Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Materials for Renewable Energy & Environment (ICMREE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-749-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMREE.2011.5930883
