Title: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SMALL-SCALE LIFT-TYPE VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE USING COMPOSITE BLADE
Page Range: p.423-430
Author(s): Yang Zhong-Jia; Gu Yi-Zhuo; Li Min; Li Yan-Xia; Lu Jie; Zhang Zuo-Guang
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 22
Issue No: No. 4
Abstract
This paper focuses on verifying the feasibility of applying fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite to vertical axis wind turbine. A small-scale lift-type vertical axis wind turbine using glass fibre reinforced epoxy matrix sandwich composite blade was proposed. An airfoil profile of blade was designed and a composite blade was fabricated. The structure parameters of the blade were optimized by means of the finite element modelling method. The mechanical and the resonant properties of the blade were investigated. Finally, a wind turbine with the designed blade was assembled, and its generating capacity was tested. It was demonstrated that the designed composite blade and the wind turbine had excellent performance, indicating a promising technology for utilizing wind power. 16 Refs.
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