Open AccessDesign and Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) Blades Using CFD
Author(s) -
Ambadas Menghare
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.37689
Subject(s) - airfoil , aerodynamics , chord (peer to peer) , turbine , wind power , turbine blade , blade element momentum theory , marine engineering , wind speed , structural engineering , computational fluid dynamics , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering , computer science , physics , meteorology , electrical engineering , distributed computing
Abstract: Within the current years wind power is extensively taken into consideration and applied as one of the most promising renewable electricity assets. In the recent studies have a look at, aerodynamic analysis of horizontal axis turbine is achieved with the aid of using cfd. Blades which can be often possible for industrial grade wind turbines embody a directly span-wise profile in conjunction with airfoil fashioned go sections. Wind tunnel test is applied in order to check aerodynamic efficiency wind turbine blade. The goal of this study is to design a wind turbine. The layout manner includes the choice of the sun machine for max efficiency and wind turbine kind and the determination of the blade airfoil, pitch attitude distribution along the radius, and chord duration distribution along the radius. The pitch angle and chord period distributions are optimized primarily based on conservation of angular momentum and principle of aerodynamic forces on an airfoil. Blade element momentum (BEM) principle is first derived then used to conduct a parametric observe to be able to determine if the optimized values of blade pitch and chord period create the maximum green blade geometry. This work includes a discussion of the most important parameters in wind turbine blade layout to maximize efficiency. Keywords: Wind Turbine, HAWT, BEM Theory, Parametric Study, Maximization of efficiency etc.