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International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR)
ISSN: 2321-0869 (O) 2454-4698 (P) Volume-7, Issue-7, July 2017
Analysis of NACA 4415 Blade Profile for Horizontal
Axis Wind Turbine Using Various Aerodynamic
Shailendra Sao, Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra
Abstract— In this Era of fast growing demand of Energy New
type of Energy Conversion systems are must to be developed.
Due to Increased Carbon Footprints We are moving towards use
of Renewable Energy resources. Out of All renewable Energy
resources Wind Energy is almost consistent for a period of time
at a particular time so it can be taken as major source of Energy.
Wind flow Characteristics can be easily obtained at a
Particular place by Anemometric data to know the type of Wind
Turbine blades which can be employed at a particular Site.
Different types of Wind Turbines can be used to extract Energy
At a particular place for a specific purpose like electricity or
powder grounding purposes.
earth's surface is a source of renewable power. Wind turbines
harvest this kinetic energy and convert it into electricity power
for homes, farms, schools, or business applications on small or
large scales. People around the world are now aware of wind
energy which enables the fastest growth of wind market. This
wind energy is a supply of renewable energy which provides a
beneficial and stable investment in the energy economy field.
In addition, this wind energy is used by the wind turbine to
produce clean energy which does not contribute to the
greenhouse effect or environmental (air or water) pollution.
Technological advancements offer low costs for electricity
generation using wind energy harnessed by wind turbines and
contribute to a remarkable monetary savings. People from
urban areas in different locations fully depend on wind
turbines installed in their local areas which enable them to
reduce their reliance on electricity produced from other
resources. From the market point of view, this energy sector is
stable and does not involve international politics because
there is no use of tangible fuels. However, this wind energy
use for electricity production includes some disadvantages.
From a visual or aesthetic point of view, some people are not
comfortable with onshore and offshore wind turbine
installations. Sometimes it is claimed that wind turbine
operation and installation poses a threat for migratory birds.
For particular cases this issue can be solved by proper turbine
installation. Another important point arises when site analysis
is done for wind turbine installation, namely the noise
emission and shadow flicker; however, certified design
improvement solves the issue of noise emission, and large
scale turbines are usually installed away from populous
communities. Wind power is the extraction of this wind
energy by wind turbines. Wind energy has the potential to
contribute power generation with a reported capacity to
generate 20% of world electricity. Different wind turbines
with various capacities are used to extract power from the
wind. Horizontal Axis Wind turbine (HAWT) and Vertical
Axis Wind turbine (VAWT) are the most common types of
wind turbines currently being used for energy production from
wind. This study is concerned with a small scale Helical twist
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT);. To solve this problem
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) which is a branch of
fluid mechanics has been found to be a powerful tool, and
furthermore, for fluid flow problems CFD offers numerical
simulation. CFD techniques have been used in this study.
Wake is an important variable which plays a significant role
for performance investigation of individual turbines and in an
array of turbines sited on shore or off shore. Wake is generally
defined as the reduced velocity region at the downstream side
of the turbine. Wake generated from the turbine operation in
the downstream flow field cause power loss for the arrayed
Index Terms—Demand of Energy, Energy Resources,
Renewable Energy Resources, Wind Turbine Blade.
Wind power was first used long time ago by many
civilizations during mankind history to produce mechanical
energy or for navigation. Only with the use of coal and oil in
the last two centuries its importance decreased, but during the
last decades the interest on this topic grew as much as the
possible business around it. Since the beginning, two types of
windmills and turbines have been built to use this renewable
source: some machines with horizontal axis of rotation
(HAWT) and some other with vertical axis (VAWT). The firs
type is the most common today, but growing market asks for
machines with different proprieties to fit different requests.
VAWT design have been always mistreated by literature and
market, but with some new or improved technologies and
decreasing prices for valuable materials such as permanent
magnet, together with the peculiarity of VAWT turbines to
operate were other types have problems, this turbine can have
a very important advantage in the actual market.
Wind energy is the kinetic energy associated with the
movement of atmospheric air due to uneven heating and
cooling of the earth's surface. This is a renewable energy
resource and a popular form for extracting power for
humankind. Wind energy is a potential clean energy resource
which is currently used to produce energy and will without
doubt remain constant in the future. Wind energy contrasts
with other forms of energy such as biomass or fossil fuel
which have limitations namely, massive carbon dioxide
emissions, threat to the atmosphere, and so on which results in
a loss of their acceptability for use in energy production [1].
Wind energy which comes from air current flowing across the
Shailendra Sao M. tech Scholer Mechanical Engineering Department
(Turbo Machinery) MATS University, Village Gullu, Aarang road Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India
Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra Ass. Proff. Mechanical Enginnering
Department MATS University, Village Gullu, Aarang Road Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India.
Analysis of NACA 4415 Blade profile For Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Using Various Aerodynamic Characteristics
turbines. Wake characteristics are difficult to describe in the
real world operation. Knowledge of turbine wake
characteristics is very important for two main purposes. First,
optimizing the wind turbine design for aerodynamic
performance prediction and second, for turbine array
configuration including turbine interspacing. Array staggering
decisions are being made based on the wake generation.
actually manufacture a single blade turbine, and the second
one is of drag style wind turbine blade, The drag style wind
turbine blade, most popularly used for water mills, as seen in
the old Dutch windmills. The blades are flattened plates
which catch the wind. These are poorly designed for capturing
the energy of heightened winds. In this paper we are going to
focus the designing and simulation of a horizontal axis wind
turbine blade by the use of QBlade software.[4]
The software project QBlade was started in 2010 at the chair
of fluid mechanics of the TU Berlin. The motivation was to
create a single tool that comprises all the functionality needed
for aerodynamic wind turbine design and simulation without
the need to import, convert or process data from other sources
in order to encourage the research on wind turbine worldwide
this software is made available and distributed freely under
GPL licence[5].
Functions of QBlade software:
Airfoil design and analysis
Lift and drag polar extrapolation
Blade design and optimization
Turbine definition and simulation
Fig.1 Indian Power Sector at a Glance (Source- National
Energy Report, NIC, India)
C. The Role of Aerodynamics in Wind Turbine Design
A wind turbine is a complex system which consists of several
components, including a rotor, a transmission system, a
generator, a nacelle, a tower and other electro-mechanical
subsystems. The rotor blades are the most important
components. In order to transfer wind energy into mechanical
power, the blade is designed as an aerodynamic geometry
with nonlinear chord and twist angle distributions. The
section view of a wind turbine blade is of an airfoil shape (one
or more airfoils), which is expected to generate high lift and
low drag forces. The shape of the blade is vital as it
determines the energy captured, and the loads experienced[3]
A. Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) have the main rotor
shaft and electrical generator at the top of a tower, and may be
pointed into or out of the wind. Small turbines are pointed by
a simple wind vane, while large turbines generally use
a wind sensor coupled with a servo motor. Most have a
gearbox, which turns the slow rotation of the blades into a
quicker rotation that is more suitable to drive an electrical
N. Karthikeyanet.al.
Discussion over Various Wind Turbine Blade Parameters
associated with blade geometry on unfavorable wind power
sites.Wind energy is innately renewable, abundant in the earth
and can possibly reduce the dependency on fossil fuels. Wind
is an incarnation of sun and is always nourished by the latter.
Approximately 10 million MW of energy can be continuously
generated from the wind sources. In contrast to the large
horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT), which are established
in the area with optimum wind conditions, small wind turbines
are being installed to produce power irrespective of favorable
wind conditions. Parameters associated with blade geometry
optimization are important, because once optimized, shorter
rotor blades could produce power comparable to larger and
less optimized blades.
Fig.2 Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
The rotor of HAWT designed aerodynamically (Fig.2 ) to
capture the maximum surface area of wind in order to spin the
most ergonomically. The blades are lightweight, durable and
corrosion-resistant material.[2] The best materials are
composites of fibreglass and reinforced plastic. the blades of
HAWT are of two types, the first one is of lifting style , These
are the most efficiently designed, especially for capturing
energy of strong, fast winds. Some European companies
Karam Y maalawiet.al.
Deriving variation of angle of Attack from rotor Size and
blade Geometry without using iterative methods.This paper
presents a direct approach for the determination of
aerodynamic performance characteristics of horizontal axis
International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR)
ISSN: 2321-0869 (O) 2454-4698 (P) Volume-7, Issue-7, July 2017
wind turbines. Based on Glauert's solution of an ideal
windmill along with an exact trigonometric function method,
analytical closed form equations are derived and given for
preliminary determination of the optimum chord and twist
distributions. The variation of the angle of attack of the
relative wind along blade span is then obtained directly from a
unique equation for a known rotor size and refined blade
Effect of Rotation on Pressure Distribution on the surface of
the foil, which will give rise to 3D stall delay in stalled
HAWT. The study on the stall-delay phenomenon for
horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) was carried out by
employing the boundary layer analysis, the numerical
simulation and the experimental measurement. The effects of
rotation on blade boundary layers are investigated by solving
the 3D integral boundary layer equations with assumed
velocity profiles. It is shown that rotation has a generally
beneficial effect in delaying separation compared with that
under 2D stationary condition. Next, the detailed flow fields
are simulated on the conditions of 2D stationary and 3D
rotation by CFD code. The computation results show that
rotation affects the pressure distribution on the surface of the
foil, which can give rise to 3D stall-delay in stalled condition
HAWT. Finally, the flow fields behind a model HAWT are
measured with a hot-wire probe in the wind tunnel. The results
show good agreement with those from 3D computation
calculations, suggesting that the stall-delay should be taken
into consideration, in order to accurately predict the loading
and performance of a HAWT operating in stall.
Yang Sunet.al.
Computational fluid dynamic analysis of HAWT blade using
sliding mesh controlled by user defined Functions.Horizontal
axis wind turbine (hereafter HAWT) is the common
equipment in wind turbine generator systems in recent years.
The paper relates to the numerical simulation of the unsteady
airflow around a HAWT of the type Phase VI with emphasis
on the power output. The rotor diameter is 10-m and the
rotating speed is 72rpm. The simulation was undertaken with
the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software FLUENT
6.2 using the sliding meshes controlled by user-defined
functions (UDF). Entire mesh node number is about 1.8
million and it is generated by GAMBIT 2.2 to achieve better
mesh quality.
Fig3. Methodology
A. Aerofoil Design
First of all two blade profiles under consideration
were introduced in the software window in Fig.4
Fig. 4 Aerofoil Design in Software Window
B. Operational Point View
This view is used in analyzing the aerofoil blade with
Pressure distribution and Power Coefficient - Distance graph.
Comparative Study and optimization of Horizontal Axis
Wind Turbine Performance via testing turbine aerofoil profile
with Aerodynamic Parameters. Since the Turbine Blades are
costly and very difficult to manufacture so it is necessary to
have a simulative study before going to manufacture turbine
Rotor blades.
Fig.5 Pressure Distribution along Aerofoil (NACA4415)
Procurement of aerodynamic performance data from previous
work and selection of best profile amongst,Analysis of test
data for newly better assumed blade profile using CFD
Techniques. Iteration until better results are obtained.
C. Power Vs. velocity Plot
The Fig.6 represents the Power Vs. velocity Plot for the
NACA 4415 blade Profile
Analysis of NACA 4415 Blade profile For Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Using Various Aerodynamic Characteristics
Wind Power should be manufactured in smaller units
for deep reach up to every household
Wind Power Testing laboratories are to be facilitated
at much more sites.
Wind Rose Diagrams and other Surveys are to be
carried out to identify sites where Wind Power run
Energy Conversion Systems can be installed.
Results obtained from the Current study can be tested
in Wind Tunnel Testing Facility for Validation of
Fig.6. Power Vs. Velocity
D. Polar View
Fig.7 Graph between CL and CD
In this plot (Fig.7) for the values of CD from 0.02 to 0.010 the
value CL gradually increases with positive slop and afterwards
it increase linearly with positive slop
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra et.al., Wind Energy – A Step
Non-Conventional Energy Resources
Burton, T., Sharpe, D., Jenkins, N., and E. Bossanyi, E., 2001,
Wind Energy Handbook," 2nd ed., Wiley, New York, NY
Hau, E. Wind Turbines, Fundamentals, Technologies,
Application, Economics, 2nd ed.;Springer: Berlin, Germany,
Dominy, R.; Lunt, P.; Bickerdyke, A.; Dominy, J. Self-starting
capability of a darrieusturbine.Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part A J.
Power Energy 2007, 221, 111–120.
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Chichester, UK, 2001.
Shailendra Sao M. tech Scholer Mechanical Engineering Department
(Turbo Machinery) MATS University, Village Gullu, Aarang road Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India
Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra Ass. Proff. Mechanical Enginnering
Department MATS University, Village Gullu, Aarang Road Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India.
V. Conclusion
Amongst all variants of wind turbines Horizontal Axis
Wind Turbine have better power coefficient.
For different types of blade profile a thicker profile
has better performance than those relatively thinner
Upon examination of 360 degrees polar extrapolation
it was observed that value of lift forces for a
particular turbine is good for a particular range of
angle of attack.
Upon examination of Turbine BEM Simulation it was
observed that for the lesser values of wind velocity a
small power was extracted by wind turbine
afterwards power was gradually increases.
For tip speed ratio of 0 to 7 power coefficient
increases with tip speed ratio and afterwards it
decreases and for value of tip speed ratio 12 and
more power coefficient remains constant.
Wind Turbines have bright future since soon we are
going to end up our Natural Conventional Energy
Resources due to hyper use of Energy Conversion
Wind Energy Impact Assessment is to be done in
Wind rich Area
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