Analysis of low wind speed small hawt using blade element momentum theory
BEMT is a fast, simple and fair accurate tool in designing, analysis and optimize aerodynamics of the wind turbine; however there are some problems facing BEMT like tip losses, centrifugal effect to lift and drag coefficients. The aerodynamic performance of a tapered and twisted small horizontal axi...
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my.utm.487232020-06-18T06:26:34Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48723/ Analysis of low wind speed small hawt using blade element momentum theory Elsherbeiny, Mohamed Mohamed Takeyeldein TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery BEMT is a fast, simple and fair accurate tool in designing, analysis and optimize aerodynamics of the wind turbine; however there are some problems facing BEMT like tip losses, centrifugal effect to lift and drag coefficients. The aerodynamic performance of a tapered and twisted small horizontal axis wind turbine of blade radius 0.42, which operates at low wind speed, was investigated in this study; by Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) and Wind tunnel testing for validation. A BEMT code was developed to predict the power coefficient (Cp) against tip speed ratio (λ) curves of this turbine at different pitch angles. A model of the same turbine was tested in a UTM-LST Low Speed Wind at three different pitch angles -10°, -5° and 0°, to validate the results of BEMT code. The power of the turbine was calculated through the torque of the rotor shaft measured by a torque sensor. The BEMT code showed good agreement with the experimental results at mid-range tip speed ratio (λ<4) and gives relatively high error at high tip speed ratio. .The study showed that for this turbine, pitch angle gives the best Cp distribution over a wide range of tip speed ratios. A Cp — λ curve with optimized pitch angle was then plotted to help modeling a control pitch angle system. 2015-01 Thesis NonPeerReviewed Elsherbeiny, Mohamed Mohamed Takeyeldein (2015) Analysis of low wind speed small hawt using blade element momentum theory. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:85623 |
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BEMT is a fast, simple and fair accurate tool in designing, analysis and optimize aerodynamics of the wind turbine; however there are some problems facing BEMT like tip losses, centrifugal effect to lift and drag coefficients. The aerodynamic performance of a tapered and twisted small horizontal axis wind turbine of blade radius 0.42, which operates at low wind speed, was investigated in this study; by Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) and Wind tunnel testing for validation. A BEMT code was developed to predict the power coefficient (Cp) against tip speed ratio (λ) curves of this turbine at different pitch angles. A model of the same turbine was tested in a UTM-LST Low Speed Wind at three different pitch angles -10°, -5° and 0°, to validate the results of BEMT code. The power of the turbine was calculated through the torque of the rotor shaft measured by a torque sensor. The BEMT code showed good agreement with the experimental results at mid-range tip speed ratio (λ<4) and gives relatively high error at high tip speed ratio. .The study showed that for this turbine, pitch angle gives the best Cp distribution over a wide range of tip speed ratios. A Cp — λ curve with optimized pitch angle was then plotted to help modeling a control pitch angle system. |
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