ELTAYESH A.

This study presents an experimental and numerical investigation of the effects of tunnel blockage, defined as the ratio of the free portion of a wind tunnel cross-section with and without the rotor of a small-size (diameter 2 m) horizontal-axis turbine (HAWT). Experimental measurements were performed on three rotors with different number of...

This study presents experimental and numerical investigation for the effect of number of blade (solidity) on the power and thrust coefficients of a small-scale horizontal-axis wind turbine HAWT. An experimental set- up was installed on wind turbine rotors with different number of blades, i.e. three, five and six, and at different tip speed...