2.5D large eddy simulation of vertical axis wind turbine in consideration of high angle of attack flow

Renewable Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 317-330

  Li, Chao ^a,b   Zhu, Songye ^a   Xu, You Lin ^a   Xiao, Yiqing ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2.5D large eddy simulation; Computational fluid dynamics; High angle of attack; Straight bladed vertical axis wind turbine

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ACCURATE PREDICTION; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC STALLS; HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK; HIGH-ANGLE-OF-ATTACK FLOWS; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; PERIODIC BOUNDARIES; ROTATING SPEED; ROTATION SPEED; SELF-STARTING; STRAIGHT-BLADED; TIP SPEED RATIO; TIP VORTEX; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VERTICAL FLOWS;

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; FLOW PATTERN; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE RESOURCE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84867833811     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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