AERODYNAMIC LOADS ON A 3-BLADED VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE: Parametric Study and Experimental Validation | ||
| Port-Said Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 16, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 2017, Pages 173-180 PDF (1.58 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pserj.2017.33307 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rasha Soliman* 1; Mohamed Lotfy2; Shaban S Abdou1; Aly El Domiaty3 | ||
| 1Production and Mechanical Design department, Faculty of Engineering, Portsaid University | ||
| 2Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, British University in Egypt, El-Shorouk City | ||
| 3Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Prediction of aerodynamic forces acting on a wind turbine is a crucial step in the design process to avoid wind turbine fatigue failure. The presented work is a parametric study and experimental validation for the aerodynamic loads acting on 3-bladed H-rotor vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with a NACA 0021 airfoil. Good agreement has been obtained between predicted load values and the experimental results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Wind turbine; Aerodynamic; H-rotor; NACA 0021 | ||
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