A numerical investigation into the influence of unsteady wind on the performance and aerodynamics of a vertical axis wind turbine

Louis Angelo Danao, Jonathan Edwards, Okeoghene Eboibi and Robert Howell

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 116, issue C, 124 pages

Abstract: Numerical simulations using RANS-based CFD have been utilised to carry out investigations on the effects of steady and unsteady wind on the performance of a wind tunnel scale VAWT. Using a validated CFD model, steady wind simulations at U∞=7m/s were conducted and results have shown a typical performance curve prediction for this particular VAWT scale.

Keywords: VAWT; Unsteady wind; CFD; Visualisations; Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.11.045

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