CFD Investigation on the aerodynamic characteristics of a small-sized wind turbine of NREL PHASE VI operating with a stall-regulated method

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Mo, Jang Oh ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 D stall; A small sized wind turbine; Aerodynamic characteristics; Blade element momentum theory; CFD; Power coefficient; Pressure coefficient; Separated flow; Stall angle; Stall regulated method; Surface streamlines; Tip speed ratio

Indexed keywords

3-D STALL; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM THEORY; POWER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; SEPARATED FLOWS; STALL ANGLE; STALL-REGULATED METHOD; SURFACE STREAMLINES; TIP SPEED RATIO;

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; HELICOPTER ROTORS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84862919825     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-011-1014-7     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. H. Erich, Wind turbines, Springer Verlag (2000) 69-76.
2. E. P. N. Duque, C. P. van Dam and S. C. Hughes, Navier-Stokes simulations of the NREL combined experiment phase II rotor, AIAA Paper, 99-0037 (1999).
3. G. Xu and L. N. Sankar, Computational study of horizontal axis wind turbines, Journal of Solar Energy Eng, 122(1) (2000) 35-39.
4. G. Xu and L. N. Sankar, Effects of transition, turbulence and yaw on the performance of horizontal axis wind turbines, AIAA Paper, 2000-0048 (2000).
5. N. N. Sorensen and M. O. L. Hansen, Rotor performance predictions using a Navier-Stokes method, AIAA Paper, 98-0025 (1998).
6. N. N. Sorensen and J. A. Michelsen, Aerodynamic predictions for the unsteady aerodynamics experiment Phase II rotor at the national renewable energy laboratory, AIAA Paper, 2000-0037 (2000).
7. D. Simms, S. Schreck, M. Hand and L. J. Fingersh, NREL Unsteady aerodynamics experiment in the NASA-Ames wind tunnel: A Comparison of predictions to measurements, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL/TP-500-29494 (2001).
8. M. M. Hand, D. A. Simms, L. J. Fingersh, D. W. Jager, J. R. Cotrell, S. Schreck and S. M. Larwood, Unsteady aerodynamics experiment phase VI: Wind tunnel test configurations and available data campaigns, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL/TP-500-29955, December (2001).
9. D. C. Wilcox, A half centry historical review of the k-ω model, AIAA Paper, 91-0615 (1991).
10. F. R. Menter, Performance of popular turbulence models for attached and separated adverse pressure gradient flows, AIAA Journal, 30 (1992) 2066-2072.
11. F. R. Menter, Zonal two equation k-ω turbulence models for aerodynamic flows, AIAA Paper, 93-2906 (1993).
12. F. R. Menter, Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications, AIAA Journal 32(8) (1994) 1598-1605.
13. ANSYS FLUENT 12. 0 Theory Guide 171-188.
14. D. C. Wilcox, Turbulence modeling for CFD, Second Edition (2000).
15. G. P. Corten, Inviscid stall model, Proceedings of EWEC, Denmark (2001) 466-469.
16. B. S. Kim, J. H. Kim, Koji KIKUYAMA, P. P. J. O. M. van rooij and Y. H. Lee, 3-D numerical predictions of horizontal axis wind turbine power characteristics of the scaled delft university T40/500 model, the Fifth JSME-KSME Fluids Engineering Conference (2002) 17-21.
17. S. P. Breton, Study of the stall delay phenomenon and of wind turbine blade dynamics using numerical approaches and NREL's wind tunnel tests, Doctoral thesis, June 2008.
18. F. R. Menter, R. Langtry and S. Völker, Transition modelling, for general purpose CFD codes, Flow Turbulence Combust, 77 (2006) 277-303.
19. S. Wangner, R. Bareis and G. Guidati, Wind turbine noise, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1996).
20. J. O. Mo and Y. H. Lee, Numerical simulation for prediction of aerodynamic noise characteristics on a HAWT of NREL Phase VI, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 25(5) (2011) 1341-1349.
21. T. Burton, D. Sharpe, N. Jenkins and E. Bossanyi, Wind energy handbook.
22. C. L. Rumsey and R. T. Biedron, Computation of flow over a drag prediction workship wing/body transport configuration using CFL3D, Langley Research Center, NASA/TM-2001-211262, December (2001).