TECHNICAL SEMINAR

On

BLADELESS WIND TURBINE

By

B GANDHI 16K91A0344

Under the guidance of

Mr.K KISHORE KUMAR (M.tech)

( Associate professor )

Department of Mechanical Engineering TKR

College of Engineering and Technology
 ABSTRACT

Vortex bladeless wind turbine is a Spanish SME whose objective is to develop a new concept
of wind turbine without blades called vortex wind turbine. These design represents a new model
in wind energy and aim to eliminates are reduced many of the existing problems in conventional
generators. This technology creates a new revolution in the power generation system.

It is simple and composed of a single structural component so it is manufacturing, transporting,

storage and installation have greater advantages. The new wind turbine design has no bearings,
gears etc. so maintanence is easy. Bladeless turbine will generate electricity for 40% lesser in cost
compared with blade wind turbine.

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B Gandhi
H.No 16K91A0344
 INTRODUCTION

At present India is stepping towards becoming a global super power. This implies that it is
leading the list of developing countries in terms of economic development. Therefore the
energy requirement of the country would increase in rapid rate. In these days non renewable
energy sources are gone to the depth of earth, so we can obviously produce energy by
renewable energy sources. Wind energy has becamea legitimate source of energy over the
past few decades.The construction of bladeless windmill is quiet simple.The conical mast
is pivoted vertically with the help of cylindrical rod which is held within roller bearing in
such a way that it vibrate in one direction only. The portion below pivot is covered with
help of metal sheet. The upper part of mast flutters in wind while crank shaft is connected
to lower part. Figure 1. Vortex wind turbine This is a wind generator without blades. The
main advantage of this underlies the absorption of energy through the vortices of a rigid
member similar to an effect of aerodynamics.We are going to generate electricity by using
the bladeless wind turbine. This wind turbine will have no blades. It will generate electricity
by using oscillation due to wind.
 HISTORY
Vortex Bladeless S.L is a wind energy Spanish startup that was founded in 2013 by David
Yáñez, David Suriol and Raúl Martín, exclusively dedicated to the development and
marketing of Vortex. This multi-patented wind turbine without blades is able to capture
the kinetic wind energy by 'vortex shedding' and transform it into electricity.

The idea emerged in 2002 when David Yáñez, the inventor, saw a video of the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge disaster and led him to the idea of a bladeless wind turbine. This new
technology seeks to overcome issues related to traditional wind turbines such as
maintenance, amortization, noise, environmental impact, logistics, and visual aspects.

In April 2015, Vortex relocated to Boston and formed a coalition with representatives from
Harvard University, IDEO, TerraForm Power and Dat Venture. The improvement of its
product has been funded by Repsol Foundation Grant, Spanish Angels Investors and a loan
from the Spanish government. Vortex also launched a crowdfunding campaign on June 1,
2015 to fund part of its commercialization. Currently, the company's focus is on the
development of small wind products, with mass power generation devices planned for
future.