Design and Development of a Mini-Wind Turbine Car Battery Charger Intergrated to an Automobile Alternator

Wind energy is one of the sources of energy which is found everywhere on earth and is one of the clean energies being used all over the world Shinichi ODA (2015). Many studies have been done to improve the efficiency of wind turbines. In future, wind energy will be one of the most important sources of energy which human beings will be relaying on instead of fossil fuel. This project aims at designing a miniature wind turbine charger circuit to be installed on an automobile and be capable of charging a 12V or 24V battery. The project also involves the design of the wind turbine to be attached on an automobile to harvest wind energy from the wind speed due to velocity of an automobile. The purpose of the project is to be able to produce power from a wind source without compromising the current electromechanical system or efficiency of the automobile. The designed wind turbine will contain an alternator which will be integrated to the existing battery charging system and will only kick-in through an automatic change over gear when there is a fault in the existing alternator.

The project is anticipated to help drivers in times of alternator failure, the system will kick-in to continue charging the battery and keep the engine running.