Diseño de un rotor para turbina eólica de 60w aplicación práctica en la ciudad de Bogotá.

Abstract

The use of renewable energies such as electricity production method is crucial for the environment conservation, that’s why the academic community from the Francisco José de Caldas University encourages its use by the Alternative Energy hotbed SEA, which supports the project to design a multiblade rotor for a horizontal axis wind turbine that generates 60 watts, in order to illuminate an office of the Technology Faculty, located in Bogota; therefore, different options are analyzed by using the quality function deployment methodology (QFD) to selects the appropriate one according to the characteristics of the wind at the area. The wind potential at the area is determined by using the Weibull distribution. The analysis process includes the selection between a multiblade mill, a seven turbine blades and a bladed rotor; finally seven turbine blades is selected to present the best features, using it as a benchmark. The design process includes finite element analysis and other calculations necessary to determining the profile of the blades (NACA 0018) and the rotor diameter (1.8 m) with those characteristics is considered to achieve the required demands.