Surging Wind Turbine Simulations with a Free Wake Panel Method

A. F.P. Ribeiro*, D. Casalino, C. S. Ferreira

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Abstract

We investigate the aerodynamics of a surging wind turbine with numerical simulations based on a free wake panel method. We start by demonstrating the method's capability to simulate a plunging airfoil, which provides some insights that are later used to interpret results of a surging rotor. We then validate the method on a non-surging wind turbine and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our approach. Next, we focus on the UNAFLOW case: a surging wind turbine which was modelled experimentally and with various numerical methods. Good agreement with experimental data is observed for amplitude and phase of the thrust with surge motion. For the first time, we achieve numerical results of a wind turbine wake that accurately reproduce experimentally verified effects of surging motion. Finally, we extend our simulations beyond the frequency range of the UNAFLOW experiments and reach results that do not follow a quasi-steady response. Using the plunging airfoil data, we justify the behavior observed in the non-linear range. Our work seeks to contribute a different method to the pool of results for the UNAFLOW case, while extending the analysis to conditions that have not been simulated before.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042027
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume2265
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event2022 Science of Making Torque from Wind, TORQUE 2022 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: 1 Jun 20223 Jun 2022

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