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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2008.36.4.315

Aerodynamic Analysis of the NREL Phase Ⅵ Rotor using the CFD  

Kang, Tae-Jin (한양대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
Lee, Sea-Wook (한양대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
Cho, Jin-Soo (한양대학교 기계공학부)
Gyeong, Namho (한국에너지기술연구원 풍력발전연구단)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.36, no.4, 2008 , pp. 315-320 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes aerodynamic characteristics for the NREL(National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Phase VI rotor using the Fluent which is a commercial flow analysis tool. Aerodynamic analysis results are compared with experimental results by the NREL/NASA Ames wind tunnel tests. For three velocity cases, computed results are compared with experiment results at five spanwise positions. Computed results represented good agreement with the experimental results at low velocity. Otherwise computed results in suction side represents disagreement with the experimental results at high velocity. When interval between wind turbines is 10 times of rotor diameter, CFD research is performed to calculate the wake effect.
Keywords
NREL Phase Ⅵ wind turbine rotor; Fluent; Wake effect; Aerodynamics analysis; Pressure distributions;
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