NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SWING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE

Meng Lingyu; Zhao Zhenzhou; Chen Ming; Jiang Ruifang; Feng Junxin; Maerwati&#x000b7;Heizati

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0622

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3) : 336-342. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0622

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SWING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE

Meng Lingyu, Zhao Zhenzhou, Chen Ming, Jiang Ruifang, Feng Junxin, Maerwati·Heizati

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In view of the situation that the vertical axis wind turbine （VAWT） does not need to face the wind and the direction of turbulent wind changes constantly, a VAWT is proposed in which the axial force of the rotor swings with the wind direction. The wind energy from the incoming wind as well as the tangential wind generated by swing is captured, the aerodynamic performance of VAWT is increased due to the tangential wind. RNG k-ε turbulence model is adopted to simulate three-blade swing wind turbine. The effects of changing period, amplitude angle and swing lag time on torque coefficient of the fixed and swing VAWTs were studied. The results show that, compared with the fixed VAWT, the swing VAWT can effectively improve the moment coefficient at partial azimuth angles and increase the output power of the wind turbine.

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wind turbines / vertical axis / turbulence / computational fluid dynamics / aerodynamic characteristics

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Meng Lingyu, Zhao Zhenzhou, Chen Ming, Jiang Ruifang, Feng Junxin, Maerwati·Heizati. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SWING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2022, 43(3): 336-342 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2020-0622

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