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http://dx.doi.org/10.5407/jksv.2020.18.2.059

Dynamic analysis of wind turbine wake  

Um, Young Han (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Yun Gu (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Park, Sung Goon (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization / v.18, no.2, 2020 , pp. 59-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
Vertical axis wind energy systems including 3 and 4 blades are numerically investigated in a two-dimensional (2D) computational domain. The power coefficient (Cp) is adopted to measure the efficiency of the system and the effect of the rotating velocity on the power coefficient is analyzed for the two different systems. The rotating velocity varies from 30 rad/s to 90 rad/s, which corresponds to the tip speed ratio (T.S.R) of 0.5 to 1.5. The torque exerted on the blades is mainly determined by the aerodynamic force in the x-direction and maximized when the blade is positioned at around θ = 186°. The efficiency of the 4-blade system is higher than that of the 3-blade system within the tip speed ratio range between 0.5 and 0.67, besides where the 3-blade system shows a better performance. For the 3-blade system, the maximum efficiency is reached to 0.082 at the tip speed ratio of 1.083. The maximum efficiency of the 4-blade system is 0.071 at T.S.R. = 0.92. The velocity fields in the x-direction, pressure fields, and the vorticity magnitude are analyzed in detail for the optimal cases of the 3- and 4-blades systems, respectively.
Keywords
Fluid-Structure Interaction; Vertical Axis Wind Turbine; Wake Meandering; Tip Speed Ratio; Power Coefficient;
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