Abstract
This paper presents a performance analysis of a horizontal axis wind turbine with an atypical design. The performance analysis was performed by a measurement in a low-speed wind tunnel. The atypical design of the horizontal axis wind turbine mimics the design of a radial turbine. The wind turbine was, however, simplified by “removing” the conventional stationary parts of the radial turbine, such as portion of the case or guide vanes. The paper describes the measurement test bed and compares the performance of this atypical wind turbine with more conventional designs.
Highlights
The paper explores the performance of the atypical wind turbine (WT) design, which was derived from the design of a radial turbine
The paper presents results of the measurements in the wind tunnel, which were performed to verify the performance parameters of this atypical horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) and, its suitability to harness the energy of wind and produce power
The results of the measurement of the HAWT in the wind tunnel were plotted against tipspeed ratio in a non-dimensional form
Summary
The paper explores the performance of the atypical wind turbine (WT) design, which was derived from the design of a radial turbine. A growing effort can be observed in the industry to reduce its dependence on non-renewable energy sources [1,2,3]. HAWT can range from simple to sophisticated solutions, with great reliability and, in the past decades, increasing power output [10, 11]. This in turn often renders other wind turbine design as obsolete. Any design of the wind turbine can only harvest the energy of the wind passing through the disc of rotation of said wind turbine From this standpoint, the most efficient HAWT. The measurements in the wind tunnel were performed to investigate the potential of this altered design
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