Journal
ENERGY
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 94-109Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.01.020
Keywords
Horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT); Dual-rotor wind turbine (DRWT); Wake characteristics; Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements; Aerodynamic forces; Power outputs
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Funding
- Iowa Energy Center [14-008-OG]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CBET-1133751, CBET- 1438099]
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A novel dual-rotor wind turbine (DRWT) concept with an auxiliary upwind rotor and a bigger downwind rotor was introduced for improved turbine performance. An experimental study was performed in an Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) wind tunnel with scaled turbine models to investigate the aerodynamic performances and wake characteristics of DRWTs in either co-rotating or counter-rotating configuration (i.e., CR-DRWT or CO-DRWT), in comparison to those of a conventional single-rotor wind turbine (SRWT). In additional to measuring the aerodynamic forces and power outputs, the wake flow characteristics behind DRWTs and SRWT were also quantified by using a high-resolution Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system. In comparison to those of SRWT, while the aerodynamic force acting on the CR-DRWT was found to increase 13.3%, the power coefficient of the CR-DRWT design was improved by 7.2%. Faster wake recovery behind the DRWT designs was confirmed from both the measured power outputs of the same turbine model sited in the turbine wakes and the measured flow velocity at various downstream locations. The wake flow measurements were correlated with the aerodynamic force and power output data to elucidate underlying physics for the higher efficiency of DRWT designs in either isolation or wind farm settings. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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