Optimizing turbine blade design for low wind speed regions
Most of the current large-capacity wind turbine blade designs only focus on high-wind speed areas and are leaving out low-wind speed areas, leading to limited exploitation of wind energy in medium and low-wind speed areas.
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The shape of the original S1010 wing and the new VAST-EPU-S1010 wing, one of five wing models developed and manufactured by scientists at VAST. Source: VAST
In that context, new research by scientists at the Institute of Energy and Environmental Science and Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology - VAST) has marked a step forward in the design and manufacture of wind turbine blades specifically for low wind speed regions, improving aerodynamic performance compared to traditional blade designs, thanks to the application of modern design methods using advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software.
In addition, scientists have successfully developed and manufactured five wind turbine blade models from composite materials, ensuring durability and efficiency in low wind speed conditions.
The results from “Research on design, simulation and fabrication of wind turbine blades suitable for low wind speeds in Vietnam” (code: VAST07.01/22-23) have been published in the journals Energies, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and GMSARN International Journal.