DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE

A wind turbine is a rotary device which is used to absorb the kinetic energy from the wind. so as to convert the wind energy into the electrical energy rotor blade is the main element in a wind turbine. In current times the technology related to the wind turbine has increased exponentially. Despite the advancement in technology the cost of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) remains the primary issue. Building-integrated wind turbines (BIW), which may be mounted on the roofs, between structures and inside wind ducts, are recently gaining popularity. For such applications, Vertical axis wind turbines are more suitable than horizontal axis wind turbines for aesthetic reasons and to maintain low levels of noise. This study aims at designing and analyzing a Vertical axis wind turbine with optimum performance at minimum cost. To analyze the complex, uncertain and unsteady aerodynamic flow related to the wind functioning, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in an excellent and powerful method. The influence of various numerical aspects on the accuracy of simulating a rotating wind turbine is studied. By the assistance of Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) the behavior and power generated by the turbine is studied. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were carried out using a three-dimensional vertical axis wind turbine model in ANSYS CFX 2020 R1