Couverture / Jaquette

The design, build and test of a Variable Pitch Control Mechanism for H-Rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbines was performed. A helicopter cyclic control mechanism was adapted to be fitted on a test wind turbine and tested for a fixed tip speed ratio with and without pitch control, and at a fixed rotor speed. The test results show that using cyclic pitch variation at fixed tip speed ratios improves the self-starting capability of the turbine. A constant shaft speed can also be attained while operating under fluctuating wind speeds.

Note biographique

Adeyanju Anthony Ademola obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with high commendation at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. He received MEng and BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. He is lecturing at present in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Ekiti State University.

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