BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I11074,
     title={Study of Vortex Induced Vibrations for Harvesting Energy},
     author={Gaurao Gohate, Sameer Jadhav, Saurabh Bobde and Abhilash Khairkar},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={11},
     pages={374--378},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I11074.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Today, India is stepping towards becoming a global super power. This implies that, it is leading the list of developing countries in terms of economic development. Hence its energy requirement is going to increase manifold in the coming decades. To meet its energy requirement, coal cannot be the primary source of energy. This is because coal is depleting very fast. It is estimated that within few decades coal will get exhausted. The next clean choice of energy is solar power, but due to its lower concentration per unit area, it is very costly. India is having fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world. As the regions with high wind speed are limited, the installation of conventional windmill is limited. Windmills that would provide safe, quite, simple, affordable and work on lesser wind speeds are need of the hour. The Bladeless Windmill is such a concept which works on the phenomenon of vortex shedding to capture the energy produced. Generally, structures are designed to minimize vortex induced vibrations in order to minimize mechanical failures. But here, we try to increase the vibrations in order to convert vortex induced vibrations into electricity. The paper studies the scope and feasibility of the bladeless windmill.

Bladeless Windmill, Vortex Induced Vibrations, Vortex Shedding, Renewable Energy Sources