Wind tunnel tests on a wind turbine with contractor and diffuser arrangement

J. Fletcher; F. Wang; L. Bai; J. Whiteford; D. Cullen

doi:10.1109/POWERENG.2007.4380208

Wind tunnel tests on a wind turbine with contractor and diffuser arrangement

J. Fletcher^*, F. Wang, L. Bai, J. Whiteford, D. Cullen

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Abstract

This article illustrates the improved wind energy capture of a standard small-scale wind turbine with a novel contractor and diffuser. The contractor and diffuser arrangement is used to accelerate the air-flow across the turbine's blade system and has been optimised using computational fluid dynamics. The results obtained from wind tunnel experiments show a 43% increase in power output for the same incident wind speed if the contractor and diffuser arrangement is used. These results confirm data predicted through computational fluid dynamics. It is illustrated that CFD offers a virtual wind tunnel for aerodynamic optimization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	9781424408948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/POWERENG.2007.4380208
Publication status	Published - 12 Nov 2007
Event	International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives 2007 - Setubal, Portugal Duration: 12 Apr 2007 → 14 Apr 2007

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives 2007
Abbreviated title	POWERENG 2007
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Setubal
Period	12/04/07 → 14/04/07

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Fletcher, J, Wang, F, Bai, L, Whiteford, J & Cullen, D 2007, Wind tunnel tests on a wind turbine with contractor and diffuser arrangement. in 2007 International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives., 4380208, IEEE, International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives 2007, Setubal, Portugal, 12/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/POWERENG.2007.4380208

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