Narayan, Sumesh and Goundar, Jai and Chettiar, Niranjwan and Deo, Ashneel (2016) Design and Performance Analysis of Micro Wind Turbine for Fiji. International Journal of Information and Electronics Engineering, 6 (1). pp. 37-40. ISSN 2010-3719
Preview |
PDF (Design and Performance Analysis of Micro Wind Turbine for Fiji)
- Published Version
Download (594kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Today’s major research area is based on finding alternatives to fossil fuels. Wind energy
can contribute significantly towards renewable energy production. A functional wind turbine built
locally proposes a huge impact for Fiji and the Pacific Islands renewable energy industry. The design
has to take into consideration the wind speed of the pacific which is quite different from other
countries. A low Reynolds number airfoil was selected and modified for horizontal axis wind turbine
(HAWT) and its aerodynamic characteristic was studied. The analysis were done using XFoil
software, the numerical results were validated with experimental results before analysis were done.
The Q-blade Software is used to design the blade for the wind turbine. The cut in velocity of wind
turbine is 3 ms-1
, which is a big achievement when it comes for the power generation. The rated power
is 50 watts at rated velocity of 6.5 ms-1 and the cut of velocity is at 20 ms-1
. The numerical results were
validated with experimental results. The peak power after measurement was 23.73 watts at wind
speed of 8 ms-1.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Engineering and Physics |
| Depositing User: | Sumesh Narayan |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2015 03:56 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2018 04:43 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/8095 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |