Abstract
Wind energy has emerged as one of the cleanest and sustainable sources of energy and is a potential resource for meeting the future’s electricity demand. Evaluating the aerodynamic performance of the turbine blade in complex environmental conditions is vital for designing and developing energy-efficient wind turbines. This work aims to undertake aerodynamic analysis of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine i.e. NREL Phase IV. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models are presented using ANSYS-CFX software. Blade geometries were tested at different wind speeds ranging from 5 m/s to 30 m/s. The power output and pressure coefficients obtained from numerical simulations are compared with experimental data published on wind turbine
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-162 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 25 2021 |
Keywords
- Fluid-structure interaction
- Incompressible flow
- Pressure coefficient
- Wind turbine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes