Small wind turbine augmentation: Experimental investigations of shrouded- and twin-rotor wind turbine systems

Michal Lipian, Ivan Dobrev, Maciej Karczewski, Fawaz Massouh and Krzysztof Jozwik

Energy, 2019, vol. 186, issue C

Abstract: An increase in the efficiency of Small Wind Turbines (SWTs) by aerodynamic optimisation of the blade geometry is limited (low Reynolds number influence). Solutions such as the Diffuser-Augmented Wind Turbine (DAWT) and the twin-rotor systems are of increasing interest. A diffuser promotes an increase in the wind mass flow rate through the turbine, whereas an auxiliary rotor enables extraction of the wind kinetic energy in the wake.

Keywords: Small wind turbine (SWT); Experimental aerodynamics; Wind tunnel; Diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT); Counter-rotating open rotor (CROR); Counter-rotating shrouded rotor (CRSR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.115855

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