Effects of the Angled Blades of Extremely Small Wind Turbines on Energy Harvesting Performance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
3. Methodology
3.1. Blade Design
3.2. Experimental Setup
3.3. CFD Analysis
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Electrical Power Measurement and Estimation
4.2. CFD Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Radius, r (mm) |
---|---|
A0 | 34.71 |
A15 | 35.08 |
A30 | 34.91 |
A45 | 34.18 |
A60 | 33.92 |
A75 | 31.15 |
A90 | 28.93 |
A105 | 27.74 |
A120 | 29.36 |
Model | a | b | R (kΩ) | Maximum Electrical Power Pmax (μW) |
---|---|---|---|---|
A0 | 0.0042 | 0.0085 | 117.65 | 0.5188 |
A15 | 0.0066 | 0.0126 | 79.37 | 0.8643 |
A30 | 0.0066 | 0.0120 | 83.33 | 0.9075 |
A45 | 0.0079 | 0.0117 | 85.47 | 1.3335 |
A60 | 0.0130 | 0.0156 | 64.10 | 2.7083 |
A75 | 0.0172 | 0.0164 | 60.98 | 4.5098 |
A90 | 0.0218 | 0.0190 | 52.63 | 6.2532 |
A105 | 0.0280 | 0.0210 | 47.62 | 9.3333 |
A120 | 0.0235 | 0.0199 | 50.25 | 6.9378 |
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Park, J.; Lee, S.; Park, J.Y. Effects of the Angled Blades of Extremely Small Wind Turbines on Energy Harvesting Performance. Mathematics 2020, 8, 1295. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081295
Park J, Lee S, Park JY. Effects of the Angled Blades of Extremely Small Wind Turbines on Energy Harvesting Performance. Mathematics. 2020; 8(8):1295. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081295
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Junseon, Seungjin Lee, and Joong Yull Park. 2020. "Effects of the Angled Blades of Extremely Small Wind Turbines on Energy Harvesting Performance" Mathematics 8, no. 8: 1295. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8081295