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    Wind Turbines: Drag or Lift Driven Horizontal or Vertical Axis (HAWT / VAWT) Small or Large

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    This document summarizes the key aspects of wind turbines, including: 1) Wind turbines can be small or large, horizontal or vertical axis, and use drag or lift-based designs like Savonius or Darrieus turbines. 2) The power in wind is proportional to air density, swept area of the turbine, and the cube of wind speed. 3) Momentum theory and the Betz limit establish that no wind turbine can capture more than 59% of the kinetic power in the wind, known as the maximum power coefficient.

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    Wind Turbines: Drag or Lift Driven Horizontal or Vertical Axis (HAWT / VAWT) Small or Large

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    This document summarizes the key aspects of wind turbines, including: 1) Wind turbines can be small or large, horizontal or vertical axis, and use drag or lift-based designs like Savonius or Darrieus turbines. 2) The power in wind is proportional to air density, swept area of the turbine, and the cube of wind speed. 3) Momentum theory and the Betz limit establish that no wind turbine can capture more than 59% of the kinetic power in the wind, known as the maximum power coefficient.

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    This document summarizes the key aspects of wind turbines, including: 1) Wind turbines can be small or large, horizontal or vertical axis, and use drag or lift-based designs like Savonius or Darrieus turbines. 2) The power in wind is proportional to air density, swept area of the turbine, and the cube of wind speed. 3) Momentum theory and the Betz limit establish that no wind turbine can capture more than 59% of the kinetic power in the wind, known as the maximum power coefficient.

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    Wind Turbines: Drag or Lift Driven Horizontal or Vertical Axis (HAWT / VAWT) Small or Large

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    This document summarizes the key aspects of wind turbines, including: 1) Wind turbines can be small or large, horizontal or vertical axis, and use drag or lift-based designs like Savonius or Darrieus turbines. 2) The power in wind is proportional to air density, swept area of the turbine, and the cube of wind speed. 3) Momentum theory and the Betz limit establish that no wind turbine can capture more than 59% of the kinetic power in the wind, known as the maximum power coefficient.

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    6.

    wind turbines

    small or large
    Wind Turbines drag or lift driven
    horizontal or vertical axis (HAWT / VAWT)

    Savonius
    Darrieus quietRevolution

    WGD EGEM07 Fluid-Structure Interaction 51


    6. wind turbines

    1
    power in the wind: Pwind = ṁ U 2
    2

    introducing a circular reference area (turbine disk): ṁ = ⇢ A U with A = ⇡ R2

    ⇡ Pwind / U 3
    thus: Pwind = ⇢ R2 U 3
    2 Pwind / R2

    WGD EGEM07 Fluid-Structure Interaction 52


    6. wind turbines

    momentum theory: Betz limit for CP

    Assume steady incompressible fluid flow and consider a stream tube containing
    any type of wind turbine.

    conservation of mass:
    streamtube boundary
    ṁ = ⇢ Au Uu = ⇢ At Ut = ⇢ Ad Ud

    conservation of momentum:
    ṁ Uu ṁ Ud = T

    conservation of energy:
    1 1
    ṁ Uu2 ṁ Ud2 = P
    2 2
    upstream turbine downstream
    Au , Uu At , Ut Ad , Ud
    thrust and power: P = T Ut
    Uu Ut
    definition of induction factor: a =
    Uu
    WGD EGEM07 Fluid-Structure Interaction 53
    6. wind turbines

    P T
    definition of power and thrust coefficients: CP = and CT =
    Pwind Twind

    1 1
    power and thrust in in the wind: Pwind = ⇢ Uu3 At and Twind = ⇢ Uu2 At
    2 2

    After mathematical manipulation we obtain:

    Ut = Uu (1 a) Ud /Uu

    Ud = Uu (1 2a)

    CT = 4 a (1 a)
    CP = 4 a (1 a)2 59%

    16 1 a
    Betz limit CP max = ⇡ 59% at a=
    27 3

    WGD EGEM07 Fluid-Structure Interaction 54

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