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Article

Design and 3D CFD Static Performance Study of a Two-Blade IceWind Turbine

by
Hamdy Mansour
1 and
Rola Afify
2,*
1
Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 21544, Egypt
2
Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Abu kir, Alexandria P.O. Box 1029-Miami, Egypt
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2020, 13(20), 5356; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205356
Submission received: 8 September 2020 / Revised: 9 October 2020 / Accepted: 11 October 2020 / Published: 14 October 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Simulation of Wind Turbines)
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The IceWind turbine, a new type of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, was proposed by an Iceland based startup. It is a product that has been featured in few published scientific research studies. This paper investigates the IceWind turbine’s performance numerically. Three-dimensional numerical simulations are conducted for the full scale model using the SST K-ω model at a wind speed of 15.8 m/s. The following results are documented: static torque, velocity distributions and streamlines, and pressure distribution. Comparisons with previous data are established. Additionally, comparisons with the Savonius wind turbine in the same swept area are conducted to determine how efficient the new type of turbine is. The IceWind turbine shows a similar level of performance with slightly higher static torque values. Vortices behind the IceWind turbine are confirmed to be three-dimensional and are larger than those of Savonius turbine.
Keywords: aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); ansys fluent; savonius turbine; icewind turbine; static torque; three-dimensional simulation aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); ansys fluent; savonius turbine; icewind turbine; static torque; three-dimensional simulation
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Mansour, H.; Afify, R. Design and 3D CFD Static Performance Study of a Two-Blade IceWind Turbine. Energies 2020, 13, 5356. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205356

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Mansour H, Afify R. Design and 3D CFD Static Performance Study of a Two-Blade IceWind Turbine. Energies. 2020; 13(20):5356. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205356

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Mansour, Hamdy, and Rola Afify. 2020. "Design and 3D CFD Static Performance Study of a Two-Blade IceWind Turbine" Energies 13, no. 20: 5356. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205356

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Mansour, H., & Afify, R. (2020). Design and 3D CFD Static Performance Study of a Two-Blade IceWind Turbine. Energies, 13(20), 5356. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205356

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