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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Production and Mechanical Design department, Faculty of Engineering, Portsaid University

² Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, British University in Egypt, El-Shorouk City

³ Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University

10.21608/pserj.2017.33307

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.

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