Keep Simple and Go Green
To reduce the use/dependency of fossil fuels in everyday life activities. We’re thinking of an improved way to better utilize the available renewable sources, by designing an energy-efficient and simple wind turbine engine. Wind turbine engine converts wind energy to mechanical work which could be used to obtain electricity. Wind turbines preserve the environment, are very diverse in uses, reliable, and requires minimal maintenance. However, its cost is an important issue. It is not yet competitive with the P.V solar panels and the other means of alternative energy. Although, we are aiming to reduce the cost as much as possible through a better choice of materials so it can be competitive with the other alternative energy designs out there.
Large refrigeration box trucks that travel for long distances (8 hours +) consume more fuel than any other equivalent standard truck. There are a couple of reasons for this; first, is that large refrigeration trucks use their diesel engine to power the refrigeration compartment in the back of the truck. In addition, large trucks’ aerodynamics have a great impact on fuel consumption. As a result, more energy needed to be produced from the engine, leading to consume more fuel to maintain that energy. Refrigerated trucks’ fuel economy is important because it saves money, mitigates climate change, reduces our dependence on oil, and increases energy sustainability. Thus approaches to reduce the fuel consumption of such trucks is needed. One Successful way is the dependence on wind deflectors and other aerodynamic geometry of the truck to reduce drag force which will result in reduction in fuel consumption. However, the refrigerator compartment in those more aerodynamic designs is still powered by the engine which will results in a high fuel consumption still. On the other hand, our design is unique in the sense that it uses renewable energy to power the refrigerator compartment reducing fuel consumption substantially.