Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

M. Teresa Parra-santos; Cristobal Uzarraga; Armando Gallegos; Francisco Castro

doi:10.18100/ijamec.42848

Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Year 2015, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 215 - 217, 29.06.2015

M. Teresa Parra-santos Cristobal Uzarraga Armando Gallegos Francisco Castro

https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.42848

Cited By: 6

Abstract

This paper aims to predict the performance of a VAWT. The H-type Darrieus turbine consists of three straight blades with shape of aerofoil attached to a rotating vertical shaft. Bearing in mind the overall flow is characterized by important secondary flows, the turbulence model selected was realizable k-epsilon with non-equilibrium wall functions. Conservation equations were solved with a Third-Order MUSCL scheme using SIMPLE to couple continuity and momentum equations. A parametric study has been carried out to analyse the solidity effect on the non-dimensional curves so that the range of tip speed ratio of operation could be predicted as well as their self-starting behaviour.

Keywords

VAWT; CFD; solidity; efficiency

References

Baker J. R. 1983 "Features to aid or enable self starting of fixed pitch low solidity vertical axis wind turbines". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. Vol. 15 pp.369-380.
Shawn A., Fiedler A., Tullis S. 2012 "Flow separation on a high Reynolds number, high solidity vertical axis wind turbine with straight and canted blades and canted blades with fences" Renewable Energy, Vol. 41, pp. 13-22
Uzarraga N.C., Gallegos A., Parra M.T., Beltran J.M. 2012 "Numerical Analysis of Airfoils used at VAWT", ASME ESFuelCell2012-91113
Liu X., Dang Q., Xi G. 2008. "Performance improvement of a centrifugal fam by using CFD". Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics Vol. 2 no. 2 pp. 130-140

Original Research Paper

Year 2015, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 215 - 217, 29.06.2015

M. Teresa Parra-santos Cristobal Uzarraga Armando Gallegos Francisco Castro

https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.42848

Cited By: 6

Abstract

References

Baker J. R. 1983 "Features to aid or enable self starting of fixed pitch low solidity vertical axis wind turbines". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. Vol. 15 pp.369-380.
Shawn A., Fiedler A., Tullis S. 2012 "Flow separation on a high Reynolds number, high solidity vertical axis wind turbine with straight and canted blades and canted blades with fences" Renewable Energy, Vol. 41, pp. 13-22
Uzarraga N.C., Gallegos A., Parra M.T., Beltran J.M. 2012 "Numerical Analysis of Airfoils used at VAWT", ASME ESFuelCell2012-91113
Liu X., Dang Q., Xi G. 2008. "Performance improvement of a centrifugal fam by using CFD". Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics Vol. 2 no. 2 pp. 130-140

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Primary Language	English
Journal Section	Research Article
Authors	M. Teresa Parra-santos Cristobal Uzarraga This is me Armando Gallegos This is me Francisco Castro This is me
Publication Date	June 29, 2015
Published in Issue	Year 2015 Volume: 3 Issue: 3

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APA	Parra-santos, M. T., Uzarraga, C., Gallegos, A., Castro, F. (2015). Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers, 3(3), 215-217. https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.42848
AMA	Parra-santos MT, Uzarraga C, Gallegos A, Castro F. Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers. June 2015;3(3):215-217. doi:10.18100/ijamec.42848
Chicago	Parra-santos, M. Teresa, Cristobal Uzarraga, Armando Gallegos, and Francisco Castro. “Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines”. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers 3, no. 3 (June 2015): 215-17. https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.42848.
EndNote	Parra-santos MT, Uzarraga C, Gallegos A, Castro F (June 1, 2015) Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers 3 3 215–217.
IEEE	M. T. Parra-santos, C. Uzarraga, A. Gallegos, and F. Castro, “Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines”, International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 215–217, 2015, doi: 10.18100/ijamec.42848.
ISNAD	Parra-santos, M. Teresa et al. “Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines”. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers 3/3 (June 2015), 215-217. https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.42848.
JAMA	Parra-santos MT, Uzarraga C, Gallegos A, Castro F. Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers. 2015;3:215–217.
MLA	Parra-santos, M. Teresa et al. “Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines”. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers, vol. 3, no. 3, 2015, pp. 215-7, doi:10.18100/ijamec.42848.
Vancouver	Parra-santos MT, Uzarraga C, Gallegos A, Castro F. Influence of Solidity on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers. 2015;3(3):215-7.