Dynamic wind loads and wake characteristics of a wind turbine model in an atmospheric boundary layer wind |
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Authors: | Hui Hu Zifeng Yang Partha Sarkar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, 2271 Howe Hall, Room 1200, Ames, IA 50010, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | An experimental study was conducted to characterize the dynamic wind loads and evolution of the unsteady vortex and turbulent
flow structures in the near wake of a horizontal axis wind turbine model placed in an atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel.
In addition to measuring dynamic wind loads (i.e., aerodynamic forces and bending moments) acting on the wind turbine model
by using a high-sensitive force-moment sensor unit, a high-resolution digital particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was
used to achieve flow field measurements to quantify the characteristics of the turbulent vortex flow in the near wake of the
wind turbine model. Besides conducting “free-run” PIV measurements to determine the ensemble-averaged statistics of the flow
quantities such as mean velocity, Reynolds stress, and turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) distributions in the wake flow, “phase-locked”
PIV measurements were also performed to elucidate further details about evolution of the unsteady vortex structures in the
wake flow in relation to the position of the rotating turbine blades. The effects of the tip-speed-ratio of the wind turbine
model on the dynamic wind loads and wake flow characteristics were quantified in the terms of the variations of the aerodynamic
thrust and bending moment coefficients of the wind turbine model, the evolution of the helical tip vortices and the unsteady
vortices shedding from the blade roots and turbine nacelle, the deceleration of the incoming airflows after passing the rotation
disk of the turbine blades, the TKE and Reynolds stress distributions in the near wake of the wind turbine model. The detailed
flow field measurements were correlated with the dynamic wind load measurements to elucidate underlying physics in order to
gain further insight into the characteristics of the dynamic wind loads and turbulent vortex flows in the wakes of wind turbines
for the optimal design of the wind turbines operating in atmospheric boundary layer winds. |
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