3-D time-accurate inviscid and viscous CFD simulations of wind turbine rotor flow fields

Nilay Sezer-Uzol, Ankur Gupta, Lyle N. Long

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of three-dimensional and time-accurate, parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of the flow field around a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) rotor. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) methodology with an instantaneous loglaw wall model is used for the viscous computations. The 3-D, unsteady, parallel, finite volume flow solver, PUMA2, is used for the simulations. The solutions are obtained using unstructured moving grids rotating with the turbine blades. Three different flow cases with different wind speeds and wind yaw angles are investigated. Results for these three cases and comparisons with the experimental data are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationParallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2007
Subtitle of host publicationImplementations and Experiences on Large Scale and Grid Computing
Pages457-464
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventParallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, Parallel CFD 2007 - Antalya, Turkey
Duration: May 21 2007May 24 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
Volume67 LNCSE
ISSN (Print)1439-7358

Other

OtherParallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, Parallel CFD 2007
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityAntalya
Period5/21/075/24/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Engineering
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Control and Optimization
  • Computational Mathematics

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