Effect of Slits in Diffuser Casing of Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbines(DAWTs)

S. Surya, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishnan*, Amit Kumar

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Abstract

Diffuser augmented wind turbines (DAWTs) offer more energy efficient of production of wind power as compared to conventional wind turbines. In this paper, the mass flow rate of air through the diffuser is increased by addition of slits at the inlet section and designing of the diffuser is done using airfoils. The Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS) are used along with k- SST turbulence model to calculate the power and thrust coefficients and to visualize the flow inside and outside the diffuser. These results are obtained by generation of geometry using CATIA and running the simulations in ANSYS Fluent. Grid convergence study is done for verification of these results prior to further analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluid Mechanics and Fluid Power - Proceedings of FMFP 2019
EditorsT. Prabu, P. Viswanathan, Amit Agrawal, Jyotirmay Banerjee
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages231-238
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811606977
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP 2019 - Coimbatore, India
Duration: 09-12-201911-12-2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityCoimbatore
Period09-12-1911-12-19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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