What is it about?
Vertical axis wind turbines are highly beneficial for renewable energy applications, especially in urban areas. There is a need to increase the performance of these vehicles. In this context, simulations were performed using virtual roughness elements on the turbine blades. This application provided a significant increase in the power coefficient of the turbine.
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Why is it important?
The ratio of the roughness element size applied on the vertical axis turbine blade to the blade chord was important. As a result of the analysis, the optimum roughness element region was selected. In addition, roughness element cases with different heights were also tested.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure for a researcher like me who wants to contribute to the topic of renewable energy. I hope it will be thought-provoking and enlightening for people to live more safely on our planet and save it.
Sinem Keskin
Erciyes Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: Performance Analysis of Roughness-Controlled Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-4613.
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