Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance investigations on modified H-rotor Darrieus wind turbine. Issue 1 (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dessoky, Amgad; Lutz, Thorsten; Krämer, Ewald
• Is Part Of: Wind engineering. Volume 46:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 69
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: Aerodynamic -- aeroacoustic -- capped turbine -- Darrieus turbine -- guide-vanes -- hybrid RANS/LES (DDES); Wind-pressure -- Periodicals; Winds -- Periodicals; Wind power -- Periodicals; Engineering meteorology -- Periodicals; Pression du vent; Vents; Énergie éolienne; Météorologie appliquée; Engineering meteorology; Wind power; Wind-pressure; Winds; Periodicals; 621.4505
• DOI: 10.1177/0309524X211003963
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-524X

Abstract

The present paper investigates the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic characteristics of the H-rotor Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) combined with very promising energy conversion and steering technology; a fixed guide-vanes. The main scope of the current work is to enhance the aerodynamic performance and assess the noise production accomplished with such enhancement. The studies are carried out in two phases; the first phase is a parametric 2D CFD simulation employing the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach to optimize the design parameters of the guide-vanes. The second phase is a 3D CFD simulation of the full turbine using a higher-order numerical scheme and a hybrid RANS/LES (DDES) method. The guide-vanes show a superior power augmentation, about 42% increase in the power coefficient at λ = 2.75, with a slightly noisy operation and completely change the signal directivity. A remarkable difference in power coefficient is observed between 2D and 3D models at the high-speed ratios stems from the 3D effect. As a result, a 3D simulation of the capped Darrieus turbine is carried out, and then a noise assessment of such configuration is assessed. The results show a 20% increase in power coefficient by using the cap, without significant change in the noise signal.