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Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Elsevier,
Source : Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Elsevier, Volume 19, Issue 1, p.632–641 (2015)
Url : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221509861500155X
Keywords : CFD, HAWT, NREL Phase VI, Pitch angle
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Engineering
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Year : 2015
Abstract : Wind energy is one of the clean renewable forms of energy that can handle the existing global fossil fuel crisis. Although it contributes to 2.5% of the global electricity demand, with diminishing fossil fuel sources, it is important that wind energy is harnessed to a greater extent to meet the energy crisis and problem of pollution. The present work involves study of effect of pitch angle on the performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT), NREL Phase VI. The wind velocities considered for the study are 7, 15.1 and 25.1 m/s. The simulations are performed using a commercial CFD code Fluent. A frozen rotor model is used for simulation, wherein the governing equations are solved in the moving frame of reference rotating with the rotor speed. The SST k-ω turbulence model has been used. It is seen that the thrust increases with increase in wind velocity, and decreases with increase in pitch angle. For a given wind velocity, there is an optimum pitch angle where the power generated by the turbine is maximum. The observed effect of pitch angle on the power produced has been correlated to the stall characteristics of the airfoil blade
Cite this Research Publication : A. R. Sudhamshu, Pandey, M. Chandra, Sunil, N., Satish, N. S., Vivek Mugundhan, and Dr. Ratna Kishore V., “Numerical study of effect of pitch angle on performance characteristics of a HAWT”, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 632–641, 2015.