TY - GEN
T1 - Scaling of vertical axis wind turbine dynamic stall
AU - Buchner, A. J.
AU - Smits, A. J.
AU - Soria, J.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are an alternative to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) for wind and tidal energy harvesting applications. Studies of vertical axis wind turbines have heavily invested in understanding the behaviour of the complete turbine, but often with only cursory assessment of the contributions of unsteady aerodynamics of individual blades. This paper experimentally explores the process of unsteady flow separation, or dynamic stall, of the flow around the blades of a gyromill-style vertical axis wind turbine, and the factors upon which its appearance and evolution rely.
AB - Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are an alternative to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) for wind and tidal energy harvesting applications. Studies of vertical axis wind turbines have heavily invested in understanding the behaviour of the complete turbine, but often with only cursory assessment of the contributions of unsteady aerodynamics of individual blades. This paper experimentally explores the process of unsteady flow separation, or dynamic stall, of the flow around the blades of a gyromill-style vertical axis wind turbine, and the factors upon which its appearance and evolution rely.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84959105180
T3 - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
BT - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
PB - Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society
T2 - 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2014
Y2 - 8 December 2014 through 11 December 2014
ER -