Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology

The Korean Society of Marine Engineering (한국마린엔지니어링학회)
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Aerodynamic characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine blade

수직축 풍력터빈 블레이드의 공기역학적 특성

  • 신지영 (동의대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 손영석 (동의대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 차득근 (동의대학교 전기공학과) ;
  • 이철균 (동의대학교 전기공학과) ;
  • 황이철 (동의대학교 메카트로닉스공학과)
  • Published : 2006.11.30
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine blade as the basic study of a design of a vertical axis wind turbine. The lift and drag coefficients of the various shape of the vortical axis wind turbine blades are analyzed and compared using the CFD code Fluent. To validate the numerical analysis, the predicted results of the Fluent are compared with those of the Xfoil code and the experimental results. We conclude that the program Fluent can be used to predict the aerodynamics of the wind turbine blade. By comparing the predicted results of the aerodynamic characteristics of the different shape of the blades, an appropriate shape of the blade is suggested to design the vortical axis wind turbine blade.

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