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Application of axial fan theory to horizontal‐axis wind turbine
Author(s) -
Lampinen Markku J.,
Kotiaho Voitto W.,
El Haj Assad M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.1208
Subject(s) - horizontal axis , chord (peer to peer) , vertical axis , turbine , turbine blade , blade (archaeology) , arc (geometry) , engineering , work (physics) , structural engineering , marine engineering , control theory (sociology) , mechanics , mechanical engineering , physics , computer science , engineering drawing , distributed computing , control (management) , artificial intelligence
In this work a simple method is developed to evaluate the design parameters of a horizontal‐axis wind turbine (HAWT). The method applies the available data of an axial fan to a HAWT for the same arc profile blade in both machines. The method is illustrated by a numerical example with a complete design procedure in which the pitch angle and the chord of the blade are calculated. These calculated results agree with the measured data of a commercial HAWT blade. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.