About the suitability of different numerical methods to reproduce model wind turbine measurements in a wind tunnel with a high blockage ratio

Author:

Klein Annette Claudia,Bartholomay SirkoORCID,Marten David,Lutz Thorsten,Pechlivanoglou George,Nayeri Christian Navid,Paschereit Christian Oliver,Krämer Ewald

Abstract

Abstract. In the present paper, numerical and experimental investigations of a model wind turbine with a diameter of 3.0 m are described. The study has three objectives. The first one is the provision of validation data. The second one is to estimate the influence of the wind tunnel walls by comparing measurements to simulated results with and without wind tunnel walls. The last objective is the comparison and evaluation of methods of high fidelity, namely computational fluid dynamics, and medium fidelity, namely lifting-line free vortex wake. The experiments were carried out in the large wind tunnel of the TU Berlin where a blockage ratio of 40 % occurs. With the lifting-line free vortex wake code QBlade, the turbine was simulated under far field conditions at the TU Berlin. Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of the wind turbine, including wind tunnel walls and under far field conditions, were performed at the University of Stuttgart with the computational fluid dynamics code FLOWer. Comparisons among the experiment, the lifting-line free vortex wake code and the computational fluid dynamics code include on-blade velocity and angle of attack. Comparisons of flow fields are drawn between the experiment and the computational fluid dynamics code. Bending moments are compared among the simulations. A good accordance was achieved for the on-blade velocity and the angle of attack, whereas deviations occur for the flow fields and the bending moments.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

Subject

Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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