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An innovative variable shroud for micro wind turbines

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  • Keramat Siavash, Nemat
  • Najafi, G.
  • Tavakkoli Hashjin, Teymour
  • Ghobadian, Barat
  • Mahmoodi, Esmail

Abstract

In this work, a 370-W small wind turbine was developed which is equipped to a controllable nuzzle-diffuser duct. The developed duct is consisting of a fixed ring and a two-piece diffuser which can rotate on each other and so the diffuser wall opening will have altered from 0 to 180°. This mechanism is developed to control speed-up ratio and drag forces acting on the turbine structure in high ranges of wind speeds. The rotor is designed using BEM algorithm and the duct geometry is reached by CFD works considering the atheistic aspect of view. As the turbine is designed for a comprehensive research project, so it contains several asubsystems like an electromagnetic brake, external electric starter motor, electromagnetic flywheel, variable nacelle, etc. The designed mechanism fabricated using several machining processes as turning, milling, boring, drilling, welding and rolling works. The turbine performance implemented in a low-speed wind tunnel. Experimental results show a comprehensive raise in power generation and rotor speed by shrouded wind turbines. In the 180-degree diffuser wall opening, the augmentation ratio in average is 39.75% while the ratio is 28.5% for a complete diffuser augmented wind turbine. The rotor speed-up ratio for them is 53 and 74% respectively.

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  • Keramat Siavash, Nemat & Najafi, G. & Tavakkoli Hashjin, Teymour & Ghobadian, Barat & Mahmoodi, Esmail, 2020. "An innovative variable shroud for micro wind turbines," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 1061-1072.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:145:y:2020:i:c:p:1061-1072
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.098
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    1. Nunes, Matheus M. & Brasil Junior, Antonio C.P. & Oliveira, Taygoara F., 2020. "Systematic review of diffuser-augmented horizontal-axis turbines," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    2. Rahmatian, Mohammad Ali & Hashemi Tari, Pooyan & Majidi, Sahand & Mojaddam, Mohammad, 2023. "Experimental study of the effect of the duct on dual co-axial horizontal axis wind turbines and the effect of rotors diameter ratio and distance on increasing power coefficient," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 284(C).
    3. Marina Barbarić & Zvonimir Guzović, 2020. "Investigation of the Possibilities to Improve Hydrodynamic Performances of Micro-Hydrokinetic Turbines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-20, September.
    4. Rivarolo, M. & Freda, A. & Traverso, A., 2020. "Test campaign and application of a small-scale ducted wind turbine with analysis of yaw angle influence," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 279(C).
    5. Rahmatian, Mohammad Ali & Nazarian Shahrbabaki, Amin & Moeini, Seyed Peyman, 2023. "Single-objective optimization design of convergent-divergent ducts of ducted wind turbine using RSM and GA, to increase power coefficient of a small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 269(C).
    6. Rahmatian, Mohammad Ali & Hashemi Tari, Pooyan & Mojaddam, Mohammad & Majidi, Sahand, 2022. "Numerical and experimental study of the ducted diffuser effect on improving the aerodynamic performance of a micro horizontal axis wind turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 245(C).
    7. José Luis Torres-Madroñero & Joham Alvarez-Montoya & Daniel Restrepo-Montoya & Jorge Mario Tamayo-Avendaño & César Nieto-Londoño & Julián Sierra-Pérez, 2020. "Technological and Operational Aspects That Limit Small Wind Turbines Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-39, November.
    8. Bontempo, R. & Manna, M., 2020. "Diffuser augmented wind turbines: Review and assessment of theoretical models," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 280(C).

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