Shaft Design of ENERCON E44 Wind Turbine

ABSTRACT
Wind energy has become widely used in many countries and particularly wind turbine projects
that are emerging incredibly thanks to their benefits. In order to keep spreading, their
performance should always be good. The objective of this project is to design of the main shaft
of a wind turbine basically manufactured by ENERCON (multinational company). The shaft
model E44 produces maximum power of 900KW. Essentially, the project involves many parts
which are the design constraints, forces applied on the main shaft. We selected “alloy steel” for
more strength due to high environmental conditions. Since the main shaft is subjected to various
loads because of its transmission role, our study will take into account the different load cases
where some characteristics of the material considered are evaluated. Hence, we will calculate the
diameter of shaft.
Keywords: wind turbine, main shaft, diameter, energy, loads, and type of material.