Abstract

The aim of this project is to design and construct a wind pump that is able to provide

water to a rural village. The overall design goals of this project focused on affordability and

simplicity of design rather than efficiency. These objectives were achieved using turbine

connected to a pump in order to create a system that was robust and easy to construct in a

low-technology area. While the WPI prototype would supply 67.4% of the design specified

water output, it did not meet initial design specifications. However, in comparison to

competitors, this design was the most affordable third world option by a significant margin.

With certain modifications, this wind pump would be a cost-effective, low technology

method of pumping clean water.

We know the use of windmill only on industrial level cases high cost which is not

affordable for domestic level. Also load shedding being a most burning problem in India, so

there is problem for pumping of water from resources. Therefore we developed a mechanism

which does not require any electricity supply for working. So this wind pump having

potential to replace convention electric motor or an option for electric motor when there is a

shortage of electricity.

Test has been carried out on the wind turbine with the different wind velocities of

5.89 m/s, 6.08 m/s and 7.02 m/s. From the experiment, the wind power has been calculated as

132.19 W, 145.40 W and 223.80 W. The maximum wind power is considered in the present

study.

Keywords: wind power, windmill, wind turbine

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