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Old   March 12, 2016, 02:40
Default Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
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Hello CFD mates,
I m working on VAWT.I tried all the settings and tricks,after this i m posting my problem here.
I m facing following problem
1)-ve moment coefficient
2)-ve torque with very low value(-0.04 N-m)
3) max pressure on blade is only 30 Pa

Settings used in Fluent
SST Model
BCS used:
inlet left-5 m/s
inlet right 5m/s
outlet left- 0 pa
outlet left- 0 pa
Fluid MRF-10 rad/s
blade-Wall
Reference values-5 m/s wind velocty,Swept Area as Area,Rotor Radius as Length

i hope to get help from expert one in this field here....I m really thank you
so much in advance.
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