Winglets (WLs) have recently been used to improve the performance of horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT). The WL geometry is a key parameter for diverging blade tip vortices away from turbine blades and reducing induced drag. The present study focuses on the effect of winglet height (H) and toe angle ( w ) on the turbine performance. The performance of a three-bladed rotor of 1 m diameter with SD8000 aerofoil is numerically investigated using ANSYS 17.2 CFD on a polyhedral mesh. The model is hence validated by comparing results for power coefficient (C pw ) with experimental values available in the literature. Four different values of H are considered while keeping w constant at 0 • . H of 0.8%R is proved to be the best height for performance enhancement. It increases C pw by 2.4% at tip speed ratio = 7. The toe angle effect is studied for upwind and downwind WLs. The results show that C pw increases as w increases up to w = +20 • at all values of . C pw increases by 6% at = 7. Downwind WL always reduces C pw . The present results are well explained by the resulting vectors map near the blade tip. Using WL with the optimum H and w , causes 6% increase in C pw as compared to rotor without WL. K E Y W O R D SCFD, toe angle, wind turbine, winglet, winglet height INTRODUCTIONGlobal warming and fossil fuel emissions are the main drive and motivation for finding alternative sources of energy. Wind energy is one of the most viable alternative energy sources. It is expected to support the global electricity by more than 20% by 2030. 1 Many researchers have studied the aerodynamics behavior of the flow around wind turbines in order to understand the wind kinetic energy extraction by rotor. The flow around wind turbine is very complicated due to turbulence generation and vortices. Experimental studies need sophisticated measurements techniques and equipments. Verified numerical modeling has been widely used in order to better understand the flow within the turbine and in its wake.Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are the most common approaches that are used to calculate the aerodynamic forces. 2 BEMT is the basic theory of wind turbine blade design by combination between momentum theory and blade geometry. It solves set of equations at each blade element by balancingThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
This paper presents a computational study for a high-speed centrifugal compressor stage with a design pressure ratio equal to 4, the stage consisting of a splittered unshrouded impeller and a wedged vaned diffuser. The aim of this paper is to investigate numerically the modifications of the flow structure during a surge cycle. The investigations are based on the results of unsteady three-dimensional, compressible flow simulations, using large eddy simulation (LES) model. Instantaneous and mean flow field analyses are presented in the impeller inducer and in the vaned diffuser region through one surge cycle time intervals. The computational data compare favorably with the measured data, from the literature, for the same compressor and operational point. The surge event phases are well detected inside the impeller and diffuser. The time-averaged loading on the impeller main blade is maximum near the trialing edge and near the tip. The amplitude of the unsteady pressure fluctuation is maximum for the flow reversal condition and reaches values up to 70% of the dynamic pressure. The diffuser vane exhibits high-pressure fluctuation from the vane leading edge to 50% of the chord length. High-pressure fluctuation is detected during the forward flow recovery condition as a result of the shock wave that moves toward the diffuser outlet.
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