{"id":280,"date":"2015-04-25T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/137.229.141.228\/capstone\/?p=280"},"modified":"2021-05-13T06:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T06:42:49","slug":"vertical-axis-wind-turbine-strut-and-blade-design-for-rural-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Strut and Blade Design for Rural Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2015-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine-Strut-and-Blade-Design-for-Rural-Alaska-Diagram-part-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" width=\"348\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2015-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine-Strut-and-Blade-Design-for-Rural-Alaska-Diagram-part-1.png 543w, https:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2015-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine-Strut-and-Blade-Design-for-Rural-Alaska-Diagram-part-1-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Students:&nbsp;<\/strong>Josh Heppner, Chris Joren, Tyler Kobelnyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty Advisor or Community Project Lead:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. Jifeng Peng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Client:&nbsp;<\/strong>Igiugig Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:&nbsp;<\/strong>A Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine was designed with hollowed out, hook shaped airfoil blades connected to a drive shaft via T-slot aluminum extrusions. This turbine was designed for wind conditions in rural Alaska with 60 mile per hour gale force winds considered as a worst case scenario. Finite element analysis was applied to models created in SolidWorks using ANSYS to evaluate designs. The final prototype was built primarily out of aluminum with a budget of $2500 and has 36 inch long blades with a chord length of 12 inches and an overall turbine diameter of 36 inches.\u2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Document(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2015-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine-Strut-and-Blade-Design-for-Rural-Alaska-Final-Report-VAWT.pdf\">2015 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Strut and Blade Design for Rural Alaska Final Report<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/coeng.uaa.alaska.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2015-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine-Strut-and-Blade-Design-for-Rural-Alaska-Final-Report-VAWT.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students:&nbsp;Josh Heppner, Chris Joren, Tyler Kobelnyk Faculty Advisor or Community Project Lead:&nbsp;Dr. Jifeng Peng Client:&nbsp;Igiugig Community Summary:&nbsp;A Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine was designed with hollowed out, hook shaped airfoil blades connected to a drive shaft via T-slot aluminum extrusions. 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