Computer aided 1 kW wind turbine design and prototype production

The World is increasingly going renewable energy source. Especially in recent years, increase of the investments in this field shows the importance of renewable energy. Wind energy is the type of renewable energy that has been mentioned a lot in recent times. Wind energy is first converted to mechanical, then electrical energy by means of wind turbines. The most important factors affecting the amount of energy that can be produced are; the number of wind turbine blades and blade structure, turbine design, gear structure in short, each factor of the system affects the amount of energy to be produced. That's why the investment related to the wind turbine increases every year. The first capital investment in wind energy is used for machinery and supporting infrastructure. Factors that increase the energy cost price, such as turbine design, installation and operation of the plant, are the key to making wind power an alternative energy source. Mathematical modeling of a wind turbine is necessary for understanding the behavior of the wind turbine on the process area. Because the wind allows the development of comprehensive control algorithms to help the turbine operate at optimum values. The modeling ensures that wind turbine performance values are controlled. Model results will provide information that can be used by next-generation turbine researchers and designers to optimize turbine design and minimize the factors that lead to increased wind energy costs. In this thesis, wind energy systems have been studied and mathematical modeling of the wind turbine system has been done. Simulations have been carried out by considering certain parameters for environmental conditions and wind turbine. Prototype wind turbine has been manufactured to see it applied.