Paraschivoiu, Marius, Komeili, Martin and Zadeh, Saman Naghib (2014) MESH CONVERGENCE STUDY FOR 2-D STRAIGHT-BLADE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE SIMULATIONS AND ESTIMATION FOR 3-D SIMULATIONS. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering,, 38 (4).
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Abstract
Mesh resolution requirements are investigated for 2-D and 3-D simulations of the complex flow around a straight-blade vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The resulting flow, which may include large separation flows over the blades, dynamic stall, and wake-blade interaction, is simulated by an Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes analysis, based on the Spalart–Allmaras (S–A) turbulence model. A grid resolution study is conducted on 2-D grids to examine the convergence of the CFD model. Hence, an averaged grid
residual of y+ > 30 is employed, along with a wall treatment, to capture the near-wall region’s flow
structures. Furthermore a 3-D simulation on a coarse grid of the VAWT model is performed in order to explore the influence of the 3-D effects on the aerodynamic performance of the turbine. Finally, based on the 2-D grid convergence study and the 3-D results, the required computational time and mesh to simulate 3-D VAWT accurately is proposed.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Paraschivoiu, Marius and Komeili, Martin and Zadeh, Saman Naghib |
| Journal or Publication: | Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, |
| Date: | 2014 |
| ID Code: | 980107 |
| Deposited By: | Geoffrey Little |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jun 2015 15:44 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 17:50 |
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