Mekanika: Majalah Ilmiah Mekanika
Vol 20, No 1 (2021): MEKANIKA: Majalah Ilmiah Mekanika

Initial Rotation Characteristic Investigation of a Hybrid Savonius - Darrieus Wind Turbine using 6 DOF Computational Fluid Dynamics

Hangga Wicaksono (Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Sugeng Hadi Susilo (Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Bayu Pranoto (Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Muhammad Fakhruddin (Politeknik Negeri Malang)



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Publish Date
31 Mar 2021

Abstract

The inconsistency of the wind flow considered as one of the factors which tend to decrease the performance of the wind turbine. This paper proposes a further analysis of the initial rotation characteristic of a hybrid Savonius - Darrieus wind turbine. The addition of the Darrieus blade intends to increase the aerodynamic stability of the overlapping Savonius turbine. This study implements 2D CFD transient analysis using the 6DOF methods in 00, 300, 600, and 900 Darrieus blade position along with 2 m/s, 4 m/s, and 6 m/s wind speed variations. The results of the aerodynamic analysis show that the location of the Darrieus 300 turbine provides the greatest initial repulsion, especially when the turbine rotation is above 900, the position of the Darrieus blade can provide additional impulse force when the Savonius turbine tends to be passive. This effect occurs more significant at higher wind speeds. Savonius with 3-blade modification has a more stable level of force distribution than the 2-blade modification, although the value is smaller. This shows that the 3-blade Savonius provide a higher stability of angular velocity development.

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mekanika

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"Mekanika: Majalah Ilmiah Mekanika" is an open-access journal published by Mechanical Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Mekanika invites scholars, researchers and practioners who have interest in mechanical engineering to publish their articles and also ...