Variable Pitch Approach for Performance Improving of Straight-Bladed VAWT at Rated Tip Speed Ratio

Applied Sciences

Bofeng Xu¹  Zhenzhou Zhao²  Ruixin Wang²  Yuan Zheng²  Siyue Qian²  Wenzhong Shen³  Tongguang Wang⁴ 

[1] Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, China;College of Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, Jiangsu, China;Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark;;Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics &

关键词: variable pitch;    H-type VAWT;    straight blade;    DMST model;    NACA0012;    wind energy;    power coefficient;    tip speed ratio;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app8060957

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a new variable pitch (VP) approach to increase the peak power coefficient of the straight-bladed vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), by widening the azimuthal angle band of the blade with the highest aerodynamic torque, instead of increasing the highest torque. The new VP-approach provides a curve of pitch angle designed for the blade operating at the rated tip speed ratio (TSR) corresponding to the peak power coefficient of the fixed pitch (FP)-VAWT. The effects of the new approach are exploited by using the double multiple stream tubes (DMST) model and Prandtl’s mathematics to evaluate the blade tip loss. The research describes the effects from six aspects, including the lift, drag, angle of attack (AoA), resultant velocity, torque, and power output, through a comparison between VP-VAWTs and FP-VAWTs working at four TSRs: 4, 4.5, 5, and 5.5. Compared with the FP-blade, the VP-blade has a wider azimuthal zone with the maximum AoA, lift, drag, and torque in the upwind half-cycle, and yields the two new larger maximum values in the downwind half-cycle. The power distribution in the swept area of the turbine changes from an arched shape of the FP-VAWT into the rectangular shape of the VP-VAWT. The new VP-approach markedly widens the highest-performance zone of the blade in a revolution, and ultimately achieves an 18.9% growth of the peak power coefficient of the VAWT at the optimum TSR. Besides achieving this growth, the new pitching method will enhance the performance at TSRs that are higher than current optimal values, and an increase of torque is also generated.

【 授权许可】

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