2021/07/09 by Muhammad Saif Ullah Khalid, David Wood, Khalid, Muhammad Saif Ullah +3
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Aerodynamics #Aerospace engineering #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps #Classical mechanics #Computer science #Control theory (sociology) #Electrical engineering #Engineering #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #Geometry #Kinematics #Marine engineering #Mathematics #Mechanical engineering #Mechanics #Physics #Rotor (electric) #Tip-speed ratio #Turbine #Vertical axis #Vertical axis wind turbine #Wake #Wind Energy Research and Development #Wind power #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2107.04198
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
arxiv created 2021/07/09 · openalex publication_date 2021/07/09 · arxiv updated 2021/07/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This study explored the aerodynamics of a new multi-stage co-axial vertical-axis wind turbine based on bio-inspiration from natural swimming habit of fish. The turbine was formed from a conventional straight-bladed vertical-axis turbine (VAWT) with a small inner rotor, also of three blades. The azimuthal and radial locations of the inner rotor were varied. Using numerical simulations, performance of the proposed new design was evaluated over a range of tip-speed ratios. The preliminary results identified a 600% increase in power output for multi-stage VAWTs at tip-speed rations TSR = 0 - 3, and a substantial drop in power coefficient at TSR > 3.0. The wake dynamics analyses revealed that the increase was due to interactions between the blades of one rotor and the other. This reduced the unsteady separation from the outer rotor which produced most of the power. A detailed parametric study was also completed, which showed the implications of geometric and kinematic details on the performance of the proposed multistage VAWT.