A spatially nonlinear generalised actuator disk model for the simulation of horizontal axis wind and tidal turbines

Matt Edmunds, Alison J. Williams, Ian Masters, Arindam Banerjee and James H. VanZwieten

Energy, 2020, vol. 194, issue C

Abstract: Efficient numerical simulation of renewable energy wind and tidal turbines is important for the layout of devices in farms. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approaches using blade geometry resolved models are computationally expensive. Therefore, most array models use source term representations of rotors, normally actuator disk, actuator line or blade element disk. Unfortunately, these methods rarely capture enough physics to accurately predict power and at the same time correctly characterise the wake velocity field and turbulent structures.

Keywords: horizontal axis turbine; Finite volume; Hydrodynamics; Aerodynamics; Incompressible flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116803

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