A comparative study of wind turbine rotor aerodynamic loads obtained from an experimental approach and predicted by a high fidelity CFD simulation
Résumé
Computational prediction of aerodynamics for a twobladed wind turbine rotor model at the profile, blade, and rotor scale are compared to experimental data. It is measured at the wind tunnel of the University of Orleans with an instrumented rotor model to obtain global coefficients, bending moments, and pressure chordwise distributions. A turbulence grid is used to obtain a turbulence intensity of 3.8% at the rotor position. A kω SST unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) model is conducted with a fully resolved rotor, with and without automatic grid refinement. This study aims to examine the prediction capabilities of the simulation for various physical variables. The simulation demonstrates a relatively good prediction of power and thrust coefficients compared with experimental data with a maximum scatter of 8.5%. The prediction of the pressure coefficient distribution at three different radial positions is satisfactory but shows discrepancies when it comes to accurately predicting flow separation and Reynolds effects.
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Milieux fluides et réactifsOrigine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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