Innovative improvement of a drag wind turbine performance
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- 作者：A.R. El-Baza ; c ; Ahmed.Elbaz@bue.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; K. Youssefa ; Khaled.Youssef@eng.asu.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; M.H. Mohamedb ; moh75202@yahoo.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; mohamed_ibrahim07@m-eng.Helwan.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Wind energy ; VAWT ; Savonius rotor ; CFD ; Aerodynamics
- 刊名：Renewable Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：86
- 期：Complete
- 页码：89-98
- 全文大小：2737 K
文摘
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Drag vertical axis wind turbine is a promising idea for wind-energy conversion.
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The present study objective is to improve the efficiency of Drag VAWTs.
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New design is assessed by modeling of the flow around the three rotors.
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The new design has higher power coefficient compared with single rotor design.
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44% relative increase in efficiency of the new design than single rotor design.