Simulation of a number of modifications by the prospect of a vortex-type wind power installation using structures of various topologies directing the air flow
Abstract
Simulation of a number of modifications by the prospect of a vortex-type wind power installation using structures of various topologies directing the air flow
Incoming article date: 02.12.2019An idea is introduced of the directing structures of the director and reflex types that contribute to the formation of air flows, which in a given way contribute to an increase in mechanical power on the shaft of its rotor. These structures can be used to amplify the moment on the rotor shaft by increasing its useful interference with the stator. Qualitative considerations about the influence of the introduced guide structures are confirmed by the introduction and numerical aerodynamic calculations of two modernized designs of a promising vortex wind power installation, considered in the previous works of the authors. The most optimal variant of rotor modernization was selected, which made it possible to increase the power on its shaft by an average of 45% relative to the corresponding power for the design of a wind turbine with an initial rotor shape in the operating range of wind speeds from 1 to 12 m / s. The materials of this article can be used to design the optimum aerodynamic power criterion for the rotor of wind power plants, their stations, as well as integrated power power plants, including a wind power plant as one of the renewable sources of energy.
Keywords: wind power installation, airflow structuring, director-type guide structure, reflex-type guide structure, vortex structure, rotor aerodynamic torque, aerodynamic optimization by the criterion of maximum power, numerical aerodynamic calculation, sliding gr