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Vortical structures in the wake of the savonius wind turbine by the discrete vortex method

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  • Afungchui, David
  • Kamoun, Badreddinne
  • Helali, Ali

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This paper treats the vortex shedding phenomenon of a savonius wind turbine, whose knowledge is primordial in correctly calculating the airloads on the blades. The specific aim being to numerically predict the disposition and geometry of the vortical structures in the wake of the savonius rotor whose existence has been visualised by a number of experimentalists. In the numerical approach, the blade is represented by discrete bound vortices while the wake is generated in a time stepping calculation as an emission of free vortices. The calculations are enhanced by the Newmann boundary condition coupled to the Kutta–Joukowsky condition and the Kelvin's theorem for the conservation of circulation. The convection of the vortices in the wake is accomplished through a predictor corrector integration scheme. A code has been developed which predicts the wake structure to be in good agreement with the experimental visualizations: For low tip speed ratios, the wake consists of a series of three discrete vortical structures while at higher tip speed ratios, the characteristic structure is the presences of a central vortex.

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  • Afungchui, David & Kamoun, Badreddinne & Helali, Ali, 2014. "Vortical structures in the wake of the savonius wind turbine by the discrete vortex method," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 174-179.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:69:y:2014:i:c:p:174-179
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.03.038
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    1. Afungchui, David & Kamoun, Baddreddinne & Helali, Ali & Ben Djemaa, Abdellatif, 2010. "The unsteady pressure field and the aerodynamic performances of a Savonius rotor based on the discrete vortex method," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 307-313.
    2. Kamoun, Badreddine & Afungchui, David & Chauvin, Alain, 2005. "A wind turbine blade profile analysis code based on the singularities method," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 339-352.
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