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Computational Analysis of Aerodynamic for a HAWT model using the SC/Tetra (SC/Tetra를 이용한 HAWT모델에 대한 공력 해석)

  • Park, Sung-Geun;Yoon, Sung-Wook;Lim, Tae-Gyun;Jeon, Wan-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.336-337
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구는 현대자동차 무향 풍동(HAWT)에서 나온 실험치를 범용 CFD software인 SC/Tetra를 활용하여 모사하였다. 이를 위해서 우선 현대자동차 무향 풍동(HAWT)의 입력 경계층을 설정하고, grid test를 통해 최적의 격자를 찾고, 이에 맞는 난류 모델을 선정하였다. 입력 경계조건 설정, 격자 선정, 난류 모델 선정을 완료 후 나온 경계조건을 활용하여 실제 모델에 적용하여 현대 자동차 무향 풍동(HAWT)에서 나온 결과와 SC/Tetra에서 나온 결과와 비교 분석 하였다.

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Development of 30kw HAWT/VAWT hybrid wind power system (30kw급 수직/수평축 통합형 풍력발전 시스템 개발)

  • Shinn, Chan;Kim, Ji-Ern;Lim, Jong-Youn;Song, Seung-Ho;Rho, Do-Whan;Kim, Dong-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.203-206
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    • 2001
  • A 30kw Dual rotor Turbines HAWT/VAWT combined wind turbine system that can drastically enhance the power production capability compared to conventional Single Rotor Turbine HAWT system. The combined system that takes advantage of strong point of both horizontal and vertical Axis wind turbine system developed by a venture firm KOWINTEC of Chonbuk national university. The HAWT/VAWT hybrid system has been successfully field tested and commercial operating since Feb. 12, 2001 in Hae-chang rest park, Bu-an county near the Sae Man-Kum Sea Dike. This paper will briefly describe the field test results performance and a special aerodynamic structure with bevel-planetary gear box of Dual Rotor Wind Turbine system.

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A Study on Three-Dimensional Flow Characteristics and Power Performance of HAWT(Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine) by CFD (CFD를 이용한 풍력발전 터빈의 3차원 유동해석 및 성능평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Beom-Seok;Kim Jeong-Hwan;Nam Chung-Do;Lee Young-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.447-450
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this 3-D numerical simulation is to calculate and examine a 500 kW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) power performance and 3-D rotor flow characteristics, which are compared to calculation data from Delft University. The experimental approach, which has been the main method of investigation, appears to be reaching its limits, the cost increasing relate with the size of wind turbines. Hence, the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques and Navier-Stokes solvers is considered a very serious contender. We has used the CFD software package CFX-TASCflow as a modeling tool to predict the power performance and 3-D flow characteristics of a wind turbine on the basis of its geometry and operating data. The wind turbine with 40m diameters rotor, it was scaled to compare with the calculation data from delft university. The HAWT, which has eight-rpm variations are investigated respectively. The pitch angle is $+0.5^{\circ}$and wind speed is fixed at 5m/s. The tip speed ratio (TSR) of the HAWT ranging from 2.89 to 9.63.

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Experimental study of the loads induced by a large-scale tornado simulation on a HAWT model

  • Lopez, Juan P.;Hangan, Horia;El Damatty, Ashraf
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2021
  • As wind turbine rotors increase, the overall loads and dynamic response become an important issue. This problem is augmented by the exposure of wind turbines to severe atmospheric events with unconventional flows such as tornadoes, which need specific designs not included in standards and codes at present. An experimental study was conducted to analyze the loads induced by a tornado-like vortex (TLV) on horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT). A large-scale tornado simulation developed in The Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Dome at Western University in Canada, the so-called Mode B Tornado, was employed as the TLV flow acting on a rigid wind turbine model under two rotor operational conditions (idling and parked) for five radial distances. It was observed that the overall forces and moments depend on the location and orientation of the wind turbine system with respect to the tornado vortex centre, as TLV are three-dimensional flows with velocity gradients in the radial, vertical, and tangential direction. The mean bending moment at the tower base was the most important in terms of magnitude and variation in relation to the position of the HAWT with respect to the core radius of the tornado, and it was highly dependent on the rotor Tip Speed Ratio (TSR).

Experimental study of the loads induced by a large-scale tornado simulation on a HAWT model

  • Lopez, Juan P.;Hangan, Horia;El Damatty, Ashraf
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.303-312
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    • 2022
  • As wind turbine rotors increase, the overall loads and dynamic response become an important issue. This problem is augmented by the exposure of wind turbines to severe atmospheric events with unconventional flows such as tornadoes, which need specific designs not included in standards and codes at present. An experimental study was conducted to analyze the loads induced by a tornado-like vortex (TLV) on horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT). A large-scale tornado simulation developed in The Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Dome at Western University in Canada, the so-called Mode B Tornado, was employed as the TLV flow acting on a rigid wind turbine model under two rotor operational conditions (idling and parked) for five radial distances. It was observed that the overall forces and moments depend on the location and orientation of the wind turbine system with respect to the tornado vortex centre, as TLV are three-dimensional flows with velocity gradients in the radial, vertical, and tangential direction. The mean bending moment at the tower base was the most important in terms of magnitude and variation in relation to the position of the HAWT with respect to the core radius of the tornado, and it was highly dependent on the rotor Tip Speed Ratio (TSR).

MPPT and Yawing Control of a New Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine with Two Parallel-Connected Generators (수평 병렬형 풍력 발전기의 요각 및 MPPT 제어)

  • Lee, Kook-Sun;Choy, Ick;Cho, Whang;Back, Ju-Hoon
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.81-89
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    • 2012
  • Commonly used horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) have the following structure: two or three blades, a nacelle which contains power converting equipments, generators, and a tower which supports the nacelle. The generated power is transmitted from the nacelle to the ground. Due to this structure, the power transmission lines are twisted when the nacelle is yawing. Thus, slip ring or additional yaw control mechanism is required. We propose a new structure of HAWT which is free of this transmission line problem. Moreover, the size of inverter can be reduced since two generators are connected in parallel in our mechanism so that power is distributed. A controller for yawing is developed so that it works in harmony with the controller for power generation. A MPPT (Maximum Power Point tracking) algorithm is implemented for the proposed system and efficiency of the system is validated by simulation.

Software Development for the Performance Analysis of the HAWT based on BEMT (BEMT를 적용한 수평축 풍력터빈 성능해석 소프트웨어의 개발)

  • Kim, Beom-Seok;Nam, Cheong-Do;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.575-578
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    • 2005
  • The optimum design and the performance analysis software called POSEIDON for the HAWT (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine) was developed by use of BEMT. The Prandtl's tip loss theory was adopted to consider the blade tip loss. The lift and the drag coefficient of S-809 airfoil were predicted via X-FOIL and also the post stall characteristics of S-809 were estimated by the Viterna's equations. All the predicted aerodynamic characteristics are fairly well agreed with the wind tunnel test results, performed by Sommers in Delft university of technology. The rated power of the testing rotor is 20kW(FIL-20) at design conditions. The experimental aerodynamic parameters and the X-FOIL data were used for the power prediction of the FIL-20 respectively. The comparison results shows good agreement in power prediction.

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