dc.contributor.author | Ying, Pei | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Yong | |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, Yigeng | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-03T09:48:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-03T09:48:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03-31 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ying , P , Chen , Y & Xu , Y 2015 , ' An aerodynamic analysis of a novel small wind turbine based on impulse turbine principles ' , Renewable Energy , vol. 75 , pp. 37-43 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.035 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0960-1481 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/15506 | |
dc.description | This document is the Accepted Manuscript of the following article: Pei Ying, Yong Kang Chen, and Yi Geng Xu, ‘An aerodynamic analysis of a novel small wind turbine based on impulse turbine principles’, Renewable Energy, Vol. 75: 37-43, March 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.035, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License CC BY NC-ND 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.description.abstract | The paper presents both a numerical and an experimental approach to study the air flow characteristics of a novel small wind turbine and to predict its performance. The turbine model was generated based on impulse turbine principles in order to be employed in an omni-flow wind energy system in urban areas. The results have shown that the maximum flow velocity behind the stator can be increased by 20% because of a nozzle cascade from the stator geometry. It was also observed that a wind turbine with a 0.3 m rotor diameter achieved the maximum power coefficient of 0.17 at the tip speed ratio of 0.6 under the wind velocity of 8.2 m/s. It was also found that the power coefficient was linked to the hub-to-tip ratio and reached its maximum value when the hub-to-tip ratio was 0.45. It is evident that this new wind turbine has the potential for low working noise and good starting feature compared with a conventional horizontal axis wind turbine. | en |
dc.format.extent | 1415479 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Renewable Energy | |
dc.subject | Wind energy | |
dc.subject | CFD | |
dc.subject | Wind tunnel test | |
dc.subject | Impulse wind turbine | |
dc.title | An aerodynamic analysis of a novel small wind turbine based on impulse turbine principles | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Engineering and Technology | |
dc.contributor.institution | Science & Technology Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Engineering Research | |
dc.contributor.institution | Sustainable Energy Technologies | |
dc.contributor.institution | Materials and Structures | |
dc.contributor.institution | Aerospace | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.035 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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