POWER GENERATION ON HIGHWAY USING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE AND SOLAR ENERGY

The rapid growth of renewable energy generation is increasing to meet the demand for electricity. Solar and wind both are renewable energy sources. Solar energy available begins of day and the wind energy is maximum on the highway due to the speed of the vehicle. The motivation of this paper contributes the global trend toward clean energy. This paper focuses on use of air on highway divider with the help vertical axis wind turbine. When the vehicle passed on the highway it produces a considerable amount of air due to its speed. This air tangentially strikes on the blade of the vertical axis wind turbine and its makes a rotation of the turbine in only one direction. The solar system is used to generate electrical energy and also installed in a way that it diverts the vehicle air towards the turbine. The generator with the gear mechanism is connected to the shaft of the vertical axis wind turbine to generate electricity. The electrical output of vertical axis turbine and the solar system is stored in a battery. This stored energy which can be further used for street lighting, toll gates, etc. Hardware implementation of the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is presented in the paper with solar panel.