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Numerical Analysis of Aerodynamic Performance of a Fixed-Pitch Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Rotor

Rogowski Krzysztof, Michna Jan, Ferreira Carlos

Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal

2024

Vol. 18, no 6

97--109

The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of predicting the aerodynamic loads and investigate the aerodynamic wake characteristics of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) rotor using a simplified two-dimensional numerical rotor model and an advanced numerical approach - the Scale Adaptive Simulation (SAS) coupled with the four-equation γ-Re_θ turbulence model. The challenge for this approach lies in the operating conditions of the rotor, the blade pitch angles, and the very small geometric dimensions of the rotor. The rotor, with a diameter of 0.3m, operates at a low tip speed ratio of 2.5 and an extremely low blade Reynolds number of approximately 22,000, whereas the pitch angles, β, are: -10, 0, and 10 degrees. Validation was conducted based on high-fidelity measurements obtained using the PIV technique at TU Delft. The obtained results of rotor loads and velocity profiles are surprisingly reliable for cases of β=0° and β=-10°. However, the 2-D model is too imprecise to estimate both aerodynamic loads and velocity fields accurately.