Generating Electrical Energy from Tyne and Wear Metro

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering

© 2021 by SSRG - IJME Journal

Volume 8 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2021

Authors : Yasin Furkan GORGULU, Ahmet GORGULU

10.14445/23488360/IJME-V8I3P101

How to Cite?

Yasin Furkan GORGULU, Ahmet GORGULU, "Generating Electrical Energy from Tyne and Wear Metro," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 8,  no. 3, pp. 1-4, 2021. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V8I3P101

Abstract:

High-speed wind formation is created in “Tyne and Wear,” which is the metro in the northeast of the UK. The study is focused on generating electricity from that wind formation with the help of both horizontal and vertical wind turbines. The idea is to assemble wind turbines on metro tunnels and generate electricity to use on lighting, cooling, and so on. There are similar studies in the literature on which is to install vertical wind turbines on the train rails. Another one is to use turbines at stations. Two scenarios have been thought theoretically for the study. The first one is assembling horizontal wind turbines, and the second one is vertical wind turbines. The first scenario consists of 9 horizontal-axis wind turbines used while 3 vertical-axis wind turbines installed in the second scenario. Tyne and wear metro have two metro lines, yellow and green. Metro cars can go up to 80 km/h at maximum speed. The potential energy that can be generated theoretically is calculated. The financial value of electricity production is determined using the UK's current industrial average price of electrical energy. 462,291 kWh from the first scenario and 398,536 kWh of electrical energy from the second scenario are calculated to produce per annum from a set of turbines.

Keywords:

Generate energy, horizontal wind turbine, vertical wind turbine.

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