AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF COMPACT SIZE HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE USING CFD

A development of nation depends on harnessing of renewable energy. Wind energy is a clean source of energy and is one of the important renewable source.wind turbines can be used to harness Wind energy. The present study deals with the computational analysis of a model of 1kW compact size horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). The wind turbine rotor configuration has been obtained using BEM (Blade Element Momentum) theory. A three-dimensional computational model of the rotor system was created and CFD simulations have been carried out using commercial CFD code solidwork flow simulation. The analysis has been carried out at various wind speeds in the range of 3 m/s to 9 m/s to study the variation of torque, normal force and power with wind speed