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The effect of nacelle-to-rotor size on the wake of a miniature wind turbine

Dar, Arslan Salim  
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Majzoub, Rim
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Porté-Agel, Fernando  
2024
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2024)

Wind tunnel experiments are performed to investigate the effect of nacelle-to-rotor size on the wake of a wind turbine under different Reynolds numbers. Four different turbine configurations are tested, which vary in the rotor diameter and nacelle length and diameter. The near wake region is observed to be significantly affected by the nacelle-to-rotor size of the turbine. The difference in the averaged streamwise velocity and streamwise turbulence intensity is affected more by the change in the rotor diameter than by the change in the nacelle diameter. This is likely due to the change in the nacelle length to rotor diameter ratio, and the change in the distance between the ground and rotor lower tip. The differences in the near wake characteristics are reduced by the increase in the Reynolds number. The onset of the far wake is unaffected by the nacelle-to-rotor size, and consequently, the far wake modeling can be performed with good accuracy using existing analytical models. The power coefficient values show an improvement with the increase in the Reynolds number due to the higher efficiency of the rotor and motor.

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