In this paper a numerical study is presented with the aim of evaluating the performance output of three Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) configurations. Here using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) a two-dimensional Multi Reference Frame (MRF) approach has been used to perform steady state simulations. For this purpose an inlet velocity of 4m/s has been used along with rotor blade Tip Speed R...

Title of dissertation: HOVER AND WIND-TUNNEL TESTING OF SHROUDED ROTORS FOR IMPROVED MICRO AIR VEHICLE DESIGN Jason L. Pereira Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Dissertation directed by: Professor Inderjit Chopra Department of Aerospace Engineering The shrouded-rotor configuration has emerged as the most popular choice for rotary-wing Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), because of the inherent safety of the de...

To investigate the effect of blade wrap angle on hydrodynamic radial force a single centrifugal pump, numerical simulation is conducted pumps with different angles. The external characteristics and pump was analyzed according to result. It found that, increase angle, head efficiency are improved, H-Q curve becomes steeper, also increased gradually, while high-efficiency area narrowed. has great...

the shear strength and shear energy per unit area, as well as the force and energy required for picking flowers, are important parameters in the design and development of harvesting mechanisms. in this study, shear strength and shear energy per unit area of saffron (crocus sativus l.) stems were determined at different bevel angles and shear velocities. the force and energy required for picking...

By theoretically analyzing dynamic behavior of the crankshaft, the rolling piston and the blade inrolling-piston rotary compressors, constraint forces and sliding speed at each pair of movable machine elements were obtained, and unbalanced inertia forces and compressor vibrations were evaluated. It was concluded that theoretical results have a goodagreement with experimental ones. Moreover, it ...

Miscanthus is emerging as a promising feedstock for domestic biofuel production. However, inefficiencies of the machinery that is used for harvesting bioenergy crops such as miscanthus currently prohibit commercial production. The performance of a mower-conditioner used to harvest miscanthus was evaluated, and modifications to the disk head were made to allow the machine to operate more efficie...

Open AccessEngineering NotesModel-Free Scheme for Angle-of-Attack and Angle-of-Sideslip EstimationAngelo Lerro, Alberto Brandl Piero GiliAngelo LerroPolytechnic University of Turin, 10129 Italy*Assistant Professor, Department Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24; .Search more papers by this author, BrandlPolytechnic Italy†Research Assistant, author GiliPolytechnic Italy‡...

This paper presents the aerodynamic design and economical evaluation of a 200 kW site specific wind turbine for the province of Semnan in Iran. By designing site specific wind turbines, the cost of energy which is calculated out of the annual energy production and also the cost of manufacturing the rotor are minimized. The aerodynamic design is based on the well-known blade element momentum...

In this paper, a new type of multi-variable compensation control method for the wind energy conversion systems (WECS) is presented. Based on wind energy conversion systems, combining artificial neural network (ANN) control and PID, a new type of PID NN intelligent controller for steady state torque of the wind generator is designed, by which the steady state torque output is regulated to track ...

This paper deals with the problem of angle-of-attack modulation with the aim of enhancing transient performance of entry guidance during bank reversals, while compensating adverse effects of fast time-varying transient disturbances. An extended single-input/single-output system is developed in the velocity domain by means of a dynamic extension technique, and explicitly captures the trajectory ...