Magnetic levitation using Neodymium magnets for vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs)

• Main Author: Morris, Euan Andrew.
• Other Authors: Gilbert Foo Hock Beng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54640
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report is concerned with the design and construction of a prototype Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine, magnetically levitated via the use of Neodymium magnets arranged in configurations known as ‘Halbach arrays’. The topics of Wind Energy, various methods of Magnetic Levitation and a comparison of Hor...