IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v50y2013icp7-19.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Comparison of different numerical approaches to the study of the H-Darrieus turbines start-up

Author

Listed:
  • Rossetti, A.
  • Pavesi, G.

Abstract

Self-start capability is an important feature of wind turbines. It allows to obtain simpler and cheaper turbines not actively controlled. Different approaches to describe the self-start of an H-blade Darrieus rotor are presented and compared in the present work. The Blade Element Momentum (BEM) approach was compared with two and three-dimensional CFD simulations. The tip–speed ratio versus power coefficient curves and the evolution of the trust forces over a blade revolution highlighted the limits and the strengths of each approach.

Suggested Citation

  • Rossetti, A. & Pavesi, G., 2013. "Comparison of different numerical approaches to the study of the H-Darrieus turbines start-up," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 7-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:50:y:2013:i:c:p:7-19
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.025
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811200376X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.025?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ebert, P.R. & Wood, D.H., 1997. "Observations of the starting behaviour of a small horizontalaxis wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 245-257.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Thé, Jesse & Yu, Hesheng, 2017. "A critical review on the simulations of wind turbine aerodynamics focusing on hybrid RANS-LES methods," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 257-289.
    2. Didane, Djamal Hissein & Rosly, Nurhayati & Zulkafli, Mohd Fadhli & Shamsudin, Syariful Syafiq, 2018. "Performance evaluation of a novel vertical axis wind turbine with coaxial contra-rotating concept," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 353-361.
    3. Balduzzi, Francesco & Bianchini, Alessandro & Maleci, Riccardo & Ferrara, Giovanni & Ferrari, Lorenzo, 2016. "Critical issues in the CFD simulation of Darrieus wind turbines," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 419-435.
    4. Cheng, Biyi & Du, Jianjun & Yao, Yingxue, 2022. "Machine learning methods to assist structure design and optimization of Dual Darrieus Wind Turbines," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 244(PA).
    5. Sengupta, A.R. & Biswas, A. & Gupta, R., 2016. "Studies of some high solidity symmetrical and unsymmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors with respect to starting characteristics, dynamic performances and flow physics in low wind streams," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 536-547.
    6. Arab, A. & Javadi, M. & Anbarsooz, M. & Moghiman, M., 2017. "A numerical study on the aerodynamic performance and the self-starting characteristics of a Darrieus wind turbine considering its moment of inertia," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 298-311.
    7. Balduzzi, Francesco & Bianchini, Alessandro & Ferrara, Giovanni & Ferrari, Lorenzo, 2016. "Dimensionless numbers for the assessment of mesh and timestep requirements in CFD simulations of Darrieus wind turbines," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 246-261.
    8. Wekesa, David Wafula & Wang, Cong & Wei, Yingjie & Kamau, Joseph N. & Danao, Louis Angelo M., 2015. "A numerical analysis of unsteady inflow wind for site specific vertical axis wind turbine: A case study for Marsabit and Garissa in Kenya," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 648-661.
    9. Samuel Mitchell & Iheanyichukwu Ogbonna & Konstantin Volkov, 2021. "Improvement of Self-Starting Capabilities of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines with New Design of Turbine Blades," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-24, March.
    10. Almohammadi, K.M. & Ingham, D.B. & Ma, L. & Pourkashan, M., 2013. "Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh independency techniques for a straight blade vertical axis wind turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 483-493.
    11. Asr, Mahdi Torabi & Nezhad, Erfan Zal & Mustapha, Faizal & Wiriadidjaja, Surjatin, 2016. "Study on start-up characteristics of H-Darrieus vertical axis wind turbines comprising NACA 4-digit series blade airfoils," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 528-537.
    12. Trivellato, F. & Raciti Castelli, M., 2014. "On the Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy criterion of rotating grids in 2D vertical-axis wind turbine analysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 53-62.
    13. Hand, Brian & Kelly, Ger & Cashman, Andrew, 2021. "Aerodynamic design and performance parameters of a lift-type vertical axis wind turbine: A comprehensive review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    14. Wong, Kok Hoe & Chong, Wen Tong & Poh, Sin Chew & Shiah, Yui-Chuin & Sukiman, Nazatul Liana & Wang, Chin-Tsan, 2018. "3D CFD simulation and parametric study of a flat plate deflector for vertical axis wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(PA), pages 32-55.
    15. Atlaschian, Omid & Metzger, M., 2021. "Numerical model of vertical axis wind turbine performance in realistic gusty wind conditions," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 165(P1), pages 211-223.
    16. Zhen Liu & Hengliang Qu & Hongda Shi, 2016. "Numerical Study on Self-Starting Performance of Darrieus Vertical Axis Turbine for Tidal Stream Energy Conversion," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-15, September.
    17. Barnes, Andrew & Marshall-Cross, Daniel & Hughes, Ben Richard, 2021. "Towards a standard approach for future Vertical Axis Wind Turbine aerodynamics research and development," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    18. Marsh, Philip & Ranmuthugala, Dev & Penesis, Irene & Thomas, Giles, 2015. "Three-dimensional numerical simulations of straight-bladed vertical axis tidal turbines investigating power output, torque ripple and mounting forces," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 67-77.
    19. Battisti, L. & Persico, G. & Dossena, V. & Paradiso, B. & Raciti Castelli, M. & Brighenti, A. & Benini, E., 2018. "Experimental benchmark data for H-shaped and troposkien VAWT architectures," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 425-444.
    20. Jin, Xin & Zhao, Gaoyuan & Gao, KeJun & Ju, Wenbin, 2015. "Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine: Basic research methods," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 212-225.
    21. Chen, Yaoran & Su, Jie & Han, Zhaolong & Zhao, Yongsheng & Zhou, Dai & Yang, He & Bao, Yan & Lei, Hang, 2020. "A shape optimization of ϕ-shape Darrieus wind turbine under a given range of inlet wind speed," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 286-299.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Celik, Yunus & Ingham, Derek & Ma, Lin & Pourkashanian, Mohamed, 2022. "Design and aerodynamic performance analyses of the self-starting H-type VAWT having J-shaped aerofoils considering various design parameters using CFD," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 251(C).
    2. Daniel Micallef & Gerard Van Bussel, 2018. "A Review of Urban Wind Energy Research: Aerodynamics and Other Challenges," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-27, August.
    3. Kang, Can & Wang, Zhiyuan & Kim, Hyoung-Bum & Shao, Chunbing, 2023. "Effects of solidity on startup performance and flow characteristics of a vertical-axis hydrokinetic rotor with three helical blades," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 218(C).
    4. Ying, Pei & Chen, Yong Kang & Xu, Yi Geng, 2015. "An aerodynamic analysis of a novel small wind turbine based on impulse turbine principles," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 37-43.
    5. Shafiqur Rehman & Md. Mahbub Alam & Luai M. Alhems & M. Mujahid Rafique, 2018. "Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-34, February.
    6. Jacob, Joe & Chatterjee, Dhiman, 2019. "Design methodology of hybrid turbine towards better extraction of wind energy," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 625-643.
    7. Pourrajabian, Abolfazl & Nazmi Afshar, Peyman Amir & Ahmadizadeh, Mehdi & Wood, David, 2016. "Aero-structural design and optimization of a small wind turbine blade," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 87(P2), pages 837-848.
    8. Pourrajabian, Abolfazl & Dehghan, Maziar & Javed, Adeel & Wood, David, 2019. "Choosing an appropriate timber for a small wind turbine blade: A comparative study," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 1-8.
    9. Sikandar Khan, 2023. "A Modeling Study Focused on Improving the Aerodynamic Performance of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-15, March.
    10. Ani, Samuel Ofordile & Polinder, Henk & Ferreira, Jan Abraham, 2014. "Small wind power generation using automotive alternator," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 185-195.
    11. Nikolaos Chrysochoidis-Antsos & Gerard J.W. van Bussel & Jan Bozelie & Sander M. Mertens & Ad J.M. van Wijk, 2021. "Performance Characteristics of A Micro Wind Turbine Integrated on A Noise Barrier," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-29, February.
    12. Mayer, C & Bechly, M.E & Hampsey, M & Wood, D.H, 2001. "The starting behaviour of a small horizontal-axis wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 411-417.
    13. Muhammad Saif Ullah Khalid & David Wood & Arman Hemmati, 2022. "Self-Starting Characteristics and Flow-Induced Rotation of Single- and Dual-Stage Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-19, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:50:y:2013:i:c:p:7-19. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.