IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jmathe/v11y2023i8p1834-d1122061.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Weather Vane Aerodynamic Characteristics: Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation and Experimental Approach

Author

Listed:
  • Evgeny V. Solomin

    (Department of Electric Power Generation Stations, Network and Supply Systems, South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia)

  • Gleb N. Ryavkin

    (Department of Electric Power Generation Stations, Network and Supply Systems, South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia)

Abstract

The known differential yaw error of horizontal axis wind turbines is clearly linked to weather vane fluctuations, arising out of the deflection of the onrushing wind flow from the rotating blades. Since the problem has not been resolved as the control systems still present this problem, it should be considered as an actual difficulty requiring deeper studies of the weather vane’s aerodynamic features, including the modeling of its deviations. This paper focuses on the computational fluid dynamics and experimental study of the aerodynamic characteristics of the weather vane located on the nacelle top of horizontal axis wind turbines. Computational fluid dynamics simulation is based on the k-ω Shear Stress Transport turbulence model and the Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation. The numerical simulation and laboratory experiment arrangements are demonstrated in detail. The new scientific results obtained during the research include the validation of the numerical experiment, demonstration of the differences in forming the wake structures for the used models on the studied angles of attack and comparison of the mean values of the moment and power spectral densities for all cases, which demonstrated a good correlation between the Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation data and the experiment. The time spent on the preparation of numerical experiments using different models was accurately estimated, to give an understanding of man-hour resources. The obtained moment values for the weather vane are applied for further mathematical modeling of the systems intended for the reduction in the differential yaw error. The applicability of the Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation approach was proved by the simulation of the aerodynamic characteristics of complexly streamlined bodies, but at the same time, it showed an extended calculation period. The results obtained during the study expand upon the experience of using numerical simulation when studying horizontal axis wind turbines and may be used to build mathematical models of yaw control systems.

Suggested Citation

  • Evgeny V. Solomin & Gleb N. Ryavkin, 2023. "Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Weather Vane Aerodynamic Characteristics: Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation and Experimental Approach," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-16, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:8:p:1834-:d:1122061
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/8/1834/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/8/1834/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Han Peng & Songyin Li & Linjian Shangguan & Yisa Fan & Hai Zhang, 2023. "Analysis of Wind Turbine Equipment Failure and Intelligent Operation and Maintenance Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-35, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:8:p:1834-:d:1122061. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.