 Aerodynamic performance optimization of an airfoil-based airborne wind turbine using genetic algorithmArslan Saleem and Man-Hoe Kim Energy, 2020, vol. 203, issue C Abstract: The present manuscript proposes an aerodynamically optimized airfoil-based-shell for performance enhancement of the buoyant airborne turbine system. An integrated code, based on a genetic algorithm, is developed to parametrize the asymmetric airfoil NACA-9415, analyse its aerodynamics and optimize the lift of the airfoil. The 3D steady-state analysis is performed on the optimized shell geometry with NREL-IV rotor using Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equation along with k−ωSST turbulence model. The performance of the airborne wind turbine with the optimized shell configuration is assessed in terms of aerodynamic coefficients including shell thrust coefficient, shell back pressure coefficient, turbine power coefficient and power augmentation ratio. The comparison of wind turbine performance with optimized and original NACA-9415 shell configuration demonstrates that shell optimization results in a maximum power coefficient of 1.25 and power augmentation ratio of 2.1 compared to the Betz limit. Keywords: Buoyant airborne turbine; Airfoil parametrization; Optimization; Shell aerodynamics; Renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:203:y:2020:i:c:s0360544220309488 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.117841 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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