New Urban Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Design
Journal Title: INCAS BULLETIN - Year 2015, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper develops a different approach for enhancing the performance of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for the use in the urban or rural environment and remote isolated residential areas. Recently the vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) have become more attractive due to the major advantages of this type of turbines in comparison to the horizontal axis wind turbines. We aim to enhance the overall performance of the VAWT by adding a second set of blades (3 x 2=6 blades) following the rules of biplane airplanes. The model has been made to operate at a maximum power in the range of the TSR between 2 to 2.5. The performances of the VAWT were investigated numerically and experimentally and justify the new proposed design.
Authors and Affiliations
Alexandru-Mihai CISMILIANU, Alexandru BOROS, Ionut-Cosmin ONCESCU, Florin FRUNZULICA
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- EP ID EP106595
- DOI 10.13111/2066-8201.2015.7.4.6
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