Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

In this thesis, blade shape optimization of a vertical axis wind turbine blade was performed. The study consist of 2D and 3D analysis using computational fluid dynamics. 2D shape optimization was performed on a NACA0018 blade using the adjoint solver together with the gradient based optimizer. An or...

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Main Author: Van Stratan, Gavin Scott Manggai
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95435
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description In this thesis, blade shape optimization of a vertical axis wind turbine blade was performed. The study consist of 2D and 3D analysis using computational fluid dynamics. 2D shape optimization was performed on a NACA0018 blade using the adjoint solver together with the gradient based optimizer. An original blade design was obtained, which showed significant performance improvement over the baseline turbine both in 2D and 3D numerical simulation as well as in an experimental study.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-954352024-07-04T02:38:34Z Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Van Stratan, Gavin Scott Manggai In this thesis, blade shape optimization of a vertical axis wind turbine blade was performed. The study consist of 2D and 3D analysis using computational fluid dynamics. 2D shape optimization was performed on a NACA0018 blade using the adjoint solver together with the gradient based optimizer. An original blade design was obtained, which showed significant performance improvement over the baseline turbine both in 2D and 3D numerical simulation as well as in an experimental study. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95435 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Van Stratan, Gavin Scott Manggai
Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title_full Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title_fullStr Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title_full_unstemmed Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title_short Design and Shape Optimization of Blade Profile and support-arms for Small Scale Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
title_sort design and shape optimization of blade profile and support-arms for small scale vertical axis wind turbine
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95435