• Title/Summary/Keyword: Reynolds Stress Turbulence Model

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A Study on Performance Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine Considering Nose Shape, Angle of Inflow and Tower Structure (수평축 조류발전 터빈의 노즈 형상 및 유입각도, 타워 구조물의 영향을 고려한 터빈 성능특성 분석)

  • Heo, Man-Woong;Kim, Dong-Hwan;Yi, Jin-Hak
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2020
  • In this study, three-dimensional fluid flow analyses have been performed in order to investigate the performance characteristics of a horizontal axis tidal turbine (HATT) by solving three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations utilizing the shear-stress-transport turbulence model. The computational domain for the flow analysis has been composed of hexahedral grids, and the grid dependency test has been carried out so as to determine the optimum grid size. Performance characteristics of the HATT have been investigated in consideration of the effects of hub nose geometry, inflow angle, and the tower. It has been found that the power output can be enhanced along with an increase of the ratio of the length to the diameter of the turbine nose, and the power of HATT has been reduced by approximately 10% when the primary fluid flow had an inflow angle of 15°. The power output of downstream HATT is found to be lower than that of the upstream HATT by about 1%.

Parametric Study of 2.5 kW Class Propeller Type Micro Hydraulic Turbine (2.5 kW 급 프로펠러형 마이크로 수차 매개변수 연구)

  • MA, SANG-BUM;KIM, SUNG;CHOI, YOUNG-SEOK;CHA, DONG-AN;KIM, JIN-HYUK
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.387-394
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    • 2020
  • A parametric study of a 2.5 kW class propeller type micro hydraulic turbine was performed. In order to analyze the internal flow characteristics in the hydraulic turbine, three dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with shear stress transport turbulence model were used and the hexahedral grid system was used to construct computational domain. To secure the reliability of the numerical analysis, the grid dependency test was performed using the grid convergence index method based on the Richardson extrapolation, and the grid dependency was removed when about 1.7 million nodes were used. For the parametric study, the axial distance at shroud span (L) between the inlet guide vane and the runner, and the inlet and outlet blade angles (β1, β2) of the runner were selected as the geometric parameters. The inlet and outlet angles of the runner were defined in the 3 spans from the hub to tip, and a total of 7 geometric parameters were investigated. It was confirmed that the outlet angles of the runner had the most sensitive effect on the power and efficiency of the micro hydraulic turbine.

Effects of Compound Angle, Diffuser Angle, and Hole Pitch on Film-cooling Effectiveness (막냉각 홀의 측면 방향 분사각, 확장각 및 주기가 막냉각 효율에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sun-Min;Lee, Ki-Don;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.35 no.9
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    • pp.903-913
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    • 2011
  • A numerical study is carried out to analyze the steady three-dimensional turbulent flow through cylindrical and fan-shaped holes and the film cooling of these holes at low and high blowing ratios. Compressible Reynoldsaveraged Navier-Stokes equations and the energy equation are solved using a finite-volume-based solver, and a shearstress transport model is used as the turbulence closure. The effects of the compound angle, pitch to diameter ratio, and lateral expansion angle of the hole on the film-cooling effectiveness are evaluated by the film-cooling effectiveness. It is observed that the compound angle of the hole enhances the film performance for the cylindrical hole, and a small hole pitch induces interactions between the coolants from the adjacent holes, thus reducing the film-cooling performance.

Development of An Integrated Optimal Design Program for Design of A High-Efficiency Low-Noise Regenerative Fan (재생형 송풍기의 고효율 저소음 설계를 위한 통합형 최적설계 프로그램 개발)

  • Heo, Man-Woong;Kim, Jin-Hyuk;Seo, Tae-Wan;Koo, Gyoung-Wan;Lee, Chung-Suk;Kim, Kwang-Young
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2014
  • A multi-objective optimization of a regenerative fan for enhancing the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance was carried out using an integrated fan design system, namely, Total FAN-Regen$^{(R)}$. The Total FAN-Regen$^{(R)}$ was developed for non-specialists to carry out a series of design process, viz., computational preliminary design, three-dimensional aerodynamic and aeroacoustic analyses, and design optimization, for a regenerative fan. An aerodynamic analysis of the regenerative fan was conducted by solving three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations using the shear stress transport turbulence model. And, an aeroacoustic analysis of the regenerative fan was implemented in a finite/infinite element method by solving the variational formulation of Lighthill's analogy based on the results of the unsteady flow analysis. An optimum shape obtained by Total FAN-Regen$^{(R)}$ shows the enhanced efficiency and decreased sound pressure level as much as 1.5 % and 20.0 dB, respectively, compared to those of the reference design. The performance test was carried out for an optimized regenerative fan to validate the performance of the numerically predicted optimal design.

Uniformity of Temperature in Cold Storage Using CFD Simulation (CFD 시뮬레이션을 이용한 농산물 저온저장고내의 온도분포 균일화 연구)

  • Jeong, Hoon;Kwon, Jin-Kyung;Yun, Hong-Sun;Lee, Won-Ok;Kim, Young-Keun;Lee, Hyun-Dong
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.16-22
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    • 2010
  • To maintain the storage quality of agricultural products, temperature uniformity during cold storage, which is affected by fan flow rate and product arrangement, is important. We simulated and validated a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) model that can predict both airflow and temperature distribution in a cold storage environment. Computations were based on a commercial code (FLUENT 6.2) and two turbulence models. The standard k-$\varepsilon$ model and the Reynolds stress model (RSM) were chosen to improve the accuracy of CFD prediction. To obtain comparative data, the temperature distribution and velocity vector profiles were measured in a full-scale cold storage facility and in a 1/5 scale model. The agricultural products domain in cold storage was modeled as porous for economical computation. The RSM prediction showed good agreement with experimental data. In addition, temperature distribution was simulated in the cold storage rooms to estimate the uniformity of temperature distribution using the validated model.

Study on the Scale Effect of Viscous Flows around the Ship Stern (선미 점성 유동장에 미치는 척고효과에 관한 연구)

  • Kwak, Y.K.;Min, K.S.;Oh, K.J.;Kang, S.H.
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1997
  • Viscous flow around actual ship is calculated by an use of RANS equations. The propriety of this computing method, usefulness to hull form design and the scale effect which is the effect of viscous flow depending on the scale of ship model are investigated. Reynolds stress is modelled by using k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model and the law of wall is applied near the body. Body fitted coordinates are introduced for the treatment of the arbitrary 3-dimensional shape of the ship hull form. The transformed equations in the computational domain are numerically solved by an employment of FVM. In the calculation of pressure, SIMPLE method is adopted and the solution of the discretized equation is obtained by the line-by-line method with the use of TDMA The calculations of two ships, 4410 TEU container carrier and 50,000 DWT class bulk carrier, are performed at model and actual ship scale. The results are compared and discussed with the model test results which are viscous resistance, nominal wake distribution at propeller plane and limiting streamline on the hull surface. They describe the effect of stem form and the scale effect very well. In particular, the calculated nominal wake distribution and limiting streamline are agreed qualitatively with the experiments and the viscous resistance values are estimated within ${\pm}5%$ difference from the resistance tests.

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