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Aerodynamics of the wells turbine

Abstract The paper describes a theoretical and experimental investigation concerning the aerodynamic performance of the Wells turbine, a self-rectifying axial-flow turbine suitable for energy extraction from reciprocating air flow. The turbine consists essentially of a rotor with untwisted aerofoil blades of symmetrical cross section, set radially at 90° angle of stagger. Numerical results were computed from a streamline curvature throughflow method and compared with analytically obtained results from a linear actuator disk model. Unidirectional steady-flow measurements were performed with a turbine of about 0.6 m rotor diameter and several numbers of blades, and included flow rate, pressure drop and torque, as well as velocity and pressure distributions. Experimental results are compared with theoretical values.

Luís M.C. Gato | A. F. de O. Falcão | L. Gato | A. Falcão

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