Rekayasa Mesin
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025)

DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A 300-WATT HELICAL TYPE H-ROTOR WIND TURBINE

Kurniawati, Diniar Mungil (Unknown)
Farhan, Alfandy Muhammad (Unknown)
Am, Chaerul Qalbi (Unknown)
Gunawan, Gad (Unknown)
Giyantara, Andhika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Aug 2025

Abstract

The Helical Type H-rotor turbine is a modification of the Darrieus turbine by Alexander Gorlov to improve the design of the H-Darrieus so the turbine can self-starting in low wind speed conditions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the pitch angle (5°, 0°, and -5°) when using the symmetrical airfoil (NACA 0018) on the performance of coefficient of power (CP), tip speed ratio (TSR) and coefficient of torque (CT) produced by Helical Type H-rotor turbine. The method used in this research is experimental investigation using wind tunnel.  The Helical Type H-rotor wind turbine is subjected to wind speed of 6 m/s. The results obtained show that the use of 0° pitch angle produces better CP, TSR and CT values than other pitch angles due to the angle of attack produced. this is due to the 0° pitch angle produces an angle of attack that is able to make a more optimal lift force on the turbine blade. At 0° pitch angle the CP value is 0.0337, TSR value is 1.5073 and CT value is 0.0224. While wind turbine that use -5° pitch angle produce better performance than wind turbine that use 5° pitch angle. However, the performance value of both (-5° and 5° pitch angle) is still below the wind turbine with 0° pitch angle.

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Journal Info

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rm

Publisher

Subject

Mechanical Engineering

Description

Rekayasa Mesin is published by Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya, Malang-East Java-Indonesia. Rekayasa Mesin is an open-access peer reviewed journal that mediates the dissemination of academicians, researchers, and practitioners in mechanical engineering. Rekayasa ...