George Brown College T121 – Mechanical Engineering TechnologyMENG 3008/3010 Project Design

Household Wind Turbine

Dhivahar Shomasekaram Azad kais Yusuf Yusuf

Supervised by: John Camarda

Ontario Centres of Excellence

George Brown College- Center for Advanced Engineering Technology

- Office of Research and Innovation

Northland Power

Partners/Contributors

1980

◦ The world’s first Wind Farm established in New Hampshire, which consisted of 20 wind

turbines.

Currently

◦There are six large wind farms in Ontario which all produce 966MV.

Total turbines

◦To date there are over 350 turbines in Ontario.

Houses Powered by Wind Farms

◦One wind turbine can support the average annual electrical supply of approximately 300

homes.

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Background

To design a small wind power generating system for urban house hold scale.

Objective / Mission Statement

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Design Approach / Methodology

Results

Reduce the total number of components in the assembly

Revise component geometry to streamline manufacturing and assembly process requirements

Improve generator output and efficiency

Assess total foot print

Future research

Ontario Centres of Excellence

George Brown College- Center for Advanced Engineering Technology

- Office of Research and Innovation

Northland Power

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Questions