Vega C Author
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Vertical axis turbines
Department Energy Engineering & Fluid Mechanics University of Valladolid, Spain
Vega C is working in the Department Energy Engineering & Fluid Mechanics University of Valladolid, Spain, Paseo del Cauce 59, 47011 Valladolid, Spain , Study of Vertical Axis Turbines
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Author(s): Parra-Santos MT, Vega C, Gallegos A, Uzarraga C, Castro-Ruiz F
This paper establishes the methodology to numerically study the vertical axis wind turbine. This procedure is easily applied to water turbines to extract energy from water currents in rivers and seas. The interest of this kind of turbines is based on the low manufacture cost, easy maintenance and can operate with low fluid velocities. The only different between wind and water turbines are the solidity parameter. Computational Fluid Dynamics is an essential tool to model the performance of fluid systems in a previous step to the experimental study. The paper shows the numerical model, the post-process of results to obtain the characteristic curves o... view moreĀ»