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Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade

Wind turbines are considered as a renewable energy technologies which have the potential to reduce environmental pollutions from conventional energy sources. Currently, many research activities have concentrated on improving and modifying the aerodynamic performances of wind turbine blades throug...

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Main Authors: Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim, Islam, Mazharul
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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TJ163.26 Energy conservation
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spelling my.iium.irep.565792017-04-19T01:52:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56579/ Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim Islam, Mazharul TJ163.26 Energy conservation Wind turbines are considered as a renewable energy technologies which have the potential to reduce environmental pollutions from conventional energy sources. Currently, many research activities have concentrated on improving and modifying the aerodynamic performances of wind turbine blades through wind tunnel testing and complicated computational investigations (like CFD). In the present research, a freely available wind turbine simulation software called QBlade is used, which is computationally inexpensive for performance and design analyses of wind turbines. In the present research, performance analysis of a smaller-capacity horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) with QBlade have been conducted. After validating the obtained results with existing experimental results, comparative performance study have been conducted using three airfoils. 2017-01-17 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56579/1/Amirul%26Mazahar_1st-BiECUR2017-Abstract%20book.pdf Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim and Islam, Mazharul (2017) Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade. In: First Biannual Engineering Conference on Undergraduate Research (1st- BiECUR 2017), 17th Jan. 2017, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic TJ163.26 Energy conservation
spellingShingle TJ163.26 Energy conservation
Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim
Islam, Mazharul
Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
description Wind turbines are considered as a renewable energy technologies which have the potential to reduce environmental pollutions from conventional energy sources. Currently, many research activities have concentrated on improving and modifying the aerodynamic performances of wind turbine blades through wind tunnel testing and complicated computational investigations (like CFD). In the present research, a freely available wind turbine simulation software called QBlade is used, which is computationally inexpensive for performance and design analyses of wind turbines. In the present research, performance analysis of a smaller-capacity horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) with QBlade have been conducted. After validating the obtained results with existing experimental results, comparative performance study have been conducted using three airfoils.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim
Islam, Mazharul
author_facet Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim
Islam, Mazharul
author_sort Zuhdi, Amirul Hakim
title Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
title_short Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
title_full Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
title_fullStr Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
title_full_unstemmed Performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using QBlade
title_sort performance analyses of horizontal axis wind turbines using qblade
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/56579/1/Amirul%26Mazahar_1st-BiECUR2017-Abstract%20book.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/56579/
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