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Experiments and numerical simulations of the rotor-blade performance for a small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine
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In this paper, the authors investigated the aerodynamic performance of two different types of horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) blades, a typical type designed by the blade element momentum theory (BEMT), and a non-twisted type with constant chord length.About:
This article is published in Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.The article was published on 2016-02-01. It has received 65 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Blade element momentum theory & Wind tunnel.read more
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CFD investigation on wheel rotation modelling
Teddy Hobeika,Simone Sebben +1 more
TL;DR: A hybrid approach for simulating tyre rotation which is simple to implement and does not suffer from the limitations of a sliding mesh approach, at the region where the tyre meets the ground is proposed.
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Aerodynamic design of horizontal axis wind turbine with innovative local linearization of chord and twist distributions
TL;DR: In this paper, a new linearization method has been used for chord and twist distributions by crossing tangent line through different points on them and the results have determined the best point along chord and twisting distribution which has higher total power coefficient in the linearization process.
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Wind shear effect on aerodynamic performance and energy production of horizontal axis wind turbines with developing blade element momentum theory
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of wind shear on the designed blade have been studied and the effect on the aerodynamic coefficients along the blade length has been calculated along the length of the blade.
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Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of blade number on the aerodynamic performance of a small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine
Abdelgalil Eltayesh,Francesco Castellani,Massimiliano Burlando,Magdy Bassily Hanna,A.S. Huzayyin,Hesham M. El-Batsh,Matteo Becchetti +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of number of blades on the power and thrust coefficients of a small-scale horizontal-axis wind turbine HAWT was investigated using a steady-RANS method.
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Design of small horizontal axis wind turbine for low wind speed rural applications
A.V. Suresh,S. Rajakumar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 2.5kW small scale horizontal axis wind turbine with rotor radius of 1.8m and tip speed ratio of 6 was designed to work at low wind speed for rural applications.
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S.V. Patankar,D. B. Spalding +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a general, numerical, marching procedure is presented for the calculation of the transport processes in three-dimensional flows characterised by the presence of one coordinate in which physical influences are exerted in only one direction.
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Wind energy explained : theory, design, and application
TL;DR: In this article, a simplified HAWT rotor performance calculation procedure was proposed to evaluate the effect of drag and blade number on the optimum performance of wind turbine rotor performance, considering the Betz limit and the ideal horizontal axis wind turbine with wake rotation.
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XFOIL: An Analysis and Design System for Low Reynolds Number Airfoils
TL;DR: In this article, an inviscid linear-vorticity panel method with a Karman-Tsien compressiblity correction is developed for direct and mixed-inverse modes.
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Aerodynamics of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines
A.C. Hansen,C.P. Butterfield +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of recent research and development pertaining to the aerodynamics of the horizontal-axis wind turbine rotor rotor is provided, and a brief overview of the size and nature of the wind energy industry and the types of rotors commonly in use today is provided.