In the master thesis, we compared and analyzed classic and toroidal wind turbines for wind turbine applications. First, we improved the measuring station from the bachelor thesis by improving the rigidity of the structure. Then, we did some experimental measurements of force, air speed, noise, and number of revolutions, and used this data to calculate torque, angular velocity, and power or power coefficient. In parallel, we performed a CFD analysis for both models under the same boundary conditions in the Ansys software environment. We demonstrated that the toroidal wind turbine produces more power under the same conditions and has greater efficiency. At low speeds, it generates less noise than a conventional wind turbine. Finally, we used velocity streamline analysis to show that the size of the vortex at the tips of the toroidal wind turbine is less intense than that of a conventional wind turbine.
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