Hyderabad students design wind powered car

City-based mechanical engineering students Vasavi, Shruti, Bindu, Divya and Sankar designed a wind powered car by using a wind turbine, batteries, charger and an ebike motor recently.

Students who worked as a team first discussed their ideas and decided to work on this project. Speaking to The Hans India, Vasavi said, “For propulsion, the wind powered car needs a good stiff breeze preferably well above 10 mph (18km/h).”

She further explained that the wind blows over the turbine blades and just like the familiar wind farms, they start to turn. The higher the speed, the faster the blades spin, she said.

As they do so, through a system of cogs and gears and a drive shaft attached to the wheels, the car moves forward. We can save India by saving fuel with the help of wind powered car, adds Vasavi.

Other designer Bindu said, “Our guide and head of department (HoD) have supported us throughout the process and they have cleared our doubts with lot of patience. They were a strong support.”

We hadn’t thought of approaching any company before starting the project as we always wanted do something unique. Divya said that the team worked with full enthusiasm and passion and their mentor Bhoj Naik helped them complete the project in forty-five days.

In future, we may expect many advanced technologies related to wind energy. Wind vehicles will become one of the most common and efficient vehicles in the future, adds Vasavi.

Illustrating on the wind power car, the students said that the EBike motor with the controller is connected to the wheels which forces the car to move forward. Talking about the car they said that its weight is about 120 kg and the students spent 40,000 on the invention.

Bindu concludes by saying that the wind blows, the double turbines begin to spin, the wheels turn and the car moves.

By:Rashmi Kumari