Abstract
Experimental studies have been conducted on a 0.9 m diameter, horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) placed in the open jet of a closed return wind tunnel. The turbine was tested in a three blade and a two blade configuration. The power coefficient of the turbine was measured and wake flow studies conducted for a range of yawed flows by tilting the rotor plane at various angles up to 30° to the incident wind direction. The motion of the shed vorticity was followed using laser-sheet flow visualisation with the overall wake deflection being measured. The results were compared with theoretical predictions and with studies conducted elsewhere.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-519 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Experiments in Fluids |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 1997 |