New airfoil families for horizontal-axis wind turbines

Abdelrahman, Mohammad and Hassanein, Atef (2011) New airfoil families for horizontal-axis wind turbines. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE’11), 17-19 May 2011, 17-19 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

It is found that the usage of conventional aircraft airfoil sections is not the proper choice for wind applications due to the difference in design objectives and the environment of application. Adopted aircraft airfoils for horizontal-axis wind turbines including NACA 44XX and NACA 230XX have experienced problems related to the high sensitivity to roughness effects which leads to decrease in maximum lift coefficient and increase in profile drag and hence large deviations in power curves and high losses in the annual energy production. The new trend towards overcoming these problems is to develop special-purpose airfoil families that could meet the requirements of wind energy. Two airfoil families have been developed to meet the design requirements. The first is a thin family named AERO 90XX, suitable for medium blades. The second family is a thick one named AERO 80XX, suitable for large blades. Finally, the superiority of the two families has been verified by applying them on real rotors and the performance calculation has shown a promising increase in the total annual energy production.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	6540/7303
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Low Speed Airfoils, Airfoil Design, Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Energy
Subjects:	T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics > TL500 Aeronautics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Mohammad Abdelrahman
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2011 16:22
Last Modified:	25 May 2012 14:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/7303

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