Drag coefficient calculation of modified Myring-Savonius wind turbine with numerical simulations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32972/dms.2020.017Keywords:
Savonius wind turbine, Myring Equation, CFX, CFDAbstract
Nowadays the importance of renewable energy is growing, and the utilization of the low wind energy potential is getting crucial. There are turbines with low and high tip speed ratio. Turbines with low tip speed ratio such as the Savonius wind turbine can generate adequate amount of torque at low wind velocities. These types of turbines are also called drag machines. The geometry of the blade can greatly influence the efficiency of the device. With Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method, several optimizations can be done before the production. In our paper the Savonius wind turbine blade geometry was designed based on the so-called Myring equation. The primary objective of this paper was to investigate the drag coefficient of the force acting on the surface of the blade. Also, the Karman vortex was investigated and the space ratio of that vortex in our simulation was compared to a typical one. The power coefficient of a new Savonius turbine was investigated at different values of top speed ratio (TSR). For the sake of simplicity, a 2D cross-sectional area was investigated in the simulation with ANSYS Fluent 19.2.
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