Blade Load Unsteadiness and Turbulence Statistics in an Actuator-Line Computed Turbine-Turbine Interaction Problem

作者:Jha Pankaj K; Schmitz Sven*
来源:Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-Transactions of the ASME, 2016, 138(3): 031002.
DOI:10.1115/1.4032545

摘要

The objective of this study is to investigate how different volumetric projection techniques used in actuator-line modeling affect the unsteady blade loads and wake turbulence statistics. The two techniques for the body-force projection radius are based on either (i) the grid spacing or (ii) the combination of grid spacing and an equivalent elliptic blade plan-form. An array of two National Renewable Energy Laboratory 5-MW turbines separated by seven rotor diameters is simulated for 2000 s (about rotor 300 revolutions) within a large-eddy simulation (LES) solver of the neutral and moderately convective atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The statistics of sectional angle of attack (AOA), blade loads, and turbine power histories are quantified. Moreover, the degree of unsteadiness of sectional blade loads in response to atmospheric and wake turbulence is computed via a reduced frequency based on the rate-of-change in sectional AOA. The goal of this work is to make the wind energy community aware of the uncertainties associated with actuator-line modeling approaches.

  • 出版日期2016-6