Experimental studies of stall delay on the blade of horizontal axis wind turbine

• Main Author: Lee, Hsiao Mun
• Other Authors: Wu Yanhua
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Motors, engines and turbines
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65163
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study is to experimentally investigate the physics of stall delay phenomenon using a down-scaled model of the blade of a 5kW small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) which is designed here using the popular Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method. The design tip speed ratio (TSR) is...