Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT

Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT

In the small scale wind turbine market, the simple straight-bladed Darriues types vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is very attractive for its simple blade design. A detailed aerodynamic performance analysis of the main aerodynamic challenges of this type of wind turbine were first discussed and...

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Main Authors: Islam, Mazharul, Ting, David S-K., Fartaj, Amir
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2007
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling iium-566122017-05-08T08:12:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56612/ Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT Islam, Mazharul Ting, David S-K. Fartaj, Amir TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In the small scale wind turbine market, the simple straight-bladed Darriues types vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is very attractive for its simple blade design. A detailed aerodynamic performance analysis of the main aerodynamic challenges of this type of wind turbine were first discussed and subsequently the authors conducted further literature survey and computational analysis to shortlist aerodynamic characteristics of a desirable airfoil for a self-starting and better performing SB-VAWT. The required geometric features of the desirable airfoil to achieve the short listed characteristics were also discussed. It has been found out that conventionally used NACA symmetric airfoils are not suitable for smaller capacity SB-VAWT. Rather, it is advantageous to utilize a high-lift and low-drag asymmetric thick airfoil suitable for low speed operation typically encountered by SB-VAWT. SAGE Publications 2007-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56612/1/7_Wind_Engineering-Desirable_Airfoil_Features-Islam_et_al-2007-JOURNAL.pdf Islam, Mazharul and Ting, David S-K. and Fartaj, Amir (2007) Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT. Wind Engineering, 31 (3). pp. 165-196. ISSN 0309-524X E-ISSN 2048-402X http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1260/030952407781998800 10.1260/030952407781998800
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Islam, Mazharul
Ting, David S-K.
Fartaj, Amir
Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
description In the small scale wind turbine market, the simple straight-bladed Darriues types vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is very attractive for its simple blade design. A detailed aerodynamic performance analysis of the main aerodynamic challenges of this type of wind turbine were first discussed and subsequently the authors conducted further literature survey and computational analysis to shortlist aerodynamic characteristics of a desirable airfoil for a self-starting and better performing SB-VAWT. The required geometric features of the desirable airfoil to achieve the short listed characteristics were also discussed. It has been found out that conventionally used NACA symmetric airfoils are not suitable for smaller capacity SB-VAWT. Rather, it is advantageous to utilize a high-lift and low-drag asymmetric thick airfoil suitable for low speed operation typically encountered by SB-VAWT.
format Article
author Islam, Mazharul
Ting, David S-K.
Fartaj, Amir
author_facet Islam, Mazharul
Ting, David S-K.
Fartaj, Amir
author_sort Islam, Mazharul
title Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
title_short Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
title_full Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
title_fullStr Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
title_full_unstemmed Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT
title_sort desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed vawt
publisher SAGE Publications
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56612/
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