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Effect of Aspect Ratio on Aerodynamic Performance of Archimedes Spiral Wind Turbine

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Abstract

This study describes the effect of aspect ratio on the aerodynamic performance of small-scale Archimedes spiral-wind-turbine. The computational approach was used to predict the aerodynamic performance of the scaled-down rotor blades. Aspect ratio is defined by the ratio of turbine diameter to its length. The present study includes five different models for three different aspect ratios 1.5, 1.25 and 1.0 with forward and backward elongation. The computational study was carried out using the ANSYS-CFX 19 software for a steady incompressible flow. The performance parameters of the wind turbine, which are power and torque coefficients, were explored for different aspect ratios. This was carried out for wind speed from 5 to 12 m/s with an interval of 1 m/s. In order to save computational time, the computational models were 1/10 down-scaled of the 0.5 kW class which has 1.5 m-diameter. In order to validate the results of the computational simulation, the present results were compared to previous research results of others. Obviously, the results highlight that the less aspect ratio with forward elongation, the more resulting power coefficient.

DOI

10.21608/eijest.2020.45256.1017

Keywords

Archimedes spiral blades, aspect ratio, Computational simulation, ANSYS-CFX

Authors

First Name

Andrew

Last Name

Labib

MiddleName

Maher

Affiliation

Mech. Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng. Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt

Email

andrewmaher9415@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

AbdelGawad

MiddleName

Farouk

Affiliation

Mech. Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng. Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt

Email

afaroukgb@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Mofreh

Last Name

Nasseif

MiddleName

Melad

Affiliation

Mech. Power Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt

Email

mofreh_melad@yahoo.com

City

Zagazig

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Volume

32

Article Issue

Mechanical Engineering

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21316

Issue Date

2020-11-01

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2020-10-18

Publish Date

2020-11-01

Page Start

66

Page End

72

Print ISSN

1687-8493

Online ISSN

2682-3640

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https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/article_144060.html

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https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=144060

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Original Article

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1,348

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Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology

Publication Link

https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Aspect Ratio on Aerodynamic Performance of Archimedes Spiral Wind Turbine

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Created At

23 Jan 2023