Assessment of C-type Darrieus wind turbine under low wind speed condition

Mohd Suffian Misaran @ Misran and Md. M Rahman and W K Muzammil and M A Ismail (2019) Assessment of C-type Darrieus wind turbine under low wind speed condition. In: International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy, 20 - 21 April 2017, Curtin University, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Harvesting wind energy in in a low wind speed region is deem un-economical if not daunting task. Study shows that a minimum cut in speed of 3.5 m/s is required to extract a meaningful wind energy for electricity while a mean speed of 6 m/s is preferred. However, in Malaysia the mean speed is at 2 m/s with certain potential areas having 3 m/s mean speed. Thus, this work aims to develop a wind turbine that able to operate at lower cut-in speed and produce meaningful power for electricity generation. A C-type Darrieus blade is selected as it shows good potential to operate in arbitrary wind speed condition. The wind turbine is designed and fabricated in UMS labs while the performance of the wind turbine is evaluated in a simulated wind condition. Test result shows that the wind turbine started to rotate at 1 m/s compared to a NACA 0012 Darrieus turbine that started to rotate at 3 m/s. The performance of the turbine shows that it have good potential to be used in an intermittent arbitrary wind speed condition as well as low mean wind speed condition.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keyword:	Wind Turbine , C-type Darrieus , Tip Speed Ratio
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ807-830 Renewable energy sources
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2022 08:17
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2022 08:21
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31618

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