Centre body effects on horizontal axis wind turbines

R. T. Griffiths

Applied Energy, 1983, vol. 13, issue 3, 183-194

Abstract: A blade element method is used to establish the design and performance of horizontal axis wind turbines with streamlined centre bodies. It is applied to a rotor having centre bodies of various sizes and, for a typical centre body shape, it is shown that there is virtually no decrease in power output for hub diameters up to 20% of the rotor diameter. The omission of the centre body effects from the design procedure has very little effect on the performance of the blades.

Date: 1983
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