind turbine installed at divider. When the vehicle passed on the highway it produces a considerable amount of air due to its speed. This air tangentially strikes on the blade of the vertical axis wind turbine and its makes a rotation of the turbine blades which rotates the generator shaft and the electricity is generated.  The electrical output of vertical axis turbine used for street lighting, toll gates, traffic lightning etc.