AERODYNAMIC LOADS ON A 3-BLADED VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE: Parametric Study and Experimental Validation

Soliman, Rasha; Lotfy, Mohamed; Abdou, Shaban S; El Domiaty, Aly

doi:10.21608/pserj.2017.33307

	AERODYNAMIC LOADS ON A 3-BLADED VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE: Parametric Study and Experimental Validation
Port-Said Engineering Research Journal
Article 16, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 2017, Page 173-180 PDF (1.58 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/pserj.2017.33307
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Authors
Rasha Soliman ¹; Mohamed Lotfy²; Shaban S Abdou¹; Aly El Domiaty³
¹Production and Mechanical Design department, Faculty of Engineering, Portsaid University
²Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, British University in Egypt, El-Shorouk City
³Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University
Abstract
Prediction of aerodynamic forces acting on a wind turbine is a crucial step in the design process to avoid wind turbine fatigue failure. The presented work is a parametric study and experimental validation for the aerodynamic loads acting on 3-bladed H-rotor vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with a NACA 0021 airfoil. Good agreement has been obtained between predicted load values and the experimental results.
Keywords
Wind turbine; Aerodynamic; H-rotor; NACA 0021


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