Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Measurements of the Flow Past a Very Thick Flatback Airfoil with Passive Flow Control Devices

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Cene ◽  
Marinos Manolesos ◽  
Francesco Grasso
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Flatback Airfoil

Experimental Analysis on a Model of a Small Ducted Wind Turbine Equipped with Passive Flow Control Devices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena-Alexandra Chiulan ◽  
Costin Ioan Cosoiu ◽  
Andrei-Mugur Georgescu ◽  
Anton Anton ◽  
Mircea Degeratu
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices

Further Investigation of Vertical Stabilizer with Passive Flow Control Devices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Ito ◽  
Shunsuke Koike ◽  
Mitsuhiro Murayama ◽  
Yoshiyasu Ichikawa ◽  
Kazuyuki Nakakita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices

Influence of Passive Flow-Control Devices on the Pressure Fluctuations at Wing-Body Junction Flows

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (8) ◽  
pp. 1030-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semih M. Ölçmen ◽  
Roger L. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Zero Degree ◽  
Control Devices

The effectiveness of passive flow-control devices in eliminating high surface rms pressure fluctuations at the junction of several idealized wing/body junction flows was studied. Wall-pressure fluctuation measurements were made using microphones along the line of symmetry at the wing/body junction of six different wing shapes. The wings were mounted on the wind tunnel floor at a zero degree angle-of-attack. The six wing shapes tested were: a 3:2 semi-elliptical-nosed NACA 0020 tailed generic body shape (Rood wing), a parallel center-body model, a tear-drop model, a Sandia 1850 model, and NACA 0015 and NACA 0012 airfoil shapes. Eight different fence configurations were tested with the Rood wing. The two double-fence configurations were found to be the most effective in reducing the pressure fluctuations. Two of the single fence types were nearly as effective and were simpler to manufacture and test. For this reason one of these single fence types was selected for testing with all of the other wing models. The best fence flow-control devices were found to reduce rms wall-pressure fluctuations by at least 61% relative to the baseline cases.

scholarly journals Five Megawatt Wind Turbine Power Output Improvements by Passive Flow Control Devices

Energies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unai Fernandez-Gamiz ◽  
Ekaitz Zulueta ◽  
Ana Boyano ◽  
Igor Ansoategui ◽  
Irantzu Uriarte
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices

Optimization of Passive Flow Control Devices of a Slatless High-Lift Configuration

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Moens ◽  
Julien Dandois
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
High Lift ◽  
Passive Flow Control ◽  
Passive Flow ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices

scholarly journals The flow past a flatback airfoil with flow control devices: Benchmarking numerical simulations against wind tunnel data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Papadakis ◽  
Marinos Manolesos
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Flow Control ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Root Region ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Flow Control Devices ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Rans Simulations ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Flatback Airfoil

Abstract. As wind turbines grow larger, the use of flatback airfoils has become standard practice for the root region of the blades. Flatback profiles provide higher lift and reduced sensitivity to soiling at significantly higher drag values. A number of flow control devices has been proposed to improve the performance of flatback profiles. In the present study, the flow past a flatback airfoil at a chord Reynolds number of 1.5 × 106 with and without trailing edge flow control devices is considered. Two different numerical approaches are applied, Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations and Detached Eddy Simulations (DES). The computational predictions are compared to wind tunnel measurements to assess the suitability of each method. The effect of each flow control device on the flow is examined based on the DES results on the finer mesh. Results agree well with the experimental findings and show that a newly proposed flap device outperforms traditional solutions for flatback airfoils. In terms of numerical modelling, the more expensive DES approach is more suitable if the wake frequencies are of interest, but the simplest 2D RANS simulations can provide acceptable load predictions.

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