Abstract:Vertical axis wind turbines received renewed attention for increasing offshore wind energy harvesting and in urban environments. This turbine reflects a specific type of technology that generates electricity from wind, which is renewable sources of energy. This research explores the effect of blade profile modifications on the VAWT aerofoil NACA0012 and NACA2415. Analysis of the lift/drag coefficient and calculation of the average torque/self-starting potential of NACA0012 and NACA2415 for NACA0012, as this is… Show more
“…One of these renewable energy sources is wind energy. In order to benefit from wind energy, horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines are used [1][2][3][4][5]. One of these vertical axis wind turbines is Savonius wind turbines.…”
In this study, the improvement of the turbine performance of Savonius, one of the vertical axis wind turbines, was carried out numerically. The numerical approach used in the improvement studies was supported by experimental results and was confirmed. Within the scope of this improvement, a wind collector was placed in the turbine front zone to decrease the negative moment on the counter-rotating blade of the Savonius turbine. To obtain the highest turbine performance, all of the changes in the design parameters of this wind collector, such as the wind inlet width, wind outlet width, collector length, and collector height, were examined, and ideal design parameters of the collector were specified. The geometric parameters of the investigated wind collector were taken depending on the circular dimension of the Savonius turbine used. Unsteady simulations for different geometric parameters using the sliding mesh approach were performed in the CFD program. According to the numerical analysis results, the power-coefficient of the conventional turbine was increased to 0.23 levels by using the wind collector with the ideal geometric parameters. Thus, with the use of a wind collector, the power coefficient of a conventional Savonius wind turbine was improved by about 54%.
“…One of these renewable energy sources is wind energy. In order to benefit from wind energy, horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines are used [1][2][3][4][5]. One of these vertical axis wind turbines is Savonius wind turbines.…”
In this study, the improvement of the turbine performance of Savonius, one of the vertical axis wind turbines, was carried out numerically. The numerical approach used in the improvement studies was supported by experimental results and was confirmed. Within the scope of this improvement, a wind collector was placed in the turbine front zone to decrease the negative moment on the counter-rotating blade of the Savonius turbine. To obtain the highest turbine performance, all of the changes in the design parameters of this wind collector, such as the wind inlet width, wind outlet width, collector length, and collector height, were examined, and ideal design parameters of the collector were specified. The geometric parameters of the investigated wind collector were taken depending on the circular dimension of the Savonius turbine used. Unsteady simulations for different geometric parameters using the sliding mesh approach were performed in the CFD program. According to the numerical analysis results, the power-coefficient of the conventional turbine was increased to 0.23 levels by using the wind collector with the ideal geometric parameters. Thus, with the use of a wind collector, the power coefficient of a conventional Savonius wind turbine was improved by about 54%.
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