文档介绍：Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 17 (2009) 1290–1298
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Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
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Modeling and simulation of wind turbine Savonius rotors using artificial
works for estimation of the power ratio and torque
J. Sargolzaei a,*, A. Kianifar b
a Department of Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, . Box 9177948944, Mashhad, Iran
b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, . Box 9177948944, Mashhad, Iran
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Article history: The power factor and torque of wind turbines are predicted using artificial works
Received 26 August 2008 (ANNs) based on experimental data which have been collected for seven prototype vertical
Received in revised form 5 April 2009 Savonius rotors tested in a wind tunnel. In this research, the rotors with different config-
Accepted 8 May 2009
urations were located in the wind tunnel and the tests were repeated 4–6 times in order
Available online 18 May 2009
to reduce errors. Since the Reynolds number has a negligible effect on power ratio, there-
fore tip speed ratio (TSR) is the main input parameter to be predicted in work.
Also, the rotor’s power factor and torque were simulated for different tip speed ratios
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and different blade angles. The simulated results show a stron