Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade

In recent times, wind energy has become one of the leading renewable energy sources for generating electricity in prospective regions around the globe. Nowadays, researchers are conducting different research activities to develop and optimize the existing designs of wind turbines through experimenta...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Said, Islam, Mazharul, Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Idres, Moumen
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Published:	Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	iium-713422019-11-24T13:36:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71342/ Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade Ali, Said Islam, Mazharul Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Idres, Moumen TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In recent times, wind energy has become one of the leading renewable energy sources for generating electricity in prospective regions around the globe. Nowadays, researchers are conducting different research activities to develop and optimize the existing designs of wind turbines through experimental and diversified computational techniques. Among the computational techniques, one of the popular choices is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). However, CFD techniques are hardware intensive and computationally expensive. On the other hand, freely available simple tools like QBlade is computationally inexpensive and it can be used for performance and design analyses of horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines. In the present research, an attempt has been made to use QBlade for performance analyses of a smaller capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using selected prospective airfoils. In this study, four airfoils (namely, NACA 4412, SG6043, SD7062 and S833) have been selected and investigated in QBlade. It has been found that the overall power coefficients (CP) of NACA 4412 at different tip speed ratios are superior to the other three airfoils. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71342/1/2019%20IJRTE-4.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71342/7/71342_Performance%20analysis%20of%20a%20small%20capacity%20horizontal%20axis%20wind%20turbine%20using%20QBlade_SCOPUS.pdf Ali, Said and Islam, Mazharul and Mohiuddin, A. K. M. and Idres, Moumen (2019) Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7 (6S). pp. 153-157. ISSN 2277-3878 E-ISSN 2249-8958 https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v7i6s/F02310376S19.pdf
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description	In recent times, wind energy has become one of the leading renewable energy sources for generating electricity in prospective regions around the globe. Nowadays, researchers are conducting different research activities to develop and optimize the existing designs of wind turbines through experimental and diversified computational techniques. Among the computational techniques, one of the popular choices is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). However, CFD techniques are hardware intensive and computationally expensive. On the other hand, freely available simple tools like QBlade is computationally inexpensive and it can be used for performance and design analyses of horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines. In the present research, an attempt has been made to use QBlade for performance analyses of a smaller capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using selected prospective airfoils. In this study, four airfoils (namely, NACA 4412, SG6043, SD7062 and S833) have been selected and investigated in QBlade. It has been found that the overall power coefficients (CP) of NACA 4412 at different tip speed ratios are superior to the other three airfoils.
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author	Ali, Said Islam, Mazharul Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Idres, Moumen
author_facet	Ali, Said Islam, Mazharul Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Idres, Moumen
author_sort	Ali, Said
title	Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade
title_short	Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade
title_full	Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade
title_fullStr	Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade
title_full_unstemmed	Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade
title_sort	performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using qblade
publisher	Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication
publishDate	2019
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Performance analysis of a small capacity horizontal axis wind turbine using QBlade

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