Progresses in Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Large Scale Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

ZHANG Zhen-yu; ZHAO Ning; ZHONG Wei; WANG Long; XU Bo-feng

doi:10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2013.10.005

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ZHANG Zhen-yu, ZHAO Ning, ZHONG Wei, WANG Long, XU Bo-feng. Progresses in Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Large Scale Wind Turbine Aerodynamics[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2013, 34(10): 1048-1058. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2013.10.005

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Progresses in Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Large Scale Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2013.10.005

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nangjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, P.R.China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China（11172135）；The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)（2014CB046200）

Received Date: 2013-04-23
Rev Recd Date: 2013-09-06
Publish Date: 2013-10-15

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The applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods in aerodynamic problems for the design of large scale wind turbines were introduced, especially progresses in the aerodynamic analyses of wind turbine profiles, numerical simulation of flow around wind turbines, numerical computation of aerodynamic performance and multi-objective aerodynamic optimization for large scale wind turbine blades were extensively discussed. With CFD methods, significant prediction was conducted for the 2D/3D aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine airfoils and blades, the vortex structure of the wake flow was accurately captured. Combined with the efficient multi-objective genetic algorithm, a 1.5 MW NH1500 optimum blade design with high wind energy conversion efficiency was obtained.
- computational fluid dynamics,
- wind turbine,
- numerical simulation,
- aerodynamic model

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