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A CFD Study on High‐Thrust Corrections for Blade Element Momentum Models

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This paper presents a reanalysis of four axial-­f low rotor simulation datasets to study the relationship between thrust and axial induction factor. We concentrate on high-­thrust conditions and study variations in induction factor and loads across the span of the different rotor blades. The datasets consist of three different axial-­f low rotors operating at different tip-­speed ratios and, for one dataset, also at different blockage ratios. The reanalysis shows differences between the blade-­resolved CFD results and a widespread empirical turbulent wake model (TWM) used within blade element momentum (BEM) turbine models. These differences result in BEM models underestimating thrust and especially power for axial-­f low rotors operating in high-­thrust regimes. The accuracy of BEM model predictions are improved substantially by correcting this empirical TWM, producing better agreement with blade-­resolved CFD simulations for thrust and torque across most of the span of the blades of the three rotors. Additionally, the paper highlights deficiencies in tiploss modelling in common BEM implementations and highlights the impact of blockage on the relationship between thrust and axial induction factors.
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hal-04674174 , version 1 (21-08-2024)

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Federico Zilic de Arcos, Aidan Wimshurst, Richard H J Willden, Grégory Pinon, Christopher R Vogel. A CFD Study on High‐Thrust Corrections for Blade Element Momentum Models. Wind Energy, In press, ⟨10.1002/we.2937⟩. ⟨hal-04674174⟩
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