Performance and structure optimization for a new type of vertical axis wind turbine

Author

Lei Song ; Zong-Xiao Yang ; Rui-Tao Deng ; Xiao-Guang Yang

Author_Institution

Henan Eng. Lab. of Wind Power Syst., Henan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Luoyang, China

fYear

2013

fDate

25-27 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

687

Lastpage

692

Abstract

Wind energy is a renewable energy without pollution in the nature world. Researchers dedicate to improve wind energy utilization of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). A new type of wind rotor named fish-ridged rotor is proposed based on bionic simulation of swimming fish. Geometric structure of the rotor is designed and analyzed. Wind tunnel tests are carried out to study performance of the rotor. Influence of key structural parameters of the rotor on its performance is simulated and analyzed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Results show that the new type of the rotor has good performance and has simple structure.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; rotors; wind tunnels; wind turbines; CFD; VAWT; bionic simulation; computational fluid dynamics; fish-ridged rotor; performance optimization; structure optimization; vertical axis wind turbine; wind energy utilization; wind rotor; wind tunnel test; Blades; Computational fluid dynamics; Prototypes; Rotors; Shape; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Fish-ridged rotor; Wind energy; Wind energy reutilization; Wind tunnel test;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Luoyang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2518-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAMechS.2013.6681730

Filename

6681730