Bobby Duke Middle School · Edwin Detoya · January 31, 2025
Project Overview
The objective of the project is to design and build a wind turbine prototype that generates the most power. The turbine used PVC blinds for blades and PVC pipes for the base. The gear mechanism uses a compound gear ratio of 32 to 1, which means that as the driver gear spins, the final driven gear spins 32 times faster thereby generating more power. After a series of iterations, below is a video of the final project (copy paste to view):
Key Metrics
Wind Speed (m/s)
Rotor Swept Area (cm2)
6933
Resistor Value (ohms)
30
Output voltage (V)
5.69
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