International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (Aug 2021)

Blades Optimization for Maximum Power Output of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

  • Ahmad Adnan Shoukat,
  • Adnan Aslam Noon,
  • Muhammad Anwar,
  • Hafiz Waqar Ahmed,
  • Talha Irfan Khan,
  • Hasan Koten,
  • Muftooh Ur Rehman Siddiqi,
  • Aamer Sharif

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.2021.35530
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 585 – 595

Abstract

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Wind power is a significant and urging sustainable power source asset to petroleum derivatives. Wind machines, for example, H-Darrieus vertical pivot wind turbines (VAWTs) have increased much notoriety in research network throughout the most recent couple of decades because of their applications at destinations having moderately low wind speed. Be that as it may, it is noticed that such wind turbines have low effectiveness. The point of this examination is to plan rotor cutting edges which could create most extreme power yield and execution. Different plan factors, for instance, harmony length, pitch edge, rotor distance across, cutting edge length and pitch point are explored to upgrade the presentation of VAWT. Rotor cutting edges are manufactured using the NACA-0030 structure and tried in wind burrow office and contrast its outcomes and DSM 523 profile. Numerical simulations are performed to get best geometry and stream conduct for achieving greatest power. It is seen that for higher tip-speed-proportion (TSR), shorter harmony length and bigger distance across the rotor (i.e., lower robustness) yields higher effectiveness in NACA 0030. Nevertheless, for lower TSR, the more drawn out agreement length and slighter distance across rotor (i.e., higher strength) gives better implementation. The pitch point is - 2° for TSR = 3 and - 3° for TSR = 2.5. The most extreme power yield of the wind turbine is acquired for the sharp edge profile NACA 0030. Besides, instantaneous control coefficient, power coefficient (CP) is the greatest reason for azimuthal edge of 245° and least esteem for 180°.

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