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DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE MOUNTED AIR TURBINE USING
SOLIDWORKS
SUBMITTED BY:
M.JAYAVEL - 80106114038
S. PULITHEVAN - 80106114040
B.RAJAGOPALAN - 80106114046
S.SASIKUMAR - 80106114307
PROJECT GUIDE:
Mr. S. MURALI, M.E., (Ph.D.,)
PROFESSOR
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CONTENTS
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM METHODOLOGY PART FILE CREATION ASSEMBLY DRAWING FEA IN SOLIDWORKS FLOW ANALYSIS FLOW TRAJETORY FLOW SIMULATION RESULTS POWER EXTRACTED FROM WIND NET POWER EXTRACTED FINDINGS RESULT
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
To capture the opposing air and convert its
into power while vehicle is in running.
To design the system which extracts the energy without affecting the vehicle performance as much.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM
To avoid prototyping of the model the design is evaluated in SolidWorks software.
To find the exact environmental condition of the model the design is analyzed using SolidWorks Flow Simulation.
METHODOLOGY
The conceptual design problem is evaluated using SolidWorks professional 2009.
The part files are created and assembled Into model.
Then the model is analyzed with SolidWorks Flow Simulation to find out the maximum and minimum velocity conditions.
The result is studied; finally the power extract from the air is correlated.
MATERIAL SELECTION
AISI 1020 is a Standard grade Carbon Steel.
It is composed of (in weight percentage) 0.18-0.23% Carbon (C), 0.30-0.60% Manganese (Mn), 0.04% Phosphorus (P), 0.05% Sulfur (S), and the base metal Iron (Fe).
PART FILE CREATION
The part files are created using the following features.
They are extrusion, revolve, sweep, loft, thickening of a surface, or a sheet metal flange, chamfers, fillets, shells etc.,
ROTOR SELECTION
There are two types of radial blades
Forward-curved, Backward-curved. The backward curvature mimics that of an
airfoil cross section and provides good operating efficiency with relatively economical construction techniques.
Hence backward-curved rotor is suitable for our project.
ROTOR DESIGN It has 8 blades with central hub. This
central hub eliminates the cyclic load variation
CASING SELECTION
There are two types of casing, namely circular and spiral.
From various literature survey, it is seen that the efficiency of circular casing is higher than that of the spiral casing in all flow rate and efficiency is 7% higher than that of spiral casing. It also suitable for backward curved rotor.
Hence we select the circular casing.
PART SPECIFICATIONS
CASING Radius = 125 mm
Clearance = 36 mm Inlet & outlet: rectangular duct
200mm x 100mm ROTOR Blade thickness = 5mm Number of blades = 8 Hub Width = 150mm
ASSEMBLY DRAWING
FEA IN SOLIDWORKS
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) provides a reliable numerical technique for analyzing engineering designs. The process starts with the creation of a geometric model.
Then, the program subdivides the model into small pieces of simple shapes (elements) connected at common points (nodes).
Finite element analysis programs look at the model as a network of discrete interconnected elements.
ELEMENT TYPES Solid Mesh
The SolidWorks program creates a solid mesh with tetrahedral 3D solid elements for all solid components in the Parts folder.
Tetrahedral elements are suitable for bulky objects.
Shell Mesh
The program automatically creates a shell mesh for sheet-metals with uniform thicknesses (except drop test study) and surface geometries.
For sheet metals the mesh is automatically created at the mid-surface
The program extracts the shell thickness from the thickness of the sheet metal. The diagram shows the typical shell element.
DEVELOPMENT OF ELEMENT
Two elements are created on the side of the meshed face with the thickness of t/2(t is thickness of sheet metal). Hence the element is added on the three nodes according to the model.
MESHING
Meshing is a very crucial step in design analysis.
But here the automatic mesher in the software generates a mesh based on a global element size, tolerance, and local mesh control specifications.
MESHER TYPE
Standard mesh. Activates the Voronoi-Delaunay meshing
scheme for subsequent meshing operations. This mesher is faster than the curvature- based mesher and should be used in most cases.
Curvature based mesh. Activates the Curvature-based meshing
scheme for subsequent meshing operations. The mesher creates more elements in higher-curvature areas automatically.
FLOW ANALYSIS
SolidWorks Flow Simulation is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution for Flow Analysis and Simulation.
SolidWorks combines a high level of functionality and accuracy with ease-of-use.
It is perfect for the engineer who needs flow analysis, but is not necessarily an expert in the field of fluid simulation.
PREPARING MODEL FOR ANALYSIS
transparent the model so that we see the flow trajectories when during results.
The model should have, only one inlet and only one outlet.
Enclose the inlet and outlet openings with lids which must be solid features, such as extrudes.
Inlet & outlet is covered by a lid and the top portion is adjusted to view the inner parts.
Model is enclosed by two lids in inlet & outlet, transparency is adjusted.
INLET & OUTLET red head arrow -inlet
blue head arrow - outlet
SIMULATION SOLVER
MESHING
SHELL MESH
VARIATION IN MESH
MIN/MAX TABLE
FLOW TRAJECTORY
TRAJECTORY CROSS SECTION
TRAJECTORY ON THE MODEL
CUT PLOTFlow around the model shows the velocity 75-
230m/s effectively strike the rotor blades.
CELLS IN THE REGION
Each node in a solid element has three degrees of freedom that represent the translations in three orthogonal directions.
The software uses the X, Y, and Z directions of the global Cartesian coordinate system in formulating the problem.
For X(m) = -0.038666093, Y(m) = -0.107836062 Z(m) =0.016536792 Cell volume [m³] is 1.00466E-06
INPUT DATA
Basic Mesh Dimensions
Number of cells in X 20;Xmax= 0.175397
Xmin = -0.222872 Number of cells in Y 12;Ymax= 0.123246
Ymin = -0.123246 Number of cells in Z 10;Zmax= 0.198196
Zmin = 0.001804
Physical Features
Flow type: Laminar and turbulent Default wall conditions: Adiabatic wall Initial Conditions: Thermodynamic
parameters
Static Pressure: 101325 Pa
Temperature: 293.2 K
Boundary Conditions
Inlet Volume Flow 1
Coordinate system: Global coordinate system
Reference axis : X
Flow vectors direction:
Normal to face, Volume flow rate normal to face: 5 m³/s. Environment pressure: 101325 Pa
FLOW SIMULATION RESULTS
Basic Mesh Dimensions Number of cells in X:20 Number of cells in Y:12 Number of cells in Z:10 Number Of Cells Total cells:13964 Fluid cells:7598
Min/Max Table
Name Minimum Maximum
Pressure [Pa] 79693.1 386719
Temperature [K] 254.167 328.671
Density [kg/m^3] 0.928413 4.14506
Velocity [m/s] 0 383.166
X-velocity [m/s] -89.1687 377.683
Y-velocity [m/s] -209.438 320.536
Z-velocity [m/s] -178.491 178.76
Shear Stress [Pa] 1.43812e-08 935.228
Fluid Temperature [K] 254.167 328.671
DYNAMIC VISCOCITY Vs TEMPERATURE CHART
SPECIFIC HEAT Vs TEMPERATURE CHART
OPTIMUM VELOCITY
From the analysis it clearly says the model withstand a maximum velocity of 383.16 m/s.
But for calculation we have to select the desired velocity as 13.85m/s, when the vehicle at 50km/hr .
POWER AVAILABLE IN THE WIND P = 0.5*A* ρ *v³ A = swept area = ∏*D² ρ = air density v = velocity of the air D = dia of the rotor A = ∏*(48²) =7238.23mm² ρ = 1.025 kg/m³ v = 13.85 m/s
P = 0.5*0.007238 *1.225*13.85³ = 11.78 watts.
POWER EXTRACTED
W = (ρAV³)/2 Watts A is the area of the turbine = (πD²)/4
= ∏*(0.048²)/4
= 0.0018m² W = (1.205*0.0018*13.85³)/ (2)
= 2.88 watts
if we consider the efficiency of generator is 80% then the net power extracted
DRAG COEFFICIENT
The force exerted on a body moving in a medium like air or water is called drag force.
When the model is fixed in a vehicle the performance is affected due to drag.
The drag coefficient is always associated with a particular surface area.
It does not depends on the type of material used.
VALUES OF DRAG COEFFICIENTType of Object Drag Coefficient
Passenger Train 1.8
Tractor Trailed Truck 0.96
Streamline body 0.04
Modern Car 0.26
POWER REQUIRED TO OVERCOME THE DRAG FORCE
P = (ρ*V³*A*C)/2 A = front area of the model
=61450.745 mm²
drag coefficient C=0.1 P = (1.025*13.85³*61450.745e-9 *0.1)/2
= 0.0087
~ 0.01 watts
NET POWER EXTRACTED
P net = 2.88-0.01
= 2.87 watts.
If we consider the efficiency of the power generator is 80% then the power extracted is 2.3 watts.
FINDINGS
The design is desired to couple with the power generator directly without any step up or step down device. Hence the loss is less.
The power required to overcome the drag is about few watts. If we fit more air turbine in a vehicle we will extract more amount of energy.
RESULTS
The design and analysis show that the conceptual design of our project can withstand the maximum velocity of 383.16 m/s.
If Consider when a vehicle moving 50 km/hr the available flow is nearly 15 m/s. For this factor the net power extracted is 2.3 watts.
THANK YOU….