Design of a special-purpose airfoil for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT

• Main Authors: Islam, Mazharul, Ting, David S-K, Fartaj, Amir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56611/1/8_Wind_Engineering-MI-VAWT1-Islam_et_al-2007-JOURNAL.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56611/; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1260/030952407784079780
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Selection of airfoil is one of the most critical factors in achieving better aerodynamic performance and in determining the optimum dimensions of a fixed-pitch straight-bladed Darrieus type vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT), along with solidity, radial arm parasitic drag, aspect ratio etc. Airfoi...