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Performance of a Contrarotating Small Wind Energy Converter
Joint Authors
Yang, Yue
Groza, Voicu
Habash, Riadh W. Y.
Guillemette, Pierre
Blouin, Charles
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Responding to more demand in coming years, the task of the small wind energy industry requires progress on several fronts—the public policy initiatives, technology development, and market growth.
One important issue of the wind energy utilization is the conversion efficiency of the usable energy into productive power.
Enhanced technologies such as contrarotating blades, gearbox and lubrication, airfoils, generators, and power electronics will lower cost and increase energy production.
The purpose of this paper is, therefore, to reinforce the effectiveness of employing contrarotating system to enhance the performance of a small wind energy converter (SWEC).
With this concept, the SWEC works more efficiently and therefore produces more energy in a unit turbine area.
To verify the SWEC performance, a research model has been built and tested over a range of operating conditions.
Wind tunnel tests were carried out to ascertain the overall performance of the contrarotating SWEC.
Results are presented for cases of different wind speeds and Reynolds number.
The results demonstrated a significant increase in wind energy conversion efficiency and capability of operation at lower wind speeds while keeping up performance compared to a single-rotor system of the same type.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Habash, Riadh W. Y.& Groza, Voicu& Yang, Yue& Blouin, Charles& Guillemette, Pierre. 2011. Performance of a Contrarotating Small Wind Energy Converter. ISRN Mechanical Engineering،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Habash, Riadh W. Y.…[et al.]. Performance of a Contrarotating Small Wind Energy Converter. ISRN Mechanical Engineering No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Habash, Riadh W. Y.& Groza, Voicu& Yang, Yue& Blouin, Charles& Guillemette, Pierre. Performance of a Contrarotating Small Wind Energy Converter. ISRN Mechanical Engineering. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-501439