수직축 조류 터빈 발전효율 평가를 위한 유동-터빈 연동 CFD 해석 (I)

Abstract

In this study, numerical analyses that considered the dynamic interaction effects between the flow and a turbine were carried out to investigate the power output performance of an H‐type Darrieus turbine rotor, which is one of the representative lifting‐type vertical‐axis tidal‐current turbines. For this purpose, a commercial CFD code, Star‐CCM+, was utilized for an example three‐bladed turbine with a rotor diameter of 3.5 m, a solidity of 0.13, and the blade shape of an NACA0020 airfoil, and the optimal tip speed ratio (TSR) and corresponding maximum power coefficient were evaluated through exhaustive simulations with different sets of flow speed and external torque conditions. The optimal TSR and maximum power coefficient were found to be approximately 1.84 and 48%, respectively. The torque and angular velocity pulsations were also investigated, and it was found that the pulsation ratios for the torque and angular velocity were gradually increased and decreased with an increase in TSR, respectively.