International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE)
Vol 15, No 1: March 2026

Blade number and angle effect the archimedes spiral wind turbine performance

Febritasari, Rosadila (Unknown)
Abidin, Muhammad Ibnul (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2026

Abstract

The efficiency and performance of Archimedes spiral wind turbine (ASWT) are affected by the design and number of turbine blades which can convert the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy to turn a generator that can produce electricity as much as possible in low wind speed. This study aims to obtain the optimal ASWT design in low wind speed in terms of aerodynamic performance. The method is conducted by numerically computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation on the fixed-opening angle and the blades number variations. The results show that the smallest C_D value is -2.18 at the 65° of opening angle, the largest C_L value at the 45° of opening angle is 0.37, and the largest C_M value is 0.61 at the 65° of opening angle and 4 blades. Therefore, it can be concluded that the Archimedes wind turbine with 4 blades and 65° pitch is the optimal.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAPE

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Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Applied Power Engineering (IJAPE) focuses on the applied works in the areas of power generation, transmission and distribution, sustainable energy, applications of power control in large power systems, etc. The main objective of IJAPE is to bring out the latest practices in ...