Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study
The main purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) operating in a dusty environment, with various concentration of dust in the flow domain. The computational analysis was accomplished by the commercial computational f...
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| description | The main purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) operating in a dusty environment, with various concentration of dust in the flow domain. The computational analysis was accomplished by the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS Fluent 16.0. Initially, a user-friendly developed application was utilized for the optimum blade geometry special characteristics calculation. The design of the HAWT rotor and meshing of the computational domain follows. The moving reference frame (MRF) model was applied for the rotary motion of the blades, the dust was added in the computational domain by the discrete phase model (DPM) and SST k–ω turbulence model was enabled. The power output of the studied HAWT, operating in several dusty environments, was estimated and compared with the power output of a particular HAWT in clean air. The flow field around the HAWT rotor, including the contours of pressure, particles dissipation rate and erosion rate on both blade sides, are shown. In general, it is concluded that the operation of a HAWT in a dusty environment results in degraded performance, due to the particles deposition on the blades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-632ea1814bde4f18aa137ad01d7b04e32023-11-16T21:15:26ZengMDPI AGInventions2411-51342022-12-0181310.3390/inventions8010003Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational StudyDimitra Douvi0Eleni Douvi1Dionissios Margaris2Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (FML), Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, GreeceFluid Mechanics Laboratory (FML), Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, GreeceFluid Mechanics Laboratory (FML), Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Department, University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, GreeceThe main purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of the aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) operating in a dusty environment, with various concentration of dust in the flow domain. The computational analysis was accomplished by the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS Fluent 16.0. Initially, a user-friendly developed application was utilized for the optimum blade geometry special characteristics calculation. The design of the HAWT rotor and meshing of the computational domain follows. The moving reference frame (MRF) model was applied for the rotary motion of the blades, the dust was added in the computational domain by the discrete phase model (DPM) and SST k–ω turbulence model was enabled. The power output of the studied HAWT, operating in several dusty environments, was estimated and compared with the power output of a particular HAWT in clean air. The flow field around the HAWT rotor, including the contours of pressure, particles dissipation rate and erosion rate on both blade sides, are shown. In general, it is concluded that the operation of a HAWT in a dusty environment results in degraded performance, due to the particles deposition on the blades.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/8/1/3horizontal axis wind turbinedusty environmentsand particlesaerodynamic performancenumerical simulationdiscrete phase model |
| spellingShingle | Dimitra Douvi Eleni Douvi Dionissios Margaris Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study Inventions horizontal axis wind turbine dusty environment sand particles aerodynamic performance numerical simulation discrete phase model |
| title | Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study |
| title_full | Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study |
| title_fullStr | Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study |
| title_short | Aerodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Operating with Dust—A Computational Study |
| title_sort | aerodynamic performance of a horizontal axis wind turbine operating with dust a computational study |
| topic | horizontal axis wind turbine dusty environment sand particles aerodynamic performance numerical simulation discrete phase model |
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