@Article{fdmp.2023.024916,
AUTHOR = {Yuxing Yang, Peng Zhang, Meng Lv},
TITLE = {Simulation of Vertical Solar Power Plants with Different Turbine Blades},
JOURNAL = {Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing},
VOLUME = {19},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {6},
PAGES = {1397--1409},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fdmp/v19n6/51384},
ISSN = {1555-2578},
ABSTRACT = {The performances of turbine blades have a significant impact on the energy conversion efficiency of vertical solar power plants. In the present study, such a relationship is assessed by considering two kinds of airfoil blades, designed by using the Wilson theory. In particular, numerical simulations are conducted using the SST <i>K − ω</i> model and assuming a wind speed of 3–6 m/s and seven or eight blades. The two airfoils are the NACA63121 (with a larger chord length) and the AMES63212; It is shown that the torsion angle of the former is smaller, and its wind drag ratio is larger; furthermore, the resistance is increased by about 66.3% on average. Within the scope of the study, the results show that the NACA63212 airfoil is better than the AMES63212 airfoil in terms of power, with an average improvement of about 2.8%. The simulation results have a certain guiding significance for selecting turbine blade airfoils and improving turbine efficiency.},
DOI = {10.32604/fdmp.2023.024916}
}