SIMULASI PENGUJIAN PRESTASI SUDU TURBIN ANGIN

Sulistyo Atmadi (Pusat Teknologi Dirgantara Terapan)
Ahmad Jamaludin Fitroh (Institut Teknologi Bandung)

Jurnal Teknologi Dirgantara
Vol 4, No.2 Desember (2006)

Identification of whether aerodynamic performances of a rotor blades has met the criteria according to its design or not, the general procedure is to fabricate and perform a field testing; or testing its model in a windtunnel. Both method require high cost however; therefore, a simulation method using Fluent software had used for obtaining lower cost. The model used in an LS (1)-0417 Mod airfoil having 3 blades and rotor diameter 7.21 m. Simulation test shows a good result with a difference of 4.61 percent for torque and power from design result. Keywords: Sud, Turbin angin, Fluent.