scholarly journals High Reynolds number wind turbine blade equipped with root spoilers. Part I: Unsteady aerodynamic analysis using URANS simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Potentier ◽  
Emmanuel Guilmineau ◽  
Arthur Finez ◽  
Colin Le Bourdat ◽  
Caroline Braud
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Unsteady Aerodynamic ◽  
Passive Devices ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Lift And Drag

Abstract. A wind turbine blade equipped with root spoilers is analysed using 2D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to assess the unsteady impact of passive devices. Several metrics such as lift and drag coefficients, pressure and instantaneous velocity field around the aerofoil, Power Spectral Density and Strouhal number are used in the 2D unsteady analysis. The spoiler is found to efficiently rearrange the flow, adding lift throughout the positive angles of attack. However, the drawback is a high drag penalty coupled with high unsteadiness of the aerodynamic forces.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of icing effect on aerodynamic characteristics of a wind turbine blade

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6 Part B) ◽  
pp. 4643-4650
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
Wen-Feng Guo ◽  
Kotaro Tagawa ◽  
Bin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Aerodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Lift And Drag Coefficient

Icing accretion on wind turbine will degrade its performance, resulting in reduction of output power and even leading to accidents. For solving this problem, it is necessary to predict the icing type and shape on wind turbine blade, and evaluate the variation of aerodynamic characteristics. In this paper the icing types and shapes in presence of airfoil, selected from blade of 1.5 MW horizontal-axis wind turbine, are simulated under different ambient temperatures and icing time lengths. Based on the icing simulation results, the aerodynamic characteristics of icing airfoils are simulated, including lift and drag coefficient, lift-drag ratio, etc. The simulation results show that the glaze ice with two horns presents on airfoil under high ambient temperature such as -5?C. When ambient temperatures are low, such as -10?C and -15?C, the rime ices with streamline profiles present on the airfoil. With increase in icing time the lift forces and coefficients decrease, and the drag ones increase. According to the variations of lift-drag ratios of icing airfoil, the aerodynamic performance of airfoil deteriorates in the presence of icing. The glaze ice has great effect on aerodynamic characteristics of airfoil. The research findings lay theoretical foundation for icing wind tunnel experiment.

scholarly journals Comparison of the power, lift and drag coefficients of wind turbine blade from aerodynamics characteristics of Naca0012 and Naca2412

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Oukassou ◽  
Sanaa El Mouhsine ◽  
Abdellah El Hajjaji ◽  
Bousselham Kharbouch
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Drag Coefficients ◽  
Lift And Drag

scholarly journals Aerodynamic Analysis on Wind Turbine Aerofoil

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.27) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Albi . ◽  
M Dev Anand ◽  
G M. Joselin Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Ansys Fluent ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Lift And Drag

The aerofoils of wind turbine blades have crucial influence on aerodynamic efficiency of wind turbine. There are numerous amounts of research being performed on aerofoils of wind turbines. Initially, I have done a brief literature survey on wind turbine aerofoil. This project involves the selection of a suitable aerofoil section for the proposed wind turbine blade. A comprehensive study of the aerofoil behaviour is implemented using 2D modelling. NACA 4412 aerofoil profile is considered for analysis of wind turbine blade. Geometry of this aerofoil is created using GAMBIT and CFD analysis is carried out using ANSYS FLUENT. Lift and Drag forces along with the angle of attack are the important parameters in a wind turbine system. These parameters decide the efficiency of the wind turbine. The lift force and drag force acting on aerofoil were determined with various angles of attacks ranging from 0° to 12° and wind speeds. The coefficient of lift and drag values are calculated for 1×105 Reynolds number. The pressure distributions as well as coefficient of lift to coefficient of drag ratio of this aerofoil were visualized. The CFD simulation results show close agreement with those of the experiments, thus suggesting a reliable alternative to experimental method in determining drag and lift.

scholarly journals THE AERODYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF AIRFOILS FOR HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE BLADE USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC

ROTASI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Abdulhafiz Younis Mokhetar ◽  
Eflita Yohana ◽  
MSK. Tony Suryo Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Angle Of Attack ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Lift And Drag

This paper included in designing and simulating for 2D. It may use two software's called Gambit and FLUENT to generate the data from the fluid flow cases. In this research select two models NACA airfoil NACA4412 and NACA4415. Chose NACA 4412 because lift coefficient is higher than NACA4415. In this study computational flow  over an airfoil at different angles of attack  (0º, 5º,10º,15º ,20º)  using  CFD (Computational fluid dynamics) simulation two dimensional airfoil NACA 4412 and NACA4415 CFD models are  presented using ANSYS-FLUENT software. For this model Using turbulent viscosity k-epsilon (standard wall function)  near  the  wall and wind velocity 5 m/s  Here, NACA 4412 airfoil  profile  is considered  for analysis of wind turbine  blade. Geometry of airfoil is created using GAMBIT 2.4.6 and CFD analysis is carried out using FLUENT 6.3.26 at various  angles  of  attack  from  0º  to  20º. Lift and Drag forces along with the angle of attack are the important parameters in a wind turbine system. The Lift and Drag forces are calculated at different sections for angle of attack from 0o to 20o for low Reynolds number. The analysis  showed that the angle of attack of 10o has high Lift/Drag ratio. The airfoil NACA 4412 is analyzed based on computational fluid dynamics to identify its suitability for its application and good agreement is made between the results

scholarly journals High Reynolds investigations on the ability of the full scale e-TellTale sensor to detect flow separation on a wind turbine blade section

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Soulier ◽  
Caroline Braud ◽  
Dimitri Voisin ◽  
Danbon Frédéric
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Blade Section ◽  
Lift Curve ◽  
High Reynolds ◽  
Separation Results

Abstract. The complexity of the flow over a wind turbine blade makes its understanding and monitoring a challenging task, especially on operating wind turbines. The innovative e-Telltale sensor is developed for that purpose : detecting the flow separation on wind turbines blades. In this paper, high Reynolds wind tunnel tests have been performed with different configurations of full scale e-Telltale sensors and wall pressure measurements on a wind turbine blade section. A comparison between the lift curve and the e-Telltale signal was used to evaluate the ability of the sensor to detect flow separation. Results show different interesting properties of the sensor response depending on its size, position along the chord and its fitting process that could be used in real applications.

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