Design and optimization of low speed horizontal-axis wind turbine using OpenFOAM

• Main Authors: Hendriana, D., Firmansyah, T., Setiawan, J.D., Garinto, D.
• Format: Article
• Published: Asian Research Publishing Network 2015
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84949984511&partnerID=40&md5=5f1cba743acb006d6a399a50b892e45d; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/26035/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

This paper presents a design and optimization of 7.5 m diameter, 6-bladed horizontal-axis wind turbine designed for low speed wind of 4 m/s; using opens source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software OpenFOAM. The blade configuration was chosen to be as simple as possible such that manufacturing...