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Performance Study of Twisted Darrieus Hydrokinetic Turbine With Novel Blade Design
Bouzid MosbahiMariem LajnefMouna DerbelMabrouk MosbahiMabrouk MosbahiZied DrissTullio TucciarelliCostanza Aricòsubject
060102 archaeologyBlade (geometry)Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryTurbulence020209 energyMechanical EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Power Technology06 humanities and the arts02 engineering and technologyComputational fluid dynamicsTurbineSettore ICAR/01 - IdraulicaFuel TechnologyGeochemistry and Petrology0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnvironmental science0601 history and archaeologybusinessalternative energy sources blade shape CFD efficiency energy extraction of energy from its natural resource flow characteristics power (co-) generation renewable energy twisted bladeHydraulic turbinesMarine engineeringdescription
Abstract Twisted Darrieus water turbine is receiving growing attention for small-scale hydropower generation. Accordingly, the need for raised water energy conversion incentivizes researchers to focus on the blade shape optimization of twisted Darrieus turbine. In view of this, experimental analysis has been performed to appraise the efficiency of a spiral Darrieus water rotor in the present work. To better the performance parameters of the studied water rotor with twisted blades, three novel blade shapes, namely U-shaped blade, V-shaped blade, and W-shaped blade, have been numerically tested using a computational fluid dynamics three-dimensional numerical model. The maximum power coefficient of the Darrieus rotor reaches 0.17 at a 0.63 tip-speed ratio using twisted blades. Using V-shaped blades, the maximum power coefficient has risen to 0.185. The current study could be practically applied to provide more effective employment of twisted Darrieus turbines and to improve the generated power from flowing water such as river streams, tidal currents, or other man-made water canals.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-01 | Journal of Energy Resources Technology |