Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°

Tarek Chelbi; Zied Driss; Ahmed Kaffel; Mohamed Salah Abid

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Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°

Tarek Chelbi, Zied Driss, Ahmed Kaffel, Mohamed Salah Abid

Published in International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 1, Issue 3)

Received: 11 June 2015 Accepted: 26 June 2015 Published: 1 July 2015

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Abstract

In this paper, numerical simulations and experimental validation were carried out to gain an insight into the complex flow field developing around a small wind rotor and to evaluate its performance. We consider the Navier-Stokes equations in conjunction with the standard k-ε turbulence model to study the aerodynamic parameters of a NACA2415 airfoil type wind turbine. These equations are solved numerically to determine the local characteristics of the flow and the models tested are implemented using the open source "SolidWorks Flow Simulation".Experiments have been also conducted on an open wind tunnel equipped by a small NACA2415 airfoil type wind turbine to validate the numerical results. This will help improving the aerodynamic efficiency in the design of packaged installations of the NACA2415 airfoil type wind turbine.

Published in	International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 1, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13
Page(s)	54-58
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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NACA2415 Airfoil Wind Turbine, Wind Tunnel, Turbulent Flow, Aerodynamic Structure, CFD

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Tarek Chelbi, Zied Driss, Ahmed Kaffel, Mohamed Salah Abid. (2015). Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences, 1(3), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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Tarek Chelbi; Zied Driss; Ahmed Kaffel; Mohamed Salah Abid. Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. Int. J. Fluid Mech. Therm. Sci. 2015, 1(3), 54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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Tarek Chelbi, Zied Driss, Ahmed Kaffel, Mohamed Salah Abid. Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. Int J Fluid Mech Therm Sci. 2015;1(3):54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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Tarek Chelbi

Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Zied Driss

Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Ahmed Kaffel

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Mohamed Salah Abid

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

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Tarek Chelbi, Zied Driss, Ahmed Kaffel, Mohamed Salah Abid. (2015). Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences, 1(3), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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Tarek Chelbi; Zied Driss; Ahmed Kaffel; Mohamed Salah Abid. Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. Int. J. Fluid Mech. Therm. Sci. 2015, 1(3), 54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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Tarek Chelbi, Zied Driss, Ahmed Kaffel, Mohamed Salah Abid. Fluid Dynamic Study of a NACA2415 Airfoil Type Wind Turbine with a Wedging Angle Equal to 30°. Int J Fluid Mech Therm Sci. 2015;1(3):54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150103.13

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