Rotor‐tower interactions of DTU 10MW reference wind turbine with a non‐linear harmonic method. Issue 4 (5th October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Horcas, Sergio González; Debrabandere, François; Tartinville, Benoît; Hirsch, Charles; Coussement, Grégory
• Is Part Of: Wind energy. Volume 20:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 619
• Page End: 636
• Publication Date: 2016-10-05
• Subjects: computational fluid dynamics -- DTU 10MW RWT -- horizontal axis wind turbine -- non‐linear harmonic -- Reynolds‐averaged navier stokes -- rotor‐tower interactions -- unsteady Reynolds‐averaged navier stokes; Wind power -- Periodicals; 621.312136
• DOI: 10.1002/we.2027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1095-4244

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, a computational study of the DTU 10MW reference wind turbine unsteady aerodynamics is presented. The whole wind turbine assembly was considered, including the complete rotor and the tower. The FINE/Turbo flow solver developed by NUMECA International was employed for the simulations. In particular, the Non‐Linear Harmonic (NLH) method was applied in order to accurately model flow unsteadiness at reduced computational cost. Important vortex shedding structures were identified at low blade span range and all along the tower height. A strong interaction between rotor and tower flows was also observed. Lastly, the performance of the NLH approach was compared against a standard Unsteady Reynolds‐Averaged Navier Stokes simulation. The same complex unsteady flow phenomena were captured by both technologies. Nevertheless, the NLH approach was found to be 10 times faster than the Unsteady Reynolds‐Averaged Navier Stokes method for this particular application. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.