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dc.contributor.advisorTaghavi, Ray
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-05T18:45:56Z
dc.date.available2014-07-05T18:45:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-31
dc.date.submitted2014
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/14597
dc.description.abstractWind Energy is becoming a significant source of energy throughout the world. This ever increasing field will potentially reach the limit of availability and practicality with the wind farm sites and size of the turbine itself. Therefore, it is necessary to develop innovative wind capturing devices that can produce energy in the locations where large conventional horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) are too impractical to install and operate. A diffuser augmented wind turbine (DAWT) is one such innovation. DAWTs increase the power output of the rotor by increasing the wind speed into the rotor using a duct. Currently, developing these turbines is an involved process using time consuming Computational Fluid Dynamics codes. A simple and quick design tool is necessary for designers to develop efficient energy capturing devices. This work lays out the theory for a quick analysis tool for DAWTs using an axisymmetric surface vorticity method. This method allows for quick analysis of duct, hubs and rotors giving designers a general idea of the power output of the proposed hub, blade and duct geometry. The method would be similar to the way blade element momentum theory is used to design conventional HAWTs. It is determined that the presented method is viable for preliminary design of DAWTs.
dc.format.extent124 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectAerospace engineering
dc.subjectAerodynamic analysis
dc.subjectDawt
dc.subjectDiffuser augmented wind turbine
dc.subjectShrouded wind turbine
dc.subjectWind turbine
dc.titleDiffuser Augmented Wind Turbine Analysis Code
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberFarokhi, Saeed
dc.contributor.cmtememberZheng, Charlie
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineAerospace Engineering
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.S.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
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