Effects of Tip Clearance Size on Energy Performance and Pressure Fluctuation of a Tidal Propeller Turbine
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Title
- Effects of Tip Clearance Size on Energy Performance and Pressure Fluctuation of a Tidal Propeller Turbine
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Author(s)
- Tran, Bao Ngoc; Jeong, Haechang; Kim, Jun-Ho; Park, Jin Soon; Yang, Changjo
- KIOST Author(s)
- Park, Jin Soon(박진순)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 박진순
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Publication Year
- 2020-08
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Abstract
- Unavoidable tip clearance between blade tip and casing shroud plays an important role in the performance and characteristics of a tidal propeller turbine. In this work, the tip-leakage vortex (TLV) induced in the end-wall region was numerically illustrated by using the shear-stress transport (SST) k-omega turbulence model at various flow conditions and different tip-clearance sizes (TCSs). The swirling strength criterion was employed to visualize the tip-leakage vortex trajectory and investigate vortex evolution according to clearance size change. Although TLV occurs in both design and off-design conditions, vortex intensity develops strongly under excess flow rate with increased tip gap. The extreme influence of TCS on the turbine's generated power and efficiency was predicted in steady simulations for four TCS cases, namely, delta = 0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, and 0.75%. With the extension of the tip gap, turbine performance was drastically reduced because of vigorous turbulent leakage flow combined with considerable volumetric loss. The effect of TCS on pressure fluctuation intensity were also explored on the basis of the transient simulation statistic. Maximal pressure variation amplitude and dominant frequency were presented in spectrum analysis utilizing fast Fourier transform.
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ISSN
- 1996-1073
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/32920
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DOI
- 10.3390/en13164055
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Bibliographic Citation
- ENERGIES, v.13, no.16, 2020
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Publisher
- MDPI
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Subject
- LEAKAGE VORTEX; FLOW; TURBULENCE; MECHANISMS; FAN
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Keywords
- computational fluid dynamics (CFD); propeller turbine; tip-clearance size (TCS); tip-leakage vortex (TLV); pressure fluctuation
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Type
- Article
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Document Type
- Article
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