VAWT - Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, VAWT
Connection Diagram:
| VW |
| SHAFT | |
| CP | LAMBDA | ||
| Connections(4) | Position | Remark |
| VW | Left | WindSpeed |
| SHAFT | Right | |
| LAMBDA | Bottom | |
| CP | Bottom | Turbine power constant 0.1 .. 0.5 |
| Parameters(8) | Default | Remark |
| Cp_minimum | 0.01 | Minimum value of Cp |
| Cp_Maximum | 0.59 | Maximum value of Cp (Theoretical limit = 0.59) |
| A[m2] | 10 | Turbine swept area [m2] |
| Rho | 1.2 | Air Density |
| R[m] | 1 | Radius of the wind turbine [m] |
| Inertia[Kgm2] | 10 | Inertia of the rotor [Kg m^2] |
| Friction[Nms/Rad] | 1 | Friction of the rotor [Nm / (Rad/s) ] |
| InitialRotorSpeed[Rad/s] | 0 | Initial speed of the turbine [Rad/s] |
| Function | Vertical axis wind turbine where the rotor radius and swept area can be defined independently | |
| Status | Standard | |
| Select from | Components\Library\GreenEnergy\Wind | |
See also
Cp1, CpHeier, DrawCp, MaximumTorque, MPPwindpower, OptimumPower, Wind, WindTurbine,