Development and Validation of LibAero, a Potential Flow Aerodynamics Library for Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Lawton ◽  
Curran Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Potential Flow ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines ◽  
Development And Validation

A torque matched aerodynamic performance analysis method for the horizontal axis wind turbines

Wind Energy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 1727-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Abadi ◽  
Özgür Ertunç ◽  
Horst Weber ◽  
Antonio Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

Fast CFD Simulation of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio De Bellis ◽  
Luciano A. Catalano ◽  
Andrea Dadone
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Wall Functions ◽  
Mesh Topology ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines ◽  
Time Required

The numerical simulation of horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) has been analysed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the aim of obtaining reliable but at the same time affordable wind turbine simulations, while significantly reducing required overall resources (time, computational power, user skills), for example in an optimization perspective. Starting from mesh generation, time required to extract preliminary aerodynamic predictions of a wind turbine blade has been shortened by means of some simplifications, i.e.: fully unstructured mesh topology, reduced grid size, incompressible flow assumption, use of wall functions, commercial available CFD package employment. Ansys Fluent software package has been employed to solve Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations, and results obtained have been compared against NREL Phase VI campaign data. The whole CFD process (pre-processing, processing, postprocessing) has been analysed and the chosen final settings are the result of a trade-off between numerical accuracy and required resources. Besides the introduced simplifications, numerical predictions of shaft torque, forces and flow distribution are in good agreement with experimental data and as accurate as those calcuted by other more sophisticated works.

Multi-flexible-body Dynamic Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

Wind Energy ◽  
10.1002/we.66 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghoon Lee ◽  
Dewey H. Hodges ◽  
Mayuresh J. Patil
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Flexible Body ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines ◽  
Body Dynamic
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