Aero-elastic Energy Harvesting Device: Design and Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorPirquet, Oliver Johann
dc.contributor.supervisorNadler, Ben
dc.contributor.supervisorCrawford, Curran
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T20:06:31Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T20:06:31Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-10-02
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science M.A.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractAn energy harvesting device driven by aeroelastic vibration with self-sustained pitching and heaving using an induction based power take off mechanism has been designed and tested for performance under various operating conditions. From the data collected the results show that the device achieved a maximum power output of 48.3 mW and a maximum efficiency of 2.26% at a dimensionless frequency of 0.143. For all airfoils tested the device was shown to be self-starting above 3 m/s. A qualitative description relating to the performance of the device considering dynamic stall and the flow conditions at optimal dimensionless frequency has been proposed and related to previous work. Performance for angles off the wind up to 22 degrees and was observed to have no reduction in power output due to the change in angle to the wind. The device has shown evidence of having a self-governing capability, tending to decrease its power output for heavy windpspeeds, a thorough examination of this capability is recommended for future work.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0548en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0544en_US
dc.description.proquestemailopirquet@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6740
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectenergy harvestingen_US
dc.subjectwind energyen_US
dc.subjectpoweren_US
dc.subjectrenewable energyen_US
dc.subjectgreen energyen_US
dc.subjectflutteren_US
dc.subjectaero elasticen_US
dc.subjectaeroelasticen_US
dc.subjectvibrationen_US
dc.subjectsmall scaleen_US
dc.titleAero-elastic Energy Harvesting Device: Design and Analysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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