Comparative Study of the Aerodynamic Performance of the New MEXICO Rotor under Yaw Conditions

Yaoru Qian; Zhenyu Zhang; Tongguang Wang

doi:10.3390/en11040833

Energies (Apr 2018)

Comparative Study of the Aerodynamic Performance of the New MEXICO Rotor under Yaw Conditions

Yaoru Qian,
Zhenyu Zhang,
Tongguang Wang

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Yaoru Qian: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Zhenyu Zhang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Tongguang Wang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hi-Tech Research for Wind Turbine Design, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en11040833
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 4
p. 833

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The influence of yaw misalignment on the aerodynamic performance of the New MEXICO rotor is investigated using blade-resolved Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approaches with three wind speeds considered at a fixed yaw angle of 30 degrees. The air-load predictions and near wake characteristics from the numerical results are compared and discussed against the most recent wind tunnel test data. The nacelle impact, dynamic stall phenomenon and wake characteristics are analyzed, demonstrating the yaw effects and numerical issues raised from Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) and Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) computations.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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