INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia, October 8-9, 2018

Experimental Study on Performance and

Flow Distribution of a Cross-flow Wind
Turbine with Omni-directional Guide Vane
Yoga Arob Wicaksono1*, D. Danardono D.P.T.2

1Mechanical
Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo, Ponorogo 63471,
Indonesia
2
Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia

*Corresponding Address: yogaarobw@gmail.com

A cross-flow wind turbine has a high efficiency at low tip speed ratio. So, it can be installed in the urban area to
produce electricity. But, the urban area has poor wind condition, so the cross-flow rotor needs a guide vane to
increase its performance. The aim of this study is to determine experimentally the effect guide vane on the
performance of a cross-flow rotor. Wind tunnel experiment has been carried out for various parameters including
the guide vane design, wind direction. The optimal configuration of the ODGV and the rotor determined. The
ODGV was placed around the cross-flow rotor in order to increase ambient wind environment of the wind
turbine. The maximum power coefficient is obtained as Cpmax = 0.18 for ODGV 50 at 30o wind direction, Cpmax =
0.13 for ODGV 60 at 60o wind direction, and Cpmax = 0.14 for ODGV 70 at 0o wind direction, however Cpmax =
0.08 without the ODGV. This result showed that the ODGV able to increasing Cp of the cross-flow wind turbine.

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