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    FLYING

    WINDMILL
    Presentation by: Tejashree.k
    USN :
    3VC13EE108
    High altitude wind power uses Flying Electric
    Generator(FEG) technology in the form of what have been
    more
    popularly called FLYING WINDMILLS.

    FEG technology is just cheaper, cleaner and can provide


    more energy.

    The secret of functioning High Altitude Wind Power


    is efficient tether technology that even reaches 1500
    feet in the air, far higher than birds will fly, but
    creating
    restricted airspace for planes and other aircraft.

    FLYING WINDMILL

    Flying windmills are even more advantageous as


    they could be trucked to any location.
    CONVECTIONAL
    WINDMILL
    It is a windmill similar to a conventional one in its working principle but here
    the rotor and generator will be floating in air just like a hot air balloon.

    The generator will be enclosed in an inflatable structure and this structure is


    held by
    a Tether and tied to the ground.

    Canadian engineer Fred Ferguson, specialized in airships, proposed an


    innovative system called as Magenn Air Rotor System (MARS).

    The helium filled MARS is a buoyant turbine made of vectran – a bulletproof


    material that is stronger than steel of the same thickness – and is connected to
    the ground by an insulated conductive tether.

    While in the sky,the MARS turbines spins in the wind,generating


    electricity.The current is transferred down the tether for consumption,battery
    storage or transmitted to a power grid.
    LIFTING MECHANISM
    1.Helium sustains the Magenn Air
    Rotor System,which ascends to an
    altitude as selected by the
    operator for the best winds

    3.MARS is filled with helium gas,which is


    2.This aerodynamic phenomenon
    inert and non-flammable.The lifting gas
    provides additional lift,keeps the MARS
    creates a lift force that is in excess of the
    device stabilized,position MARS within a
    total weight of the system.The helium
    very controlled and restricted
    provides at least twice the positive lift
    location,and finally,causes MARS to pull
    versus the overall weight of the MARS
    up overhead to maximize altitude rather
    unit.Additional lift is also created when
    than drift downwind on its tether.
    the rotor is spinning in a wind.
    Arrangement of MARS
    WORKING
    There is a
    step-up gear
    box which
    As the connects the The electrical
    rotor of low-speed energy thus
    the shaft to the produced is
    windmill high-speed transferred
    rotates due shaft and down the
    increases the tether for
    to high
    rotational consumption,
    velocity speeds from or to a set of
    wind ,it about 30 to batteries or
    produces 60 rotations the power
    very high per minute grid.
    (rpm) to
    torque.
    about 1200
    to
    1500 rpm.
    Performance of power flow MARS

    APPLICATIONS
    1. OFF GRID FOR COTTAGES AND REMOTE USES SUCH AS CELL TOWERS.
    2. DEVELOPING NATIONS WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE IS LIMITED OR
    NON EXISTENT.
    3. RAPID DEPLOYMENT TO DISASTER AREAS FOR POWER TO EMERGENCY AND
    MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, WATER PUMPS, AND RELIEF EFFORTS (EX. KATRINA,
    TSUNAMI).
    4. AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS.
    ADVANTAGES
    1. Low cost electricity .
    2. Bird and bat friendly.
    3. Lower noise
    4. Wide range of wind speeds - 2 to more than 28 meters/second
    5. Higher altitudes - from 200 to 800 feet above ground level are possible.
    6. Ability to install closer to the power grid.
    7. Ideal for off grid applications or where power is not reliable.
    8. They do not require land, wide roads and heavy machinery for assembly.
    MARS units remove these limitations.
    DISADVANTAGES
    9. MARS units cannot be installed within five miles of the boundary of any airport.
    10.Initial cost is high.
    11.Another disadvantage of floating windmills is that they have to be taken down
    in extremely powerful winds, whereas common wind turbines are simply shut
    down.
    CONCLUSION
    In case of flying windmills the MARS system is very simple to
    install, requiring minimal on‐site work.

    Despite its large size, no cranes or oversized vehicles were


    required to deploy the system.

    High‐altitude wind power using tethered wind turbine


    devices has the potential to open up a new wind
    resource
    in areas that are not served by convectional
    turbines.
     http://www.theatlantic.com
     www.magenn.com
     http://www.nampet.com
     www.dnvgl.com
     www.William kamkwamba.com
     www.Herman Melville.com
    THANK YOU
    FOR
    YOUR
    ATTENTION

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