Development of Mini Wind Turbine Generator

Abstract

Most of the electricity generation process in Malaysia using fuel sources especially coal and natural gasses. The country needs to spend higher cost to import this source since it is not a natural resource in Malaysia. In addition, the usage of coal as resources affected the environment. The extinction of this source also needs to be considered since it is not a renewable energy sources. Therefore, a prototype of mini wind turbine generator is proposed in this research in order to study the effectiveness of this type of generator since it is one of the alternatives to generate electricity. It is developed in Archimedes design by using microcontroller. The performance is evaluated by analyzing the blade material, number of blades and the environment influence on the location of wind turbine generator. The results show that the blade made from acrylic with lowest number of blades produced higher voltage and current while the location of the designed prototype at high hill area generate higher value of voltage and current compared to the beach and field area.