ICFs 10.

5 MW WIND MILL PROJECT

Project Name : 10.5 MW Wind Mill Project for ICF in the state of Tamil Nadu. Project Cost : 66.05 Crores.

Project Status: Project Commissioned on 30.03.2009

Features: First ever Wind Mill Project by Indian Railways. ICFs Coaches are manufactured using Green Energy. Project Commissioned well before target date. Wind Mills each of capacity 1500kW and the total capacity is 10.5MW. Wind Mills installed at Kasthurirengapuram Village & Urumangulam Village, Radhapuram Taluk, Tirunelveli Dist. Tamilnadu,India Power Generated from Wind Mills is used for captive consumption. Expected Annual Generation from Wind Mills is 25.9 million units(28% PLF) and this will meet ICFs Energy demand. Excess energy generated from Wind mills will be sold to TNEB. Project qualifies for CDM benefits and annual revenue of Rs.2.0 crores is expected from carbon credits. Project serves as a corporate responsibility towards green energy, taking care of the sustainable development aspect. Since being green energy it will reduce carbon emission which will in turn reduce the global warming etc. Daily Generation Report is available on ICF Railnet Website(Electrical Dept link)

FEATURES OF ICFS WIND MILLS General

Type Rated Out put Hub Height Rotor Dia Cut in Wind Speed (m/sec) Cut out wind speed (m/sec) Wind speed at rated out put (m/sec) Rotor Speed (rpm) Tip Speed (m/sec) Horz. Axiz wind turbine 1500 kW 78.5 m (including 1 m foundation height) 82 M 4 m/ sec 20 m/sec 14 m/sec 16.30 rpm 70 m/sec Tubular Tower 76 m High Tensile Steel 4 2.813 m 4.030 m Bolted Structure, assembly at site Aluminium 3 Epoxy bonded fiber glass 40 M 82 M Upwind Glass Reinforced Epoxy material There one yawing motors each 3kw to rotate the nacelle along the axis of tower & 3 Pitching motors each 7.5kw to rotate the blades along its own axis to optimize the output power according to the direction of wind which ensure the maximum power output from the wind mills 1500 kW Asynchronous type single speed induction generator 3 phase, 690 V, ac, +/- 15% 1365 A 50 Hz 1511 rpm 4 Class-H 1500 rpm Delta/ Star Facility is Available through out 24Hrs. CMCS are Connected to WTGs through optical fibre cable

Tower
Type Height Material No. of sections Top most Dia of Shell Bottom most Dia of Shell Assembly Ladder Type

Rotor
No. of Blades Blade Materials Blade length Rotor Dia Rotor Orientation Blade Material

Pitching & Yawing

Generator
Rated Power out put Type Voltage Current (A) Frequency RPM No. of poles Insulation Class Synchronous speed Stator/ Rotor winding connection

CMCS FACILTY
Centralized Control & Monitoring Station.

Weight per wind mill

Hub & Nose Cone 3 Blades approx. Nacelle Tower Total (Approx) 11863 kg 16500 kg 59900 kg 140390 kg 228653 kgs

ABOUT WIND MILLS

Wind Turbine Components

Nacelle, Rotor blades, Hub, Low speed shaft, Gearbox, High speed shaft with its mechanical brake, Electrical Generator, Yaw mechanism, Electronic controller, Hydraulics system, Cooling unit, tower, Anemometer and Wind vane.

What makes the rotor turn?

The answer seems obvious - the wind. But actually, it is a bit more complicated than just the air molecules hitting the front of the rotor blades. Modern wind turbines borrow technologies known from airplanes and helicopters, plus a few advanced tricks of their own, because wind turbines actually work in a very different environment with changing wind speeds and changing wind directions.
Lift

Have a look at the animation of the cut-off profile (cross section) of the wing of an aircraft. The reason why an airplane can fly is that the air sliding along the upper surface of the wing will move faster than on the lower surface. This means that the pressure will be lowest on the upper surface. This creates the lift, i.e. the force pulling upwards that enables the plane to fly. The lift is perpendicular to the direction of the wind. The lift phenomenon has been well known for centuries to people who do roofing work: They know from experience that roof material on the lee side of the roof (the side not facing the wind) is torn off quickly, if the roofing material is not properly attached to its substructure.