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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2009.33.8.1170

A Numerical Study on Analysis of Low Frequency Aero-acoustic Noise for a HAWT of NREL Phase VI  

Mo, Jang-Oh (NEXT Engineering & Service CFD 컨설팅사업부)
Lee, Young-Ho (한국해양대학교 기계.정보공학부)
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to predict the low frequency aero-acoustic noise generated from the horizontal axis wind turbine, NREL Phase VI for the whole operating conditions of various wind speeds using large eddy simulation and Ffowcs-Williams and Hawkings model provided in the commercial code, FLUENT. Because there is no experimental data about wind turbine noise, we first of all compared aerodynamic performance such as shaft torque and power with experimentally measured value. Performance results show a good agreement with experimental data within about 0.8%. As the wind speed increases, the overall sound pressure level and the sound pressure level by the quadrupole and dipole source show a increasing tendency. Also, sound pressure level is proportional to $r^{-2}$ in the near field and $r^{-1}$ in the far field according to the increase of distance from the center of hub of wind turbine. According to 2 times increase of distance, sound pressure level is reduced by about 6dB.
Keywords
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine; Aero-acoustic Noise; Overall Sound Pressure Level; Monopole Source; Dipole Source; Quadrupole Source; Tip Vortex;
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