Full Project (PDF):
Sponsor:
Benefits
- Better use of renewable energy.
- Additional sources of power
- Smaller form factor wind turbine technology
Purpose
To develop a wind energy harnessing device that performs well in urban environments by minimizing upfront costs and limiting space consumption, noise pollution and rooftop stresses.
Objectives

S16 Crossflow turbine overview
This semester's team had the following objectives:
- Increase system efficiency
- Improve inlet geometry to increase airflow to impeller fins
- Design and implement guide vane to control angle of attack
- Improve diffuser design to decrease air separation and improve pressure recovery
- Improve measurement accuracy
- Finish and test pressure sensor telemetry system to capture data at test location
- Make improvements to current dynamometer system to decrease measurement error

S16 Crossflow turbine electronics enclosure
Focus Area:
Energy and the Environment
Project Type:
Advanced Development
Chief Engineer: