%0 Journal Article
%T A study on aerodynamic characteristics and visualization of flow field of lift
%A Fang Feng
%A Guoqiang Tong
%A Xiaoyu Dong
%A Yan Li
%A Yuedi Bai
%J Advances in Mechanical Engineering
%@ 1687-8140
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1687814019846233
%X This study refers to the modification of the aerodynamic characteristics of the starter for the lift-type vertical axis wind turbine, the structure of the traditional drag starter was improved, and the lift-drag combined starter model was proposed. Based on the CFD numerical simulation and the particle image velocimetry visualization test, the aerodynamic characteristics of the lift-drag combined starter model and the drag starter model are studied, and the reasons for the regular variation of the flow field are explained. The results show that the lift-drag combined starter has obvious advantages over the traditional drag starter in both static start-up characteristics and dynamic output characteristics. The average static torque coefficient of the lift-drag combined starter is increased by 8% compared to that of the drag starter after one revolution. The increasing percentage of the maximum dynamic moment coefficient of the lift-drag combined starter is 89% compared to the drag starter, and the decreasing percentage of the minimum is only 30%
%K Vertical axis wind turbine
%K lift-drag combined starter
%K aerodynamic characteristics
%K flow measurement
%K numerical simulation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1687814019846233