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International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE)-IJMPE |
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Issue |
Volume-4,Issue-12 ( Dec, 2016 ) | |||||||||
Paper Title |
Design and Performance Testing of a Small-Scaled Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine For Low Wind Speed Regions | |||||||||
Author Name |
Yin Yin Htay Aung, Myat Myat Soe, Aung Myat Thu | |||||||||
Affilition |
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mandalay Technological University, Mandalay The Republic of the Union of Myanmar | |||||||||
Pages |
89-94 | |||||||||
Abstract |
In this paper, locally developed small wind turbine was tested to observe power performance at low wind speed range of 1.5m/s to 6m/s. Thin airfoil was selected from well-known series for low Reynolds’ number due to low wind speed. SG 6043 airfoil was used for low Reynolds’ number 150,000 [12]. The turbine blades were fabricated from Ya-Ma-Nay wood because of its easily available, light weight, good strength, and low-cost. The design rotor swept area was 2 sq. meters and its design angle of attack was 5. Tip speed ratio was chosen 6 for three-bladed wooden wind turbine. The rotational speed of rotor was designed 500rpm at rated wind speed 6 m/s. Performance Testing was carried out on the roof of Main-Building at Mandalay Technological University, Mandalay. The wind turbine hub placed 16 m above the ground. The experimental data were measured every 15 minutes. Instantaneous cut-in wind speed occurred around 3.5 m/s and average cut-in wind speed occurred 2.5 m/s. The power versus velocity curves were shown for the turbine blades’ performance. Index Terms- Low wind speed, performance test, thin airfoil, Ya-Ma-Nay wood. | |||||||||
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