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A Study on the Performance of a 5 kW Scale VAWT with Omni-Directional Guide Vanes

  • Ryu, In-Ho (Graduate School Division of Marine Engineering, National Maritime University) ;
  • Hoang, Anh Dung (DEA A Energy CO., Ltd.) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Ho (Division of Marine Mechatronics, National Maritime University) ;
  • Lee, Ki-Seon (Korea Southern Power CO., Ltd.) ;
  • Yang, Chang-Jo (Division of Marine Engineering, National Maritime University)
  • Received : 2015.11.05
  • Accepted : 2016.04.29
  • Published : 2016.08.01
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Abstract

Vertical axis wind turbine, despite of its limit in power efficiency, the simplicity in structure and maintenance is a competitive factor that keeps this type of turbine in the game until nowadays. Continuous solutions have been given to handle its major weakness and the use of omni-directional guide vane is an considerable one. In this paper, a 5kkW scale Savonius-based wind turbine enhanced with such guide vane system was design and studied. Together with reasonable blade design, the wind turbine shows promising performance compared with basic design while maintaining its original advantages.

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