Abstract
Wind power generation research and application technology have received much attention in the development of renewable energy. However, the traditional blade-rotating type wind power system has a number of drawbacks such as natural landscaping damage, flow-induced noise, and shadow flickering problems. In this paper, we propose a lift-generating disk-type blade power generation mechanism that can effectively generate wind power even with a simple structure considering the problems of the existing systems. Data on the lift force in relation to the shape of the designed blade were derived through a computational fluid dynamics simulation, and the Modelica language was used to model the integrated multi-physics wind power system. Then, a wind tunnel test was conducted using a small-scale model of the disk-type blade created to verify the simulation. The experimental results were in good agreement with the simulated results. Thus, we validated the modeling of the wind power system and applied the law of similarity to obtain the generator power output prediction results for the actual scale model.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Mechatronics |
Volume | 55 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research is supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( 2017R1A2B4009606 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering