Development of a Vertical-Shaft Windmill for Areas with Low Annual Average Windspeeds

摘要

A national commitment has been made to develop renewable sources of energy. Wind and solar energy have received the most attention. The scope of this thesis is to investigate aspects and technical feasibility of a windmill that could capture the low speed winds that ocur in many regions of this nation. Tradeoff's of cost vs efficiency are included. An aerodynamic computer program was developed to predict the performance of the windmill. A model of the system was constructed, tested and the results of the test compared to the data originally predicted by the aerodynamic computer program. (ERA citation 08:057116)