The basic principle of wind turbine converting wind energy into electricity comes from the lift produced by the air flowing through the rotor. The shape of rotor blade plays an important role in determining the overall aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine. In this work, blade is designed for a 5KW horizontal axis wind turbine which is already in market. For designing blade, blade element momentum theory (BEMT) is used and a computer program is developed to automate the complete procedure. Two NACA airfoils are taken for the comparative calculation of elemental power coefficient and other parameters such as chord, thickness and twist distribution. The airfoil taken for designing the blade is same from root to tip. Stresses are maximum at the blade root. In this work, the blade root is thickest portion of the blade and twist is maintained such that the angle of attack will be maximum at every station of the blade. In the designed blade, the elemental power coefficient is maximum in transition segment. The present method is useful for predicting the performance of wind turbine blade.

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Blade is very essential part of HAWT (horizontal axis wind turbine). Forces for Lift and drag on the blade has an important role in the wind turbine performance. The main purpose of this work is to perform CFD analysis of a blade and airfoil of wind turbine using k- SST model. In this present study NACA 63 4 -221 airfoil profile is taken for the modeling and then analysis of the blade. The lift and drag forces are calculated for the blade at different AOA (angle of attack). For present work the blade length is taken 38.98 meter, which is a redesigned blade for VESTAS V82-1.65MW horizontal axis wind turbine blade. Results obtained from simulation are compared with the experimental work found in literature.

Abstract:Wind energy is a very popular renewable energy resource. In order to increase the use of wind energy, it is important to develop wind turbine rotor with high rotations rates and power coefficient. In this paper, a method for the determination of the aerodynamic performance characteristics using NACA airfoils is given for three bladed horizontal axis wind turbine. Blade geometry is obtained from the best approximation of the calculated theoretical optimum chord and twist distribution of the rotating blade. Optimal rotor theory is used, which is simple enough and accurate enough for rotor design. In this work, eight different airfoils are used to investigate the changes in performance of the blade. Rotor diameter taken is 82 m which is the diameter of VESTAS V82-1.65MW. The airfoils taken are same from root to tip in every blade. The design lift coefficient taken is 1.1. A computer program is generated to automate the complete procedure.