Effect of Auxiliary Blade on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine by Numerical Simulation

Table 1

Parameters of rotor model.

Parameters	Information
Number of main blades	2
Number of auxiliary blades	2
Chord length of main blade/m	0.125
Chord length of auxiliary blade/m	0.05
Wind rotor radius R/m	0.4
Main blade airfoil	NACA0018, NACA0024
Auxiliary blade airfoil	NACA0012, NACA0018
	NACA0022, NACA0024
	NACA0026
Relative angle between main blade and auxiliary blade	14°