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A comprehensive CFD investigation of tip vortex trajectory in shrouded wind turbines using compressible RANS solver

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  • Silva, Paulo A.S.F.
  • Tsoutsanis, Panagiotis
  • Vaz, Jerson R.P.
  • Macias, Marianela M.

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It is well known that a shroud placed around a wind turbine can increase its power coefficient, but it brings complex mechanisms by which the shroud alters the flow passing through the rotor. Such mechanisms impose numerical challenges, as the shrouded turbines present nonlinear behavior in the wake. This paper deals with a comprehensive analysis of tip vortex trajectory in shrouded wind turbines using Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes numerical solutions. The analysis includes aerodynamic performance and vortex characteristics of the whole wind turbine. The Multiple Reference Frame is used on a high-order unstructured compressible solver to study both, isolated and shrouded rotor. The NREL Phase VI Unsteady Aerodynamic Experiment rotor is used as a test case. The accuracy of results for wind speeds between 7 and 25 ms−1 is discussed. Overall, good agreement is achieved between the computed pressure distributions and the experimental reference values. At stalled blade, more efforts are needed to improve numerical solutions, especially for integrated load quantities. The vortex structure is examined, showing that shroud impacts tip vortex trajectory by the increase of the axial induced velocity at the rotor plane. This result, demonstrates that the classical Prandtl tip loss is not accurate for shrouded turbine analysis, and modern finite blade functions are needed. The influence of the flow conditions on the tip vortex trajectory, flow separation and shroud interaction are also discussed.

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  • Silva, Paulo A.S.F. & Tsoutsanis, Panagiotis & Vaz, Jerson R.P. & Macias, Marianela M., 2024. "A comprehensive CFD investigation of tip vortex trajectory in shrouded wind turbines using compressible RANS solver," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 294(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:294:y:2024:i:c:s0360544224007011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.130929
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