Numerical Investigation of Darrieus Wind Turbine near a One-way Highway

علوم کاربردی و محاسباتی در مکانیک

Article 1, Volume 32, Issue 1 - Serial Number 23, 2021, Pages 1-16   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/jacsm.2021.56298.0

Authors

Sadegh toudarbari; Mohamad Javad Maghrebi^*

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

Abstract

Using renewable energies including wind and solar have become an important subject among investigators. Therefore, numerous studies have been performed to optimize wind turbines at the vicinity of areas which are capable of producing renewable energy. In this research, the feasibility of using  four-bladed Darrieus wind turbine on a one-way highway has been studied numerically. The Fluent commercial software is used  in the simulation conducted. The results of simulation indicate a good agreement with the experimental data. In this research, the turbine performance has been evaluated at different tip speed ratios and according to the results, the maximum power coefficient at the tip speed ratio of 0.644 is 0.00299 with a corresponding power output of 61.81 watt.

Keywords

Wind Energy; Darrieus Wind Turbine; CFD; One-way Highway

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