Author(s)

Assies Ahmad¹, Adil Loya², Muhammad Ali³, Ammar Iqbal³, Faiq Masood Baig¹, Abdul Manan Afzal⁴

¹Department of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
²Department of Mechatronics Engineering, PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
³Department of Mechanical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal, Pakistan.
⁴Department of Automotive Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.

There are multiple approaches of design for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) that have been studied by engineers and leaps have been made in high performing innovations. By harnessing the energy from these wind turbines, the problem of roadside lights shortage can be solved. This can help to prevent the accidents while providing clean energy. The importance of coastal areas like Australian beaches regarding wind turbines cannot be neglected as a higher number of people like to live near coastal vicinity. Also, most of the freeways in Australia expand across the sea. In this paper, one such design has been analyzed to implement across the highways. But still with many advancements in technology, an immense gap is present in the research of implementation of VAWTs. The design discussed in the current study is a VAWT which can be installed on the side of the highway roads to provide clean and cheap energy for illuminating the roads. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was conducted on the blades of the turbine to analyze its performance under operating conditions. Furthermore, the paper elaborates the generation of drag and lift on the blades of the turbine. A wind speed of 60 km/h just produced 6.1 N force on the turbine blades as a result of drag. The cost analysis showed the cheap production of such mechanism that can provide longer service when installed.

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Finite Elemental Analysis, Simulations

Ahmad, A. , Loya, A. , Ali, M. , Iqbal, A. , Baig, F. and Afzal, A. (2020) Roadside Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT): An Effective Evolutionary Design for Australian Highway Commuters with Minimum Dynamic Stall. Engineering, 12, 601-616. doi: 10.4236/eng.2020.129042.