Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

Profile
Innovator, Mr. A.S.Srinivas is from the Chitradurga district of Karnataka.

Purpose
Mr. A.S.Srinivas  has made a locking mechanism for wind turbines to stop the rotors from running during turbulent winds for safety reasons and also during routine maintenance.

Benefit
It Increases Safety

Suggested reading(s):

Kang, J., & Lee, H. (2017). The Development of Rotor Brakes for Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 12(15), 5094-5100.

Mo, Q., Wen, J., Liu, X., & Wang, J. (2016, October). The Brake System and Method of the Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. In 2016 5th International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering (ICCAHE 2016) (pp. 145-151). Atlantis Press.

Sirotkin, E. A., Martyanov, A. S., Solomin, E. V., & Kozlov, S. V. (2016, May). Emergency braking system for the wind turbine. In 2016 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Applications and Manufacturing (ICIEAM) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.