Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis for Wind Turbine Tunnel on Train

Abstract

Recent years have seen a rise in interest in sustainable energy sources because of the growing demand for energy, worries about the depletion of fossil fuel supplies, efforts to mitigate climate change, and global warming. Wind is one of the several sustainable energy sources along with solar, wave, geothermal, and tidal energy that has been shown to be a less expensive way to generate energy. Due to the construction of massive wind farms across the globe, wind power is the energy source with the quickest rate of growth. This has led to a great deal of research focused on wind and the development and advancement of technology to produce energy from wind. The paper deals with Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis for the duct with series of wind turbines mounted on top of the Railway Trains. The purpose of the duct with series of wind turbines is to generate electricity while the train is running. This helps in generation of electricity by using renewable resources rather than using non-renewable resources. Here couple of variants of wind turbine arrangements were done and CFD analysis is carried out to find the efficient system. The arrangement consists of 1 duct with 6 turbines and 2 ducts with 3 turbines.