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A numerical investigation of a new horizontal wind turbine performance for rural use

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  • Adjlout Akram

    (Naval Aero-Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Maritime Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria)

  • Ladjedel Omar

    (Naval Aero-Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Maritime Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria)

  • Yahiaoui Tayeb

    (��Aeronautics and Propulsion Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria)

  • OndÅ™ej Å ikula

    (��Institute of Building Services, Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Brno University of Technology, Veveri 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic∥Institute of Construction and Architecture, Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Dubravska cesta 9, 845 03 Bratislava 45, Slovak Republic)

  • Imine Omar

    (��Aeronautics and Propulsion Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria)

  • Adjlout Lahouari

    (Naval Aero-Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Maritime Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran, Algeria)

Abstract

In this paper, a new configuration of a horizontal axis wind turbine with three blades for domestic electricity production on farms was numerically simulated. Three configurations were tested numerically: a standard single-blade wind turbine (STWT), a single wind turbine (SWT), and a tandem three-blade wind turbine (TWT) for rural use. For the tandem wind turbine, the effects of pitch angle and the distance between the blades were also investigated. The Gambit and Fluent 19.2 codes were, respectively, used to generate different meshes and determine various parameters. The resolution of the averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS) using a finite volume method was conducted. The k–ε realizable two-equation model was chosen for turbulence calculation. The obtained results showed that the maximum power coefficient (Cp) was 0.444 for one of the tandem configurations (TWT), compared to the conventional blade (STWT). The maximum Cp obtained in this study is slightly greater than the experimental results found in the literature. It has also been observed that the flow on these new turbines exhibits a complex phenomenon on both surfaces.

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  • Adjlout Akram & Ladjedel Omar & Yahiaoui Tayeb & OndÅ™ej Å ikula & Imine Omar & Adjlout Lahouari, 2025. "A numerical investigation of a new horizontal wind turbine performance for rural use," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 36(04), pages 1-20, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:36:y:2025:i:04:n:s012918312450205x
    DOI: 10.1142/S012918312450205X
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