Research Article

Effect of Rotation Friction Ratio on the Power Extraction Performance of a Passive Rotation VAWT

Table 2

Characteristic parameters of the VAWT.

Blade chordb=0.083m

Moment of inertiaJ=0.04042 kg·m2

Rotation radiusR=5b

Wind densityρ=1.225kg/m3

Wind viscosityμ=1.7894×10−5

Number of bladeN=3

Blade shapeNACA0018