Parametric numerical study of Savonius wind turbine interaction in a linear array

R. Mereu, D. Federici, G. Ferrari, P. Schito and F. Inzoli

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 113, issue C, 1320-1332

Abstract: This work focuses on Savonius turbine numerical modeling and mutual turbine interaction in a linear array farm. Two-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling was carried out using the open source solver OpenFOAM. Results are compared with available experimental data and three-dimensional CFD modeling. The influence of main parameters, such as the distance between adjacent turbines, the wind incidence angle and the number of turbines is investigated and the linear array efficiency is defined. The obtained results show a performance increase as the distance between the turbines reduces, higher efficiency for small wind incidence angles, and a larger number of turbines.

Keywords: Vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT); Savonius; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Wind angle; Turbine distance; Farm size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.094

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