Experimental Verification of On-Board Power Generation System for Vehicle Application

The usage of renewable energy sources is increased day by day to overcome the dependency on fossil fuels. The wind energy is considered as a prominent source of renewable energy. In this paper, an approach towards generating electrical energy from moving vehicle is proposed. The selection of wind turbine, blades, generator etc. is done to have the most efficient system. The calculation procedure for the generated power and drag force is shown to know the effectiveness of the proposal. The generation of electrical energy is achieved for the speed above 30 kilometers per hour (kmph). The proposed model seems very useful for the people travelling long distances in the absence of mobile electricity. The model is also very economical and easy to fabricate. It has very less weight and area that makes it portable and comfortable to carry along. The practical results are shown by implementing the portable wind turbine system on two-wheeler for the application of cell-phone charging.