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The document discusses the development of a portable magnetic levitation vertical wind turbine for residential use. Such a turbine aims to utilize low wind speeds through the use of a diffuser and magnetic levitation instead of traditional bearings. The goals are to conduct simulations and testing to minimize costs, present digital and testing data for comparison, and estimate fabrication and maintenance costs. The portable design targets installation on commercial billboards and residential areas without access to power grids.

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MAG LEVintroduction

The document discusses the development of a portable magnetic levitation vertical wind turbine for residential use. Such a turbine aims to utilize low wind speeds through the use of a diffuser and magnetic levitation instead of traditional bearings. The goals are to conduct simulations and testing to minimize costs, present digital and testing data for comparison, and estimate fabrication and maintenance costs. The portable design targets installation on commercial billboards and residential areas without access to power grids.

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Development of Mag-Lev Vertical Wind Turbine for

residential application
Lance Darren Galorport1, Dave Torino1, Jan Lorenz Buling1
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Mechanical Engineering Program, College of Engineering Education
University of Mindanao, Matina, Davao City, Philippines
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lgalorport @umindanao.edu.ph
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
I. INTRODUCTION testing and flow simulation to the turbine for actual basis
Wind turbines are technology that utilize wind to create a through solidworks.
kinetic energy that be converted into electricity. Wind turbine This study aims to develop, fabricate and design a portable
industries are challenged to innovate, conduct more research magnetic levitation vertical wind turbine with the following:
and run simulations to make wind turbines competitive into a. To conduct tests and simulations via “Solidworks”
the world of renewable energy [1]. Renewable energies have software to minimize testing costs;
been the most reliable innovation for rural areas because of its b. Present digital data to be compared to actual testing;
high wind speeds, unlike urban areas that has relatively low c. To present an estimation of fabrication costs,
wind speeds because of its high-rise buildings that blocks the maintenance costs;
winds rendering it useless as a medium for wind turbines. d. Its power generation to be converted in monetary
The common type of wind turbine is the horizontal axial value to be labelled as free renewable energy costs.
wind turbine (HAWT) it is widely used because of its In urban places wind cannot increase its velocity because
promising output power range from 1kW to units of MW. of the buildings that blocks the flow of the wind resulting of
However, HAWT have low efficiency for low wind velocity. having a low wind velocity and inconsistent wind directions.
In the other hand Vertical axial wind turbine (VAWT) is more The diffuser will accelerate the low speed winds and increase
efficient for low wind velocity [1]. Diffuser has been the its force exerted
crucial innovation in terms of utilizing low wind speeds and Magnetic levitation vertical axial wind turbine is
generating useful load of electricity to be used at least on applicable for this condition since it only required low
small residential houses in rural areas that has no power grids velocity of wind and can take winds in all directions to
or far from flowing water to be utilized as hydro generators generate enough kinetic energy to be convert it to electricity.
[2]. Common types of wind turbine used in rural areas are The housing that provides as its storage will be the key design
Horizontal Axial Wind Turbines because of its stability and for its portability and potential deployment on commercial
relatively higher efficiency comparing to Vertical Axial Wind billboards.
Turbines. Portable mag-lev vertical axial wind turbines target to be
VAWT has been applied on residential areas for low wind installed mainly on commercial billboards and residential
velocity and converting it to electricity. While previous areas only.
studies successfully applied it to residential areas its designed
like a post that cannot be moved, this study will focus on
making a portable VAWT that can be utilized both on
commercial and residential use and by the boost of magnets as
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replacement for base and head bearings it makes VAWT
frictionless and more efficient and a housing for the VAWT
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the high wind speeds of the place and using it as a medium for
the turbine mechanical process to produce energy at places
that cannot be reached by commercial or government power
line grids. Developed wind turbine systems that ha a diffuser
can be applicable in cities because it increases the force of a
low speed wind. The intended design to be developed is a
diffuser consisted of a shroud with a broad-ring flange at the
exit periphery and a wind turbine within it. The flanged-
diffuser shroud (called wind lens) improved power output
tremendously by collecting and accelerating the approaching
wind [5]. A housing as storage incorporated with hydraulics
for automatic lay-up and lay-down mechanism, and to conduct

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