A novel small vertical axis wind turbine using delta-wing blades

• Main Authors: Ji, Xiao Na, Schluter, Jorg Uwe
• 其他作者: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2015
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Motors, engines and turbines
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105946; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26115; http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0309-524X.38.4.393
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

We present a novel Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) that uses flat delta-wings instead of aerodynamically shaped blades with airfoil cross-sections. This choice lowers the manufacturing costs significantly. Furthermore, delta-wings have a good aerodynamic efficiency at low Reynolds-numbers compared...