Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction
Harnessing urban wind energy using vertical-axis wind turbines is inefficient due to unpredictable wind conditions. This MPhil study explores extracting unnatural wind energy from cooling tower exhaust air using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics. The turbine aspect ratio and solidity we...
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2024
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| author | Singh, Enderaaj |
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| description | Harnessing urban wind energy using vertical-axis wind turbines is inefficient due to unpredictable wind conditions. This MPhil study explores extracting unnatural wind energy from cooling tower exhaust air using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics. The turbine aspect ratio and solidity were investigated before optimizing the cycloidal diffuser design. Findings showed that using the optimized cycloidal diffuser, the HDWT power coefficient improved by 32.42% compared to the bare turbine in cooling tower wind conditions. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-962242024-10-29T00:42:01Z Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction Singh, Enderaaj Harnessing urban wind energy using vertical-axis wind turbines is inefficient due to unpredictable wind conditions. This MPhil study explores extracting unnatural wind energy from cooling tower exhaust air using three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics. The turbine aspect ratio and solidity were investigated before optimizing the cycloidal diffuser design. Findings showed that using the optimized cycloidal diffuser, the HDWT power coefficient improved by 32.42% compared to the bare turbine in cooling tower wind conditions. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96224 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Singh, Enderaaj Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title | Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title_full | Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title_fullStr | Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title_short | Design Optimization of Guided Flow Augmenters for Exhaust Air Energy Extraction |
| title_sort | design optimization of guided flow augmenters for exhaust air energy extraction |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96224 |