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ABSTRACT
We are going to design & simulate small scale darrieus windmill by using CAE techniques. After
Referring previous Literatures Out of Various 4-digit Profiles available for the Vertical axis
turbine, we have chosen symmetrical axis NACA profile 0012, 0015, 0018 and, out of those
profiles, after various CFD simulations at different azimuth angles 00, 300, 600, 900 by using
FLUENT in ANSYS (Workbench 14), optimum profile (NACA0012) have been optimized (according
to FLUENT analysis data) for our design of model, and then again by various FLUENT analysis of
varying pitch angle of blades ,out of -80, -40, 00, +40, +80 angles at different azimuth angles 00, 300,
600, 900 and our favorable outcome is at -80 fix pitch of blade, by using those data we made
prototype of our model which gives same result as expected according to CAE analysis results. Our
main conclusion for our work is for small scale profiles NACA0012 gives better result than other
two profiles and we gets high torque at -80 fix pitch angle then other pitch angles.
I.
INTRODUCTION
In current era power availability is costly but necessary, so it's vital to produce it within our workplace
with minimal coast and which resulted small scale power generation is widely accepted. VAWTs come in
a wide and interesting variety of physical configurations and they involve a range of complex
aerodynamic characteristics. VAWTs in principle can attain coefficients of performance, Cp max, that are
comparable to those for horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) and they have several potentially
significant advantages over the HAWTs [1]. These advantages include the fact that VAWTs are cross-flow
devices and therefore accept wind from any direction. The Darrieus Wind Turbine resembles a gigantic
eggbeater and has two main advantages. The first main advantage is that the equipment including the
gear box and the generator can be placed close to the ground. The second advantage to this type of wind
turbine is that you dont need a new mechanism to turn the rotor against the wind. The Darrieus Wind
Turbine is a lift-type vertical axis turbine and can function effectively no matter which way the wind is
blowing. This wind turbine is powered by the lift forces that are created by a set of airfoils, which are the
actual wing-shaped blades of the turbine. These allow the turbine to reach speeds that are higher than
the actual speed of the wind, which makes them well suited to generating electricity.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
The Darrieus wind turbine was patented by the U.S. Patent Office in the name of G.J.M. Darrieus in 1931
[2]. The Darrieus patent states that each blade should have a streamline outline curved in the form of
skipping rope. In other words, the Darrieus rotor has curved blades that approximate the shape of a
perfectly flexible cable, of uniform density and cross-section, hanging freely from two fixed points; under
the action of centripetal forces such a shape minimizes inherent bending stresses.
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For many years no significant research in field of Darrieus VAWT is carried out. Finally in 1970s at
Sandia National Laboratories, the study of VAWT technology started and concluded in the 1990s [3].
These studies concentrated on the Darrieus configurations because of their high inherent efficiency. The
Sandia VAWT program culminated with the design of the 34-m Test Bed Darrieus VAWT. This turbine
was designed and built to test various VAWT design concepts and to provide the necessary databases to
validate analytical design codes and algorithms.
The straight blade Darrieus wind turbine is patented by [4] in 1987 (US4247252). It has simple
construction than conventional egg-beater shaped Darrieus VAWT.
In this modern time, there is resurgence of interests regarding VAWTs as numerous universities and
research institutions have carried out extensive research activities and developed numerous designs
based on several aerodynamic computational models. These models are crucial for deducing optimum
design parameters and also for predicting the performance before fabricating the VAWT. [5] (2006) have
compile the main aerodynamic models that have been used for performance prediction and design of
straight-bladed Darrieus type VAWT. At present the most widely used models are the double-multiple
streamtube model, free-Vortex model and the Cascade model. It has been found that, each of these three
models has their strengths and weaknesses. Though among these three models, the Vortex models are
considered to be the most accurate models according to several researchers, but they are
computationally very expensive and in some cases they suffer from convergence problem. It has also
been found that the double-multiple streamtube model is not suitable for high tip speed ratios and highsolidity VAWT. On the other hand, the Cascade model gives smooth convergence even in high tip speed
ratios and high solidity VAWT with quite reasonable accuracy.
[06] Studied the (NACA 0024, NACA 4420 and NACA 4520) and effect of changing the design parameters
on the performance of the Giromill vertical axis wind turbine with fixed pitch angle variation (coefficient
of performance, tip speed ratio and torque coefficient). Also, to determine the variation which will result
in the best performance based on the different performance parameters.
A number of cases were studied by [07] with different numbers of blades, various tip speed ratios and
pitch angles. Their results shown that turbines with varied pitch angles perform better than those with a
fixed pitch angle.
III. WIND MEASUREMENT
Wind speed data has been collected by using anemometer at 1 m above the sea level (at ground level)
and at 12 m above the sea level (at rooftop of boy's hostel building, GEC Valsad). The readings were taken
almost three times a day from October-2012 to April-2013. To evaluate the wind resource and the wind
power production potential on site the meteorological data is treated with statistical methods. The
method used separates the data into wind speed intervals or bins in which it occurs. A series of N wind
speed observations is assumed. The data are separated into NB bins of width wj, with midpoints mj and
with the number of occurrences in each bin (the frequency) fj such that
=
[01]
With this technique the mean wind speed is calculated using equation,
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U=
1
N
m f [02]
From above equation average wind speed at ground level is found 1m/s and at 12 meter altitude average
wind speed is 1.5 m/s.
A. Wind speed frequency distribution
Figure 1 shows the wind speed frequency distribution at ground level and figure 2 shows the wind speed
frequency distribution at 12 m height. Every bar in the diagram represents the frequency of occurrence
for that special wind speed interval. Wind speeds between four and five meters per second are the least
common. Wind speed 1 m/s & 2 m/s the most common and represent around 90 percent of the time. The
highest wind speed ever measured is 5.2 meters per second.
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so, maximum power can be extracted from any kind of wind turbine is 59.29 %
Power567 = 14.1185 0.5929 [6]
= 8.3708 9:;; [7]
But, According to the graph shown in figure 3 , Maximum Power can be extracted by darrieus wind
turbine is 35.00 %
Power567 = 14.1185 0.3500 Watt [8]
= 4.9414 9:;; [9]
Figure 3 : Maximum power can be extracted from any type of wind turbine
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Wind power is the amount of energy which flows through the surface per unit time, and is calculated the
wind energy by the elapsed time t,
Kinetic energy 1
= A V* [12]
time
2
Here from the equation no.12, we can say that both energy and power are proportional to the cube of
wind speed.
Available power =
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= tanE M
If we consider blade pitching then,
tanE M
sin
O
P6
N QRN Q B cos
P
P
sin
O
P6
N QRN Q B cos
P
P
S 17
S T 18
I @? B VD? 19
IV
W
V6
,
V6
V
?
V6
R V6W
, UVF X G B cos YY B sin? 20
V
V V
C.
The directions of the lift and drag forces and their normal and tangential components. The tangential
force coefficients (Ct) is basically the difference between the tangential components of lift and drag
forces. Similarly, the normal force coefficients (Cn) is the difference between the normal components
compon
of
lift and drag forces. The expressions of Ct and Cn can be written as
CK C sin T C[ cos , 21
CD C cos B C[ sin . 22
The net tangential and normal forces can be defined as
1
FK CK CHW ? , 23
2
1
FD CD CHW ? , 24
2
Where is the air density, C is the blade chord and H is the height of the turbine.
D. Calculation of total torque
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Since, the tangential and normal forces represented are for any azimuthal position, so , they are
considered as a function of azimuth angle . Average tangential force Fta on one blade can be expressed
as
1 ?
FK6 ^ FK _`. d. 25
2 b
The total torque
rque (Q) for the number of blades (N) is obtained as
Q NFK6 R 26
Power Output
The total power (P) can be obtained as
P Q 27
Table 1 Preliminary Design Parameters
Parameter
No. of stages
Shape of blade
Chord length
No. of blade
Aspect ratio
Tip Speed Ratio
Frontal area
Pitch Angle
Value
1
To be selected out of
NACA0012, NACA0015,
NACA0018
100 mm
3
1:1
1
360000 mm2
To be estimated
Workbench FLUENT analysis is 5 steps procedure, in 1st step geometry is defined which is made in CREO
and exploited to ANSYS. The geometry has two domains called fluid domain and rotor. The fluid domain
is square prism in shape and approximately 10 times bigger than rotor, i.e. 8m 8m 10m long. This
fluid region mimics environment. The reason behind bigger size of fluid domain compared to rotor size is
that effect of external wall can be minimized so that flow of air will be same as environmental conditions.
The rotor volume is subtracted from the fluid region.
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In solution setup stage Momentum, turbulent kinetic energy & Turbulent Dissipation Rate has been set
as second order Upwind. And solution is Hybrid initialization has been selected. Solution for 1000
iterations is applied for different analyses & results are obtained in final step. In result stage, Lift Force &
Drag Force has been carried out from reports for each model separately.
Total 12 no. of CFD analysis were performed for different blade profiles including NACA0012, NACA0015
& NACA0018, on different these graphs flow behavior around the rotor can be studied azimuth positions,
keeping pitch angle 0. Pressure gradient and velocity gradient around the rotor at various azimuths for
different blade profiles and pitch angles are shown in subsequent figures.
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From the numerical analysis, forces acting on blades of rotor are derived and mean torque has been
calculated. For each profile at different azimuth angle, torque data has been plotted in graph From the
results conclusion can be made that among all considered NACA profiles NACA0012 has maximum
torque output for wind speed 10 m/s and same frontal area, which is 360000 mm2.
Our result of selecting NACA0012 Profile for getting optimum power is matching with various previous
literatures.[12,13]
Optimum power output is our prerequisite and we did more work after selecting NACA0012 profile on
the varying its pitch angle.
To improve our Power output, variable pitch of blades the answer?
From the previous designs in 1980s and 1990s, VAWT designs based on the straight blade Darrieus
pattern but with variable pitch blades, known as Gyromills or Cycloturbines, have been used since 1970s.
Variable pitch mechanism can achieve high starting torque, high efficiency and can reduce or eliminate
stall. However variable pitch VAWT never reached commercial production, because of (1) Mechanical
complexity in turbines with active pitch control, where blade pitch is forced to follow a predetermined
regime (2) dubious effectiveness of designs with passive pitch control in which pitch is not
predetermined but is driven by an interaction of fluid dynamic and inertial or other forces. [11]
While for NACA0012 other 16 no. of CFD analysis were performed with the same fluid conditions in the
fluid domain and on different azimuth positions, keeping pitch angle -4, +4,-8 & +8.
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From the numerical analysis of blades at pitch angle 0, -4, -8, +4, -4 & +8 has been plotted, the Lift
force and Drag force of blades has been listed form final result of analysis and the and average force of all
the blades at a positions has been individually calculated graph of pitch angle and torque has been made
which shown optimum output mean torque has been concluded, and the maximum mean torque has
been found at -8 pitch angle position of blade, so it has been selected as a model blade position for rotor.
VIII. CONCLUSION
From our work to calculate optimum mean torque out of changing various blade positions we concluded
as the NACA0012 shows the better results than the other NACA 00XX profiles which relates to the
previously available literatures, and after determining NACA profile our further works to optimize torque
output has been carried out, we have changed the positions of blades at various pitch angle positions at
various azimuth angle and concluded as the optimal power output with fixed pitch angle can be
determined at -80 pitch angle of blades.
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