Employability of vertical axis crossflow whirlybird rotor as hydrokinetic turbine and its performance prediction corresponding to different design parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 109744
Author(s):  
Ravindra Bhagat ◽  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Shibayan Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Hydrokinetic Turbine

Evaluation of a Model Helical Bladed Hydrokinetic Turbine Characteristics From In-Situ Experiments

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parag K. Talukdar ◽  
Vinayak Kulkarni ◽  
Dipankar Dehingia ◽  
Ujjwal K. Saha
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Water Velocity ◽  
Power Coefficient ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Energy Extraction ◽  
Hydrokinetic Turbine ◽  
In Situ Experiments ◽  
Natural Flow

Hydro power has always been a major source of electricity generation among different renewable energy technologies. However, due to the construction of dams, the conventional hydro energy extraction techniques cause disturbance to the ecology by diverting the natural flow of water and migrating population from their native land. Of late, energy extraction from the natural flow of water is considered as potential source of renewable power since it is clean and reliable. In view of this, the present study deals with the development and performance characterization of a vertical-axis helical-bladed hydrokinetic turbine. Considering the various design parameters, a NACA 0020 bladed vertical-axis turbine of solidity ratio 0.38 and aspect ratio 1.0 has been developed. In-situ experiments have been carried out at an irrigation sluice having a water velocity of 1.1 m/s. Further, its performance characteristics are evaluated at different mechanical loading conditions with the help of a mechanical dynamometer. It has been observed that the developed helical-bladed turbine demonstrates a peak power coefficient of 0.16 at a tip-speed ratio of 0.85. The present experimental investigation has clearly demonstrated the usefulness of the hydrokinetic turbine. It has also been logged that the average water velocity at the concerned site has a great importance on the turbine design.

Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance investigations on modified H-rotor Darrieus wind turbine

2021 ◽  
pp. 0309524X2110039
Author(s):  
Amgad Dessoky ◽  
Thorsten Lutz ◽  
Ewald Krämer
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Power Coefficient ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Guide Vanes

The present paper investigates the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of the H-rotor Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) combined with very promising energy conversion and steering technology; a fixed guide-vanes. The main scope of the current work is to enhance the aerodynamic performance and assess the noise production accomplished with such enhancement. The studies are carried out in two phases; the first phase is a parametric 2D CFD simulation employing the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach to optimize the design parameters of the guide-vanes. The second phase is a 3D CFD simulation of the full turbine using a higher-order numerical scheme and a hybrid RANS/LES (DDES) method. The guide-vanes show a superior power augmentation, about 42% increase in the power coefficient at λ = 2.75, with a slightly noisy operation and completely change the signal directivity. A remarkable difference in power coefficient is observed between 2D and 3D models at the high-speed ratios stems from the 3D effect. As a result, a 3D simulation of the capped Darrieus turbine is carried out, and then a noise assessment of such configuration is assessed. The results show a 20% increase in power coefficient by using the cap, without significant change in the noise signal.

Error estimation and sensitivity analysis of the 3-UPU translational parallel robot due to design parameter uncertainties

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (8) ◽  
pp. 2713-2727 ◽  
Author(s):  
S El Hraiech ◽  
AH Chebbi ◽  
Z Affi ◽  
L Romdhane
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Parallel Robot ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Parameter Uncertainties ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Interval Analysis Method ◽  
Influential Parameters ◽  
Kinematic Errors

This work deals with the estimation and the sensitivity analysis of the 3-UPU parallel robot error. Based on the Newton–Euler formalism, the robot dynamic model is given in a closed form. This model is validated by the software ADAMS. Using the interval analysis method, a new algorithm is proposed, which estimates the errors in the motion of the end-effector and the errors in the actuator forces as a function of the design parameters uncertainties. The obtained results show that the kinematic errors are minimal at the workspace center. Moreover, these errors increase as the platform moves along the vertical axis. It is also shown that kinematic errors in the actuator joints are the most influential parameters on the manipulator accuracy. Therefore, using actuators with a higher accuracy can highly reduce the errors in motion of the platform.

scholarly journals An experimental study of the optimal design parameters of a wind power tower used to improve the performance of vertical axis wind turbines

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 168781401879954
Author(s):  
Soo-Yong Cho ◽  
Sang-Kyu Choi ◽  
Jin-Gyun Kim ◽  
Chong-Hyun Cho
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Power Coefficient ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

In order to augment the performance of vertical axis wind turbines, wind power towers have been used because they increase the frontal area. Typically, the wind power tower is installed as a circular column around a vertical axis wind turbine because the vertical axis wind turbine should be operated in an omnidirectional wind. As a result, the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine depends on the design parameters of the wind power tower. An experimental study was conducted in a wind tunnel to investigate the optimal design parameters of the wind power tower. Three different sizes of guide walls were applied to test with various wind power tower design parameters. The tested vertical axis wind turbine consisted of three blades of the NACA0018 profile and its solidity was 0.5. In order to simulate the operation in omnidirectional winds, the wind power tower was fabricated to be rotated. The performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was severely varied depending on the azimuthal location of the wind power tower. Comparison of the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was performed based on the power coefficient obtained by averaging for the one periodic azimuth angle. The optimal design parameters were estimated using the results obtained under equal experimental conditions. When the non-dimensional inner gap was 0.3, the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was better than any other gaps.

Computation of the Usage Contexts Coverage of a Jigsaw With CSP Techniques

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Yannou ◽  
Jiliang Wang ◽  
Pierre-Alain Yvars
Keyword(s):  
Constraint Satisfaction ◽  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Constraint Satisfaction Problem ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
A Value ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Value Sets ◽  
Usage Context ◽  
A Performance

In the context of the Usage Context Based Design (UCBD) of a product-service, a taxonomy of variables is suggested to setup the link between the design parameters of a product-service and the part of a set of expected usages that may be covered. This paper implements a physics-based model to provide a performance prediction for each usage context that also depends on the user skill. The physics describing the behavior and consequently the performances of a jigsaw are established. Simulating numerically the usage coverage is non trivial for two reasons: the presence of circular references in physical relations and the need to efficiently propagate value sets or domains instead of accurate values. For these two reasons, we modeled the usage coverage issue as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem and we result in the expected service performances and a value of a covered usage indicator.

scholarly journals Numerical Analysis of Design Parameters With Strong Influence on the Aerodynamic Efficiency of a Small-Scale Self-Pitch VAWT

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Xisto ◽  
José Páscoa ◽  
Michele Trancossi
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Periodic Variation ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Speed Ratio ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Four Bar Linkage

In the paper, four key design parameters with a strong influence on the performance of a small-scale high solidity variable pitch VAWT (Vertical Axis Wind Turbine), operating at low tip-speed-ratio (TSR) are addressed. To this aim a numerical approach, based on a finite-volume discretization of two-dimensional Unsteady RANS equations on a multiple sliding mesh, is proposed and validated against experimental data. The self-pitch VAWT design is based on a straight blade Darrieus wind turbine with blades that are allowed to pitch around a feathering axis, which is also parallel to the axis of rotation. The pitch angle amplitude and periodic variation are dynamically controlled by a four-bar-linkage system. We only consider the efficiency at low and intermediate TSR, therefore the pitch amplitude is chosen to be a sinusoidal function with a considerable amplitude. The results of this parametric analysis will contribute to define the guidelines for building a full size prototype of a small scale turbine of increased efficiency.

10 kw Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Spindle Design and Optimization

2014 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 429-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Mei Li ◽  
Yang Cao ◽  
Guo Qing Wu ◽  
Xing Hua Chen ◽  
Yan Hua Cao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Vibration Mode ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Element Model ◽  
High Load ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Dead Weight ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
The Finite Element Model

The spindle of a 10 kw vertical axis wind turbine is designed in this paper, and the relevant geometric parameters is given, and build the geometry of the finite element model. Calculation of the spindle under wind load and dead weight , and analyse the spindle Von Mess stress, deformation nephogram, and give the former six order vibration mode of the spindle. Through the analysis, Then the design parameters of the spindle are optimized. and the optimized structure of spindle has been got. optimized spindle is in lower quality, more satisfy the requirement of wind turbine running under high load at the same time .

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