Experimental investigation of the influence of solidity on the performance and flow field aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines at low Reynolds numbers

Okeoghene Eboibi, Louis Angelo M. Danao and Robert J. Howell

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 92, issue C, 474-483

Abstract: This paper shows the results of an experimental investigation into the effect of changes in solidity on the performance of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. Two VAWT configurations are used, one of solidity σ = 0.26 (chord C = 0.03 m) and the other with σ = 0.34 (C = 0.04 m). The turbine performance coefficient (Cp) was measured over a range of tip speed ratios and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) was used to determine the flow field around both turbine configurations.

Keywords: Solidity; Performance; PIV; VAWT; HAWT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.028

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