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taiwolusol: .....

Three7Ty9: ......

Why you guys just booking space?

I had to cut some parts out of the video, it was a bit long. Anyways, the working turbine is at the end of the video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5u4G10dYXM

I'll go first.




Education
Studied mechanical/production engineering.

Experience
Transmission company of Nigeria - 1 year
-Basic workshop practice

Gas processing plant - 4 months
-Process natural gas, maintenance of equipment (heat exchangers, generator, etc)

Automobile servicing unit
-Car servicing

Skills
Proficient in CAD software
-AutoCAD, SketchUP, Rhino3D, Solidworks.

Check this thread for an idea of what I can do HERE

Achievement
Prestigious award for Best constructed final year project, by Nigerian Society of Engineers
HERE


Contact
Xketchdesigns@gmail.com

Hi all. Went through the forum and couldn't find a topic related to this on nairaland. So I decided to create it.

The Nigerian labour market is one which is very though break into, with millions of unemployed graduates, already employed youths struggling to secure the limited slots available and most employers asking for some certain years of relevant experience, while others ask for a certain class of degree.

This thread is for the unemployed graduates who are willing to volunteer at an organisation to gather some experience, who knows you could just end up being employed by the company or firm.

It's very simple, just drop a summarised version of your resume here, no personal details, just your email for contact. And any employer who finds your skills useful can contact you.

I am going to make a video of the whole process, I have some clips and pics I can join together to form a short video, I'll post it when I am done. Once again I want to thank everybody, I can't start listing names but everybody that helped make this possible. Thank you very very much!

firestar: Well done Sadiq!
Been following your blog for awhile now. Don't let your blades droop.
Cheers.

Thanks bro! Wouldn't have been possible without you guys! I really appreciate all the effort and encouragement..

Mynd_44: Hey great work dude. It was really worth the effort. Sorry I have been off lately.
Mine scaled through the first defence and I will be buying the materials at the weekend. School is on strike right now so I am in lagos.
Congratulations anyway

I was just about to send you an email. I have been very busy my self, that's why I have not been able to update or mail you all these while, that's nice to hear about yours, sorry about the strike thing, don't worry the journey is almost over(undergrad chapter I mean). I bet you will do an amazing job also,there was a time I started to wish I did VAWT(you always come to mind then). Lol
Keep in touch ok!?

HWatt :
hey
though am not a graduate for now bt I run my projects wit simple ideas that look stupid wit these simple ideas of mine I was enble to create my own transformer n it works well n now am lukin forward to create my fuelless generator wit same simple ideas of mine.for ur wind turbine I think low rmp motor means a lot so to knw a beter motor to use is the revese of wat u wnt to do I.e fine an electric motor which consume either highvolt when connected to electricity or highcurrent when connected to electricity wat it consume when connected to electricity is wat it wil produce if its revese. I hv experiments on this wit little dc motor the which use highvolt to operates produce highvolt high enough to light 2 led light d other uses highcurrent to operates n produce highcurrent to light a current bulb light. when I tested it wit a meter d highcurrent produce lowvolt n highvolt produce lowcurrent. so wit dis simple ideas u can find a low rmp(d one wit just little turns produces volt)which is the highvolt electric motor. soon to finish my fuelless generator .see u bro to produce ur windturbine. I will share more ideas wit u now I need to practicalizes more k see u ME from EE hwatt

Thanks bro.
I knew what you pointed out even from the begining, I bet you didnot read through the thread. This your theory is very correct, but in reverse it can NEVER give the rated voltage, it has to be lower, efficiency is not 100%. That was a long time ago, when I was searching for motor, I later found an industrious motor, which I used for the project. Thanks for the input, Good luck with your fuel-less generator.

BlackBaron: Impressive work. If only you had better media exposure

Any data on electricity generation?

Yeah, the target was 12+ VDC, I was able to put out 9+ VDC I was just a lil bit short of the target output, I did not do any modifications, If I had I am sure I would have been able to achieve it. The location and height is not favorable also, my initial site was not approved by my supervisor, he claimed it could be vandalized. My height was suppose to be 8 meters because of this, but the pole wasn't strong enough to carry the weight, galvanized iron was so expensive. So I had to reduce to 5 meters.
If I had found neodymium magnets like the one my friend wants to use for his fuel-less generator, the output would have been magnifico!!! I had to improvise.

Got a call from my supervisor last night!
My project won an award!!
I am so happy, although he didn't revel any more information, it was worth the work..

Here she is..

Just finished mounting..

yemmy_ma: nah, Logistics Engineering

Hmm, sounds interesting.
Went through the first link you provided, that doesn't look free! Except there's somthing am not getting.
Did you also study in germany? Heard there racists.

yemmy_ma: Oh, God bless Germany, many schools offer this course and its affiliates and for freeeeee.

Are you one, if you don't mind me asking?

AjanleKoko: Okay. We just needed to clear that up. So what are you studying exactly?

Mechanical/production engineering.
But I am seriously surprised at the fact that there are no mechatronic engineers on nairaland, I know its a new field and all that but at least, haba!!!

samkoro: Ur blades are too small.They need to be large enough for wind to have a great push and mechanical advantage on it.

Yeah, I know it looks that way, but it depends on what the final out put or load is, besides this is a small wind turbine. It is also based on my calculations, I didn't just decide to choose the size.
Obviously larger blades = larger sweap area = better efficency/capture more wind.
This is just fine and will work for its purpose. ISA.

Also, bigger blades= more distance to cover one revolution= more time= slower revolution which is not what need.

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@ op
I believe you have not seen
Samsung note 10.1
If you do, you'll forget about the note II[/size]

ignis: Am actually a geologist... But am falling in love with your project. May God give u the grace to see it to completion.

Thank you brother. Ameen to that.
Thanks for the encouragment.

Blades
My fav part and most interestinart of the project
Although its not finished, but what is left is not much, just to drill the holes for the bolt and smoothen it oust and use resin on its surface..
I am not going to lie though, as it comes close to completion, I am kind of getting scared.. But hey!! Who wouldn't be!

Nacelle support arm

Hey guys..
Nacelle supporting arm.


Sorry upload them later, just realised I don't have it on my phone.

D Don1: The truth is that even if we have something to offer about this fuelless gen, the Govt. is not going to allow us.

Typical naija man! Oh well, best of luck in all Endeavors.

@ethnan

The name is sadiq.. Although, that's not what the arabic inscription says.
I love your passion and enthusiasm, wish we could have more people who share your vision, nigeria would have been a true giant. I also haven't given up, definately going to work on it in the future. ISA.

@don & ethnan
I actually searched for the neodymium magnets for my project and I couldn't find them, it was so annoying, something you can just walk into a conner shop or walmart to get in the US! But I found out the only place to get surplus was from computer hard drives, but it has this irregular shape and its very small, you need a lot to do something of significance.

@ topic
I have never heard of it till now, from what I read it is not feasible to me. Logical thinking too.

homerac7: good one. i must tell u dt d biggest problem i had was material selection. d adequate materials are either not available or very costly to get and fabricate. unfortunately, dats d very very important as wight will dtermine inertia, hence cutt-in speed, availability and general performance.

Yeah, exactly!
I knew it was goint to be heavy but did not anticipate it to be that much! But its alright, it'll work out for the best.
How did yours go? Did it change much of your theoretical expectations?

Mynd_44: Keep up the work bro

Thanks man! Where have you been, just thought about sending you a mail. How's yours going?

Hey guys!
Its been a while, things have been very hectic for me. The fasting, then its almost exams and all that.

Anyways, I have started fabrication and today I got a first look at my project
It look just lik the diagram, I didn't take pics but by tomorrow I should takes some pics. I am scared though, its HEAVY!! Tuesday is a seminar(progress report) so I am going to have to put some presentation together and try to woo them.
Wish me luck guys.

[size=13pt]you obviously did not do economics in school, I have forgotten what it is called, it is when a country exports what it is most known for and let other countries who have more of what it is less known for to export.
For exam
If nigeria, ghana, benin, cameroon, togo etc all export coco, who's going to buy from who? You get the point?[/size]

But wait o! Why don't this make front page?
I don't tink there's any topic worth making front page as much as this does!


If it was a pic of some unreasonable and meaningless people, one time its there!

That's nice.. A very good gesture.
But why not the children of some1 who are in desperate need of the help!?

Though I am not married.
Everybody at some point doe feel so, it mostly happens in the earlier days, months of the union. While some, so many years later. Don't believe anybody that says my mariage is so rosy and he's or she's my fantasy, yes they could have it good, but at some point sooner or later, they will have that thought. So, its perfectly normal. Only makes you see the flaws of your other half, accept them for who they are, and make you love them the more.

Where is your source, how do you know he's a "son of a bauchi politician"? For all we know this could be the cash room of a wealthy business man! And probalby an errand boy was lucky to get access for a few Minutes(what will you do if it was you?) Oh yeah, its possible.
We have rich people in this country, I wouldn't be surprised if its legit(through business).
Please let's try to be sure before we dish out rubbish.

condoleezza rice
benazir bhutto

Reasons- I guess its obvious, ain it?

Johncasey: very hapi to see an officer cadet to be on nairaland...i was also admited for d 64th regular course...am as curious as u are. I also want to knw hw d clown state(as dey cal it) would b in d acamdemy...shun sir

Bloody clown, as you were!
He has not even started, e don dy shak am!
Its usual doe, that 1st year.

Madawaki01: pls ask ur friend 4 full details

No wahala.. I'll