Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Luoyang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2518-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICAMechS.2013.6681730
