Numerical Investigation of The Performance of Twisted and Untwisted Blades for Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
ERJ – Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra • 2015
Publication Information
Authors
M. E. Abdelaty, Abdellatif ,O.,E. and A. M. Osman
Keywords
Wind Energy
Journal
ERJ – Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
1
Issue
25
Pages
14
publication.type
Local
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The present study deals with the computational analysis of a model of a small horizontal axis wind turbine using CFD Simulation. A three dimensional computational model of the rotor system is created and simulation has been carried out using Realizable K-ɛ turbulent model. The analysis has been carried out at various wind speeds in the range of 4 m/s to 12 m/s to study the variation of torque, axial thrust and power with wind speed. The effect of the twist of the blade on the performance of wind turbine is studied. The flow field characteristics around blades at a section placed on the mid of blades have also been studied. The results show that the untwisted blades give a better performance than twisted blades for the studied conditions [tip speed ratio =6 and Reynolds number range (16000- 51000)] in terms of power, torque and thrust force and pressure distribution around blades for the range of velocities tested.
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