A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFICIENT ROTATION ANGLE OF A WIND TURBINE

  • Olena HAISHA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Galati, 800008, Romania
  • Eugen RUSU Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Galati, 800008, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35219/mtd.2021.2.03
Keywords: Wind energy stations, horizontal rotor, rotor orientation, rotation angle, numerical solution

Abstract

Collecting of clean wind energy is a very actual problem in our modern world of a global warming. The most popular construction of a wind energy station uses horizontal rotor and its axis must be fixed in some certain position during work process. As better by angle we fix the rotor, as more energy will be collected, so the problem of rotor’s rotation angle choice can be considered significant and very actual. In this work is proposed to use the polar coordinate cardioid dependence to approximate the real rose of the wind corresponding to a certain location. Symmetry axis of such cardioid will indicate the most efficient rotor’s position. For approximation is used least squares method and automated solving of non-linear algebraic equation. Developed technique allows choosing rotor’s rotation angle more reasonable, based on wind statistics of certain locality.

Published
2021-07-08
How to Cite
HAISHA, O., & RUSU, E. (2021). A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFICIENT ROTATION ANGLE OF A WIND TURBINE. Mechanical Testing and Diagnosis, 11(2), 18-21. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.35219/mtd.2021.2.03
Issue
Vol 11 No 2 (2021)
Section
Articles

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