Study of CFD simulation of a 3-D wind turbine

Author

Lu Qunfeng ; Chen Jin ; Cheng Jiangtao ; Qin Ning ; Danao, Louis Angelo M

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Mech. Transm., Chongqing Univ., Chongqing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

20-22 May 2011

Firstpage

596

Lastpage

600

Abstract

A roof-top scaled experimental wind turbine was simulated in FLUENT. Meshing technique for wind turbine blades was studied and a suitable mesh was achieved. The SST k-ω model was set to be the turbulence model in FLUENT. Detailed settings were studied to maintain a convergent and more accurate simulation. The simulation predicted the wind turbine power coefficient in different tip speed ratios. The flow field around the blade, and pressure distributions were also analyzed. The simulation results were compared with its experimental data, showing an agreement. The comparison validated the simulation method, proving that with suitable meshing and setting for FLUENT, simulations could be accurate and reliable.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; power system simulation; wind turbines; 3D wind turbine; CFD simulation; FLUENT; meshing technique; power coefficient; pressure distributions; roof top scaled; tip speed ratios; Atmospheric modeling; Automotive components; Bellows; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Software; Turbines; blade; mesh; power coefficient; simulation; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Materials for Renewable Energy & Environment (ICMREE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-749-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMREE.2011.5930883

Filename

5930883