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Wind Turbine Design
March - June 2024
Context:
Working as a team of 3 to design and test a small-scale wind turbine while teaching ourselves how to use Python, XFOIL, and airfoiltools.com
Skills:
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Python
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XFOIL
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airfoiltools.com
Goal:
To get a deeper understanding of how wind turbines are designed and to learn how to use Python and XFOIL
What I did:
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Shape Refinement
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Experimental Performance
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Design
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Below you can see some of the images that are featured in the lab report:
Chord length as a function of position along turbine blade
Pitch as a function of position along turbine blade
One of three cases showing wind speed as a function of distance downwind
Chord length as a function of position along turbine blade
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What I learned:
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Programming in Python
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How to use XFOIL and airfoiltools.com
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Solidworks surface profile modeling
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Better sense of how commercial wind turbines are designed
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Better understanding of why larger turbines are more efficient
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