• Title of article

    Numerical and Experimental Analysis of a Spiral Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

  • Author/Authors

    Abid, Muhammad Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technologyy, Topi, KPK, Pakistan , Karimov, Khasan S Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technologyy, Topi, KPK, Pakistan , Wajid, Hafiz A Department of Mathematics - COMSATS Institute of Information Technologyy, Lahore, Pakistan

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    13
  • To page
    17
  • Abstract
    : This paper presents results of design, analysis, manufacturing and testing of a spiral horizontal axis wind turbine. In first step, modeling and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis was performed. Helix blades angle for spiral rotors of outer and inner diameter of 0.85 and 0.45m, respectively was optimized. In the second step, as per optimized spiral rotor dimensions, a prototype was manufactured. Experiments were carried out for torque and power calculations; obtained results are discussed.
  • Farsi abstract
    اين مقاله نتايج حاصل از طراحي، تجزيه و تحليل، ساخت و تست يك توربين بادي با محور افقي مارپيچي را ارائه مينمايد. در مرحله اول، مدلسازي و آناليز CFD انجام شده است. زاويه پره ها براي روتور مارپيچ با قطر خارجي و داخلي به ترتيب 0.85 و 0.45 متر بهينه سازي شده است. در مرحله دوم، براي بهينه سازي ابعاد روتور مارپيچ، يك نمونه اوليه ساخته شد. به منظور محاسبه گشتاور و قدرت، آزمايشاتي انجام شد؛ نتايج به دست آمده مورد بحث و بررسي قرارگرفت.
  • Keywords
    Numerical and experimental analysis , Wind turbine , Spiral horizontal axis , Torque and power calculations
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2014
  • Record number

    2410823