An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system

This study presents a simulation result of an evaluation of the aerodynamic performance of a moving car with a wind turbine system. Sedan type cars (approaching the size of Proton Wira car) were modeled using the SolidWork software and simulation was done by ANSYS FLUENT software. Three car mo...

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Main Author:	Jamit, Rexca
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/1/24p%20REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/2/REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT%20WATERMARK.pdf
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.16652021-10-04T08:24:56Z An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system 2014-01 Jamit, Rexca TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources This study presents a simulation result of an evaluation of the aerodynamic performance of a moving car with a wind turbine system. Sedan type cars (approaching the size of Proton Wira car) were modeled using the SolidWork software and simulation was done by ANSYS FLUENT software. Three car models with different wind turbine system positions (in front of the front bumper, on top of the hood and on top of the roof) plus one model without the wind turbine system were simulated. The study proved that the position of the wind turbine system installation will change the characteristic of the air flow around the car body and affects the aerodynamic performance of the car. Extended front bumper of a car is not significantly affecting the aerodynamics performance of the car. This extended bumper seems to be the suitable area to install a wind turbine system and the investigation shows that the aerodynamics performance of the car improved due to the lower drag coefficient, Cd. Optimum power generation will be based upon the amount of air velocity the duct system create in order to rotate the blades. 2014-01 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/1/24p%20REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/2/REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dan Pembuatan
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources Jamit, Rexca An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
description	This study presents a simulation result of an evaluation of the aerodynamic performance of a moving car with a wind turbine system. Sedan type cars (approaching the size of Proton Wira car) were modeled using the SolidWork software and simulation was done by ANSYS FLUENT software. Three car models with different wind turbine system positions (in front of the front bumper, on top of the hood and on top of the roof) plus one model without the wind turbine system were simulated. The study proved that the position of the wind turbine system installation will change the characteristic of the air flow around the car body and affects the aerodynamic performance of the car. Extended front bumper of a car is not significantly affecting the aerodynamics performance of the car. This extended bumper seems to be the suitable area to install a wind turbine system and the investigation shows that the aerodynamics performance of the car improved due to the lower drag coefficient, Cd. Optimum power generation will be based upon the amount of air velocity the duct system create in order to rotate the blades.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Jamit, Rexca
author_facet	Jamit, Rexca
author_sort	Jamit, Rexca
title	An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
title_short	An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
title_full	An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
title_fullStr	An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
title_full_unstemmed	An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
title_sort	evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dan Pembuatan
publishDate	2014
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/1/24p%20REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1665/2/REXCA%20ANAK%20JAMIT%20WATERMARK.pdf
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An evaluation of aerodynamics performance of a moving car with wind turbine system

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