RECOVERING TRAIN STATION WIND

DU students harness wind energy produced by Metro trains

April 5, 2015 (The Economic Times)

“A group of Delhi University students has discovered an innovative way of harnessing wind energy churned out by Metro trains to generate electricity… [Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)] allowed the students to install a [wind] turbine on a trial basis at one of the underground metro stations…to check if it can be successful in harnessing the wind…DMRC officials found the project interesting and gave the nod to install a turbine at Chandni Chowk metro station…along the underground tracks at the mouth of tunnel where the maximum wind velocity available is 6.5 m/s…[They] installed a three-blade turbine and later a five-blade light rotor turbine with a cut-in speed of less than 1.5m/s...and measured the power it generates…[The project] received a grant of Rs 15 lakh from the university…[DMRC engineers] asked the team to develop the concept further…” click here for more

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