The use of environmentally friendly vertical-axis wind power plants for nature reserves and national parks in southern Russia

Abstract

The efficiency of using original highly efficient vertical-axis wind turbines (VA wind turbines) based on N-Darya-Savonius combined rotors (KR) is substantiated for the national parks of southern Russia. Based on experimental studies, the power factor of the original combined rotor with blades having zigzag flaps was first obtained. The maximum values of the power factor of the CR reaches CP = 0.6 exceeding theoretically possible values for horizontal-axis wind power plants CP = 0.59. When working in a wind turbine, there are no emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, oxygen consumption, thermal pollution, generation of infrasound and noise. VA wind turbines with a power of 1–10 kW, it is advisable to apply for the generation of electric and thermal energy in reserves and national parks.