Optimization Design of a 5kW Lift Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine With Wind Shield-Growth Patterns

This paper is devoted to a detailed study of the characteristics of the structure and most important aerodynamic design parameters of a 5 kW lift type vertical axis wind turbine with wind shield-growth patterns.As the number of turbine blades and the installation location of wind shield-growth patterns have been previously set,the computational fluid dynamics code was adopted in this study to obtain the numerical results and then six parameters,including blade airfoil chord length,radius of turbine rotor,rotational speed of the wind turbine,number of wind shield-growth patterns,clearance between the turbine blades and surrounding wind shield-growth patterns and installation angle of wind shield-growth patterns,were all optimized by using an orthogonal optimization algorithm.Based on the optimized parameters obtained,a 5 kW lift type vertical axis wind turbine can be designed.In addition,the performance characteristics of the designed wind turbine with and without wind shield-growth patterns were analyzed and compared under variable wind conditions.