Research Article

Development of High Performance Airfoils for Application in Small Wind Turbine Power Generation

Table 2

Airfoil performance summary.

AuthorStudy conducted

Singh et al., 2012 [16]AF300 airfoil was developed for low wind turbine application. Maximum and stall angle of 54 and 14°, respectively, were obtained at .
Selig and McGranahan, 2004 [15]FX63-137 airfoil was tested for low Re performance at . Maximum and stall angle obtained were 108 and 12°, respectively.
Henriques et al., 2009 [30]T.Urban 10/193 airfoil was developed for low Re wind turbine application and tested at . Maximum and stall angle obtained were 95 and 12°, respectively.
Limin et al., 2011 [47]The seagull airfoil was developed for small wind turbine application and tested at , 350,000, and 600,000. Maximum obtained were 38, 52, and 57, respectively.
Shah et al., 2014 [27]UBD6166 airfoil was developed for small wind turbine application and tested at . Maximum of 66.9 was obtained.
Wata et al., 2011 [17]SG6043_Eppler 442 airfoil was developed for small wind turbine application and tested at . Maximum obtained was 80.