Analysis of Unpowered Freewheeling Propeller Impact in Quadcopter for Energy Harvesting Process

Abstract

This research investigates the impact of freewheeling propellers in the Quadcopter for the purpose of harvesting energy. The main part of the Quadcopter is the propeller. In the arm of the Quadcopter, if the Unpowered freewheeling propeller is connected along with the main propeller at the time of Energy Harvesting (EH) process, of the aerodynamic point of view to place the freewheeling propeller at a particular distance and place from the and 12 cm are taken to the software analyses using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ANSYS 18.1 / FLUENT analysed using the graphical contour representation and measured values. The CFD simulation result showed that, cm distance between the propellers in both the Cases seems good results compared with the other distances of 8 cm and 12 cm. This is an interesting design feature that can be used to locate the freewheeling propeller in the Quadcopter for Energy Harvesting purposes.