The Effect of Blade Lean, Twist and Bow on the Performance of Axial Turbine at Design Point

Author(s):  
Hadi Karrabi ◽  
Mohsen Rezasoltani

An investigation to understand the impact of twisted, leaned and bowed blades on the performance of axial turbine was undertaken. A CFD code, which solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations, was used to compute the complex flow field of axial turbine. The code was validated against existing Hannover turbine experimental data. Numerical data showed good agreement with measured data. Finally, the effect of geometry changes, focusing on blade lean, twist and bow, on the Avon turbine blade performance, was analyzed. Results show that twisted blade affects performance significantly. Leaned and bowed blade has minor effect on performance.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-49
Author(s):  
Ridha Alwan Ahmed

       In this paper, the phenomena of vortex shedding from the circular cylinder surface has been studied at several Reynolds Numbers (40≤Re≤ 300).The 2D, unsteady, incompressible, Laminar flow, continuity and Navier Stokes equations have been solved numerically by using CFD Package FLUENT. In this package PISO algorithm is used in the pressure-velocity coupling.        The numerical grid is generated by using Gambit program. The velocity and pressure fields are obtained upstream and downstream of the cylinder at each time and it is also calculated the mean value of drag coefficient and value of lift coefficient .The results showed that the flow is strongly unsteady and unsymmetrical at Re>60. The results have been compared with the available experiments and a good agreement has been found between them


2006 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
A.S. Topolnikov

The paper is devoted to numerical modeling of Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible media in the case, when there exist gas and liquid inside the rectangular calculation region, which are separated by interphase boundary. The set of equations for incompressible liquid accounting for viscous, gravitational and surface (capillary) forces is solved by finite-difference scheme on the spaced grid, for description of interphase boundary the ideology of Level Set Method is used. By developed numerical code the set of hydrodynamic problems is solved, which describe the motion of two-phase incompressible media with interphase boundary. As a result of numerical simulation the solutions are obtained, which are in good agreement with existing analytical and experimental solutions.


1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Marple ◽  
B. Y. H. Liu ◽  
K. T. Whitby

The flow field in an inertial impactor was studied experimentally with a water model by means of a flow visualization technique. The influence of such parameters as Reynolds number and jet-to-plate distance on the flow field was determined. The Navier-Stokes equations describing the laminar flow field in the impactor were solved numerically by means of a finite difference relaxation method. The theoretical results were found to be in good agreement with the empirical observations made with the water model.


1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Robert R. Hwang ◽  
Sheng-Yuh Jaw

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a numerical study on turbulent vortex shedding flows past a square cylinder. The 2D unsteady periodic shedding motion was resolved in the calculation and the superimposed turbulent fluctuations were simulated with a second-order Reynolds-stress closure model. The calculations were carried out by solving numerically the fully elliptic ensemble-averaged Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the turbulence model equations together with the two-layer approach in the treatment of the near-wall region. The performance of the computations was evaluated by comparing the numerical results with data from available experiments. Results indicate that the present study gives good agreement in the shedding frequency and mean drag as well as in some phase profiles of the mean velocity.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Reggio ◽  
R. Camarero

A numerical procedure to solve three-dimensional incompressible flows in arbitrary shapes is presented. The conservative form of the primitive-variable formulation of the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations written for a general curvilinear coordiante system is adopted. The numerical scheme is based on an overlapping grid combined with opposed differencing for mass and pressure gradients. The pressure and the velocity components are stored at the same location: the center of the computational cell which is used for both mass and the momentum balance. The resulting scheme is stable and no oscillations in the velocity or pressure fields are detected. The method is applied to test cases of ducting and the results are compared with experimental and numerical data.


Author(s):  
П.А. Поливанов

In this paper a numerical and experimental study of the effect of blowing/suction through a perforated surface on a turbulent boundary layer at a Mach number M = 1.4 is carried out. Most of the calculations were performed by Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the k-w SST turbulence model. The calculated geometry completely repeated the experimental one including the perforated surface. The numerical data were compared with experimental measurements obtained by the PIV method. Analysis of the data made it possible to find the limits of applicability of the numerical method for this flow.


2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 100-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Boudin ◽  
Céline Grandmont ◽  
Bérénice Grec ◽  
Sébastien Martin ◽  
Amina Mecherbet ◽  
...  

In this paper, we propose a coupled fluid-kinetic model taking into account the radius growth of aerosol particles due to humidity in the respiratory system. We aim to numerically investigate the impact of hygroscopic effects on the particle behaviour. The air flow is described by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, and the aerosol by a Vlasov-type equation involving the air humidity and temperature, both quantities satisfying a convection-diffusion equation with a source term. Conservations properties are checked and an explicit time-marching scheme is proposed. Twodimensional numerical simulations in a branched structure show the influence of the particle size variations on the aerosol dynamics.


Fluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agostino Lauria ◽  
Giancarlo Alfonsi ◽  
Ali Tafarojnoruz

Ski jump spillways are frequently implemented to dissipate energy from high-speed flows. The general feature of this structure is to transform the spillway flow into a free jet up to a location where the impact of the jet creates a plunge pool, representing an area for potential erosion phenomena. In the present investigation, several tests with different ski jump bucket angles are executed numerically by means of the OpenFOAM® digital library, taking advantage of the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS) approach. The results are compared to those obtained experimentally by other authors as related to the jet length and shape, obtaining physical insights into the jet characteristics. Particular attention is given to the maximum pressure head at the tailwater. Simple equations are proposed to predict the maximum dynamic pressure head acting on the tailwater, as dependent upon the Froude number, and the maximum pressure head on the bucket. Results of this study provide useful suggestions for the design of ski jump spillways in dam construction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 07001
Author(s):  
Abdul Haslim Abdul Shukor Lim ◽  
Zulhilmi Ismai ◽  
Mohamad Hidayat Jama ◽  
Md. Ridzuan Makhtar

Capabilities of numerical tools to simulate fluid problems significantly depend on its methods to solve for the Navier-Stokes equations. Different dimensional computing tools using the same horizontal meshes were used to simulate flow conditions inside non- and vegetation meandering compound channel. Both tools give good agreement for simulations of depth-averaged streamwise velocity inside the main channel, but its capabilities vary significantly for simulations on floodplains. Lower relative depth recorded a higher percentage of errors than flow with higher relative depth. Vegetation along the main channel increased the flows complexity especially in the area near the vegetation thus reducing the simulation capabilities of the computing tools. Simulations work by TELEMAC-3D significantly better in the areas with highly dimensional and turbulence conditions. TELEMAC-2D is still useful because of its simplicity and lower computing time and resources required.


2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. R. B. Olsen ◽  
D. K. Lysne

A three-dimensional numerical model was used to model water circulation and spatial variation of temperature in Lake Sperillen in Norway. A winter situation was simulated, with thermal stratification and ice cover. The numerical model solved the Navier-Stokes equations on a 3D unstructured non-orthogonal grid with hexahedral cells. The SIMPLE method was used for the pressure coupling and the k-ε model was used to model turbulence, with a modification for density stratification due to the vertical temperature profile. The results were compared with field measurements of the temperature in the lake, indicating the location of the water current. Reasonably good agreement was found.


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