In the present work, the recent developed Unsteady Double Wake Model, USDWM, is used to simulate separated flows past a wind turbine airfoil at high angles of attack. The solver is basically an unsteady two-dimensiona...In the present work, the recent developed Unsteady Double Wake Model, USDWM, is used to simulate separated flows past a wind turbine airfoil at high angles of attack. The solver is basically an unsteady two-dimensional panel method which uses the unsteady double wake technique to model flow separation and its dynamics. In this paper, the calculated integral forces have been successfully validated against wind tunnel measurements for the FFA-W3-211 airfoil. Furthermore, the computed highly unsteady flow field is analyzed in detail for a set of angles of attack ranging from light to deep stall conditions.展开更多
Beijing authorities recently announced the extension of the city’s vehicle restrictions for another year, from April 11, 2009 to April 10, 2010, excluding legal holidays. According to the first round of auto restrict...Beijing authorities recently announced the extension of the city’s vehicle restrictions for another year, from April 11, 2009 to April 10, 2010, excluding legal holidays. According to the first round of auto restrictions designed for the Beijing Olympics, private vehicles were banned from roads from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily,展开更多
To alleviate the performance deterioration caused by dynamic stall of a wind turbine airfoil,the flow control by a microsecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge(MP-DBD) actuator on the dynamic stall of a periodicall...To alleviate the performance deterioration caused by dynamic stall of a wind turbine airfoil,the flow control by a microsecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge(MP-DBD) actuator on the dynamic stall of a periodically pitching NACA0012 airfoil was investigated experimentally.Unsteady pressure measurements with high temporal accuracy were employed in this study,and the unsteady characteristics of the boundary layer were investigated by wavelet packet analysis and the moving root mean square method based on the acquired pressure.The experimental Mach number was 0.2,and the chord-based Reynolds number was 870 000.The dimensionless actuation frequencies F+ were chosen to be 0.5,1,2,and 3,respectively.For the light dynamic regime,the MP-DBD plasma actuator plays the role of suppressing flow separation from the trial edge and accelerating the flow reattachment due to the high-momentum freestream flow being entrained into the boundary layer.Meanwhile,actuation effects were promoted with the increasing dimensionless actuation frequency F+.The control effects of the deep dynamic stall were to delay the onset and reduce the strength of the dynamic stall vortex due to the accumulating vorticity near the leading edge being removed by the induced coherent vortex structures.The laminar fluctuation and Kelvin-Helmholtz(K-H) instabilities of transition and relaminarization were also mitigated by the MP-DBD actuation,and the alleviated K-H rolls led to the delay of the transition onset and earlier laminar reattachment,which improved the hysteresis effect of the dynamic stall.For the controlled cases of F+=2,and F+=3,the laminar fluctuation was replaced by relatively low frequency band disturbances corresponding to the harmonic responses of the MP-DBD actuation frequency.展开更多
The current energy supply trajectory in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)region is not sustainable.Factors such as rising standards of living and demographic patterns,including population growth,lead t...The current energy supply trajectory in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)region is not sustainable.Factors such as rising standards of living and demographic patterns,including population growth,lead to continuous increase in power demand,which is difficult to meet using limited fossil fuel resources.Thus,a transition toward clean energy sources is needed in the region.While ASEAN member countries are rich in clean energy resources,such resources are located far from demand centers;thus,allocation of clean energy is necessary to increase its utilization.In this study,power demand is forecasted using a combination of prediction methods.A model to evaluate the installed capacity and power exchange potential is proposed to deal with mismatch between the location of the clean energy base and the load center.Furthermore,the concept of cross-regional allocation of clean energy between the ASEAN region,China,and South Asia is presented.A power interconnection scheme among the ASEAN member countries as well as neighboring countries is proposed based on the power exchange potential.The proposed grid interconnection scheme contributes to the utilization of clean energy in the ASEAN region,increasing the proportion of clean energy in the generation mix,which ensures that the region becomes a sustainable and resilient society with a clean and low carbon development route.Furthermore,the proposed power interconnection scheme will generate valuable economic,social,environmental,and resource allocation benefits.展开更多
Frequent shifts of output and operating mode require a pump turbine with excellent stability. Current researches show that large partial flow conditions in pump mode experience positive-slope phenomena with a large he...Frequent shifts of output and operating mode require a pump turbine with excellent stability. Current researches show that large partial flow conditions in pump mode experience positive-slope phenomena with a large head drop. The pressure fluctuation at the positive slope is crucial to the pump turbine unit safety. The operating instabilities at large partial flow conditions for a pump turbine are analyzed. The hydraulic performance of a model pump turbine is tested with the pressure fluctuations measured at unstable operating points near a positive slope in the performance curve. The hydraulic performance tests show that there are two separated positive-slope regions for the pump turbine, with the flow discharge for the first positive slope from 0.85 to 0.91 times that at the maximum efficiency point. The amplitudes of the pressure fluctuations at these unstable large partial flow conditions near the first positive slope are much larger than those at stable operating condtions. A dominant frequency is measured at 0.2 times the impeller rotational frequency in the flow passage near the impeller exit, which is believed to be induced by the rotating stall in the flow passage of the wicket gates. The test results also show hysteresis with pressure fluctuations when the pump turbine is operated near the first positive slope. The hysteresis creates different pressure fluctuations for those operation points even though their flow rates and heads are similar respectively. The pressure fluctuation characteristics at large partial flow conditions obtained by the present study will be helpful for the safe operation of pumped storage units.展开更多
Casing treatment is a widely employed technique to increase the stall margins of turbomachineries. In the last several decades, many researches on casing treatment have been carded out. However, the mechanism of its e...Casing treatment is a widely employed technique to increase the stall margins of turbomachineries. In the last several decades, many researches on casing treatment have been carded out. However, the mechanism of its expanding stall margins is still not very clear. Till now, most casing teatment schemes are designed for axial compressors, while the investigations on casing treatments in centrifugal compressors are rarely reported. Moreover, current investigation methods mainly focus on experiments, and perfect theoretic al analysis is not yet feasible. In order to study the effectiveness and further the mechanism of casing treatments in centrifugal compressors, in this paper, a computationally based investigation of the impact of the self-recireulating casing treatment on the performance of a radial compressor is carried out. The results indicate that, by casing bleed and injection, the casing treatment with inclined blades in the cavity expands the stall margin most. At low mass flows, the reversed flow through the cavity with inclined blades develops the counter swirl flow in front of the impeller inlet, which is considered to benefit increasing the pressure rise from the injection port to the bleed port and thereby augment the recirculating flow. At 120% design speed, the stall margin is larger than that at the design speed. However, the cost of extending the stall margin is the reduction of isentropic efficiency. A mended casing treatment by shifting the bleed port upstream is also studied. It is demonstrated that, relative to the original casing treatment, this mend can improve the efficiency evidently notwithstanding a little narrowing of the flow range.展开更多
The dynamic stall problem for blades is related to the general performance of wind turbines,where a varying flow field is introduced with a rapid change of the effective angle of attack (AOA).The objective of this wor...The dynamic stall problem for blades is related to the general performance of wind turbines,where a varying flow field is introduced with a rapid change of the effective angle of attack (AOA).The objective of this work is to study the aerodynamic performance of a sinusoidally oscillating NACA0012 airfoil.The coupled k-ω Menter's shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model and γ-Reθ transition model were used for turbulence closure.Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) were utilized to analyze the dynamic behavior of the flow structures.The computational results were supported by the experiments.The results indicated that this numerical method can well describe the dynamic stall process.For the case with reduced frequency K =0.1,the lift and drag coefficients increase constantly with increasing angle prior to dynamic stall.When the AOA reaches the stall angle,the lift and drag coefficients decline suddenly due to the interplay between the first leading-and trailing-edge vortex.With further increase of the AOA,both the lift and drag coefficients experience a secondary rise and fall process because of formation and shedding of the secondary vortex.The results also reveal that the dynamic behavior of the flow structures can be effectively identified using the finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) field.The influence of the reduced frequency on the flow structures and energy extraction efficiency in the dynamic stall process is further discussed.When the reduced frequency increases,the dynamic stall is delayed and the total energy extraction efficiency is enhanced.With K =0.05,the amplitude of the dynamic coefficients fluctuates more significantly in the poststall process than in the case of K =0.1.展开更多
This article briefly reviews wind turbine aerodynamics, which follows an explanation of the aerodynamic complexity. The aerodynamic models including blade momentum theory, vortex wake model, dynamic stall and rotation...This article briefly reviews wind turbine aerodynamics, which follows an explanation of the aerodynamic complexity. The aerodynamic models including blade momentum theory, vortex wake model, dynamic stall and rotational effect, and their applications in wind turbine aerodynamic performance prediction are discussed and documented. Recent progress in computational fluid dynamics for wind turbine is addressed. Wind turbine aerodynamic experimental studies are also selectively introduced.展开更多
Based on the beginning, propagating and ending mechanism of rotating-stallcell, the relation between the pressure history signal and the pressure distribution along rotorcircumference is proposed. The angular velociti...Based on the beginning, propagating and ending mechanism of rotating-stallcell, the relation between the pressure history signal and the pressure distribution along rotorcircumference is proposed. The angular velocities of rotating-stall cell propagating are computedfrom time series picked by the pressure probes on a cross section. Self-relation calculatingfiltered the random noise of the pressure history data. The exciting load on rotor is computed byintegral of filtered pressure signal along rotor circumference. By Prohl-Myklestad method, dynamicalequations of rotor system are obtained. The dynamical response of rotor system is resolved by usingMatlab system. Further more, the situation of more than one of stall cells is discussed. Two casesrespectively from the natural gas compressor of some fertilizer plant and the CO_2 compressor ofsome nitrogenous fertilizer plant demonstrate that both methods of calculating the load exerted onrotor by pressure fluctuation and resolving the dynamic response of rotor are available and thecharacteristics of frequency spectrum of rotating stall are correct.展开更多
The wind tunnel test was conducted with an NACA 0012 airfoil to explore the flow control effects on airfoil dynamic stall by NS-DBD plasma actuation. Firstly, light and deep dynamic stall states were set, based on the...The wind tunnel test was conducted with an NACA 0012 airfoil to explore the flow control effects on airfoil dynamic stall by NS-DBD plasma actuation. Firstly, light and deep dynamic stall states were set, based on the static stall characteristics of airfoil at a Reynolds number of 5.8 × 105. Then, the flow control effect of NS-DBD on dynamic stall was studied and the influence law of three typical reduced frequencies (k = 0.05, k = 0.05, and k = 0.15) was examined at various dimensionless actuation frequencies (F+ = 1, F+ = 2, and F+ = 3). For both light and deep dynamic stall states, NS-DBD had almost no effect on upstroke. However, the lift coefficients on downstroke were increased significantly and the flow control effect at F+ = 1 is the best. The flow control effect of the light stall state is more obvious than that of deep stall state under the same actuation conditions. For the same stall state, with the reduced frequency increasing, the control effect became worse. Based on the in being principles of flow separation control by NS-DBD, the mechanism of dynamic stall control was discussed and the influence of reduced frequency on the dynamic flow control was analyzed. Different from the static airfoil flow separation control, the separated angle of leading-edge shear layer for the airfoil in dynamic stall state is larger and flow control with dynamic oscillation is more difficult. The separated angle is closely related to the effective angle of attack, so the effect of dynamic stall control is greatly dependent on the history of angles of attack.展开更多
To explore AC-DBD's ability in controlling dynamic stall,a practical SC-1095 airfoil of a helicopter was selected,and systematic wind tunnel experiments were carried out through direct aerodynamic measurements.The...To explore AC-DBD's ability in controlling dynamic stall,a practical SC-1095 airfoil of a helicopter was selected,and systematic wind tunnel experiments were carried out through direct aerodynamic measurements.The effectiveness of dynamic stall control under steady and unsteady actuation is verified.The influence of parameters such as constant actuation voltage,pulsed actuation voltage,pulsed actuation frequency and duty ratio on dynamic stall control effect is studied under the flow condition of k=0.15 above the airfoil,and the corresponding control mechanism is discussed.Steady actuation can effectively reduce the hysteresis loop area of dynamic lift,and control the peak drag and moment coefficient.For unsteady actuation,there is an optimal duty ratio DC=50%,which has the best effect in improving the lift and drag characteristics,and there is a threshold of pulsed actuation voltage in dynamic stall control.The optimal dimensionless frequency will not be found;different F+have different control advantages in different aerodynamic coefficients of different pitching stages.Unsteady actuation has obvious control advantages in improving the lift-drag characteristics and hysteresis,while steady actuation can better control the large nose-down moment.展开更多
In this paper, the techniques to manage and control the flow over airfoils by using the external unsteady excitations are investigated. The mechanisms of these excitation effects are also explored. The principal goal ...In this paper, the techniques to manage and control the flow over airfoils by using the external unsteady excitations are investigated. The mechanisms of these excitation effects are also explored. The principal goal of this study is to gain a better understanding and to find the possible ways for enhancing the aerodynamic efficients. The experimental investigations are carried out in two low-speed wind tunnels. The test models are two dimensional airfoils with different section geometries. Four means of excitations have been used in these experiments. (1) The pitch oscillation of the airfoil high-angle-of-attack situation. (2) The moving surface effects of the airfoil with a leading edge rotating cylinder. (3) Oscillating leading edge flaperon. (4) Small oscillating spoiler located near the leading edge of the airfoil. The lift, drag and pitch moment coefficients are measured in these experiments. But, we will put the emphasis only on the "dynamic amplifying effects" on aerodynamic lift in this paper.展开更多
The dynamic stall process in three-dimensional (3D) cases on a rectangular wing undergoing a constant rate ramp-up motion is introduced to provide a qualitative analysis about the onset and development of the stall ...The dynamic stall process in three-dimensional (3D) cases on a rectangular wing undergoing a constant rate ramp-up motion is introduced to provide a qualitative analysis about the onset and development of the stall phenomenon. Based on the enhanced understanding of the mechanism of dynamic stalls, a 3D dynamic stall model is constructed with the emphasis of the onset, the growth, and the convection of the dynamic stall vortex on the 3D wing surface. The results show that this engineering dynamic stall model can simulate the 3D unsteady aerodynamic performance appropriately.展开更多
Distributed leading-edge (LE) roughness could have significant impact on the aerodynamicperformance of a low-Reynolds-number (low-Re) airfoil, which has not yet been fully understood.In the present study, experime...Distributed leading-edge (LE) roughness could have significant impact on the aerodynamicperformance of a low-Reynolds-number (low-Re) airfoil, which has not yet been fully understood.In the present study, experiments were conducted to study the effects of distributed hemisphericalroughness with different sizes and distribution patterns on the performance of a GA (W)-1 airfoil.Surface pressure and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed undervarious incident angles and different Re numbers. Significant reduction in lift and increase in dragwere found for all cases with the LE roughness applied. Compared with the distribution pattern,the roughness height was found to be a more significant factor in determining the lift reductionand altering stall behaviors. It is also found while the larger roughness advances the aerodynamicstall, the smaller roughness tends to prevent deep stall at high incident angles. PIV results alsosuggest that staggered distribution pattern induces higher fluctuations in the wake flow than thealigned pattern does. Results imply that distributed LE roughness with large element sizes areparticularly detrimental to aerodynamic performances, while those with small element sizes couldpotentially serve as a passive control mechanism to alleviate deep stall conditions at high incidentangles.展开更多
Wind energy witnessed tremendous growth in the past decade and emerged as the most sought renewable energy source after solar energy. Though the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) is preferred for multi-megawatt pow...Wind energy witnessed tremendous growth in the past decade and emerged as the most sought renewable energy source after solar energy. Though the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) is preferred for multi-megawatt power generation, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) is as competitive as HAWT. The current study aims to summarize the development of VAWT, in particular, Darrieus turbine from the past to the project that is underway. The reason for the technical challenges and past failures are discussed. Various configurations of VAWT have been assessed in terms of reliability, components and low wind speed performance. Innovative concepts and the feasibility to scale up for megawatt electricity generation, especially in offshore environments are investigated. This paper is a modest attempt to highlight the state-of-the-art information on the ongoing developments focusing on decentralized power generation. This review is envisioned as an information hub for the major developments in VAWT and its technical advancements so far.展开更多
Flow separation is typically an undesirable phenomenon, and boundary layer control is an important technique for the separation problems on airfoils. The synthetic jet actuator is considered as a promising candidate f...Flow separation is typically an undesirable phenomenon, and boundary layer control is an important technique for the separation problems on airfoils. The synthetic jet actuator is considered as a promising candidate for flow control applications because of its compact nature and ability to generate momentum without the need for fluidic plumbing. In the present study, an active separation control system using synthetic jets is proposed and practically applied to the stall control of the NACA0012 airfoil in a wind tunnel test. In our proposed system, the flow conditions (stalled or unstalled) can be judged by calculating from two static pressure holes on the airfoil upper surface alone. The experimental results indicate that the maximum lift coefficient increases by 11% and the stall angle rises by 4°in contrast to the case under no control. It is confirmed that our proposed system can suppress the stall on the NACA0012 airfoil and that the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil can be enhanced. The proposed system can also be operated prior to the onset of stall. Therefore, separation control is always attained with no stall for all flow fields produced by changing the angle of attack that were examined.展开更多
Why the stall of an airfoil can be significantly delayed by its pitching-up motion? Various attempts have been proposed to answer this question over the past half century, but none is satisfactory. In this letter we ...Why the stall of an airfoil can be significantly delayed by its pitching-up motion? Various attempts have been proposed to answer this question over the past half century, but none is satisfactory. In this letter we prove that a chain of vorticity-dynamics processes at accelerating boundary is fully responsible for the causal mechanism underlying this peculiar phenomenon. The local flow behavior is explained by a simple potential-flow model.展开更多
基金The authors would like to acknowledge the support from the Danish Council for Strategic Research for the project Off Wind China(Sagsnr.0603-00506B)the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research,technological development and demonstration for the project“AVATAR:AdVanced Aerodynamic Tools for large Rotors”(FP7-ENERGY-2013-1/no.608396).
文摘In the present work, the recent developed Unsteady Double Wake Model, USDWM, is used to simulate separated flows past a wind turbine airfoil at high angles of attack. The solver is basically an unsteady two-dimensional panel method which uses the unsteady double wake technique to model flow separation and its dynamics. In this paper, the calculated integral forces have been successfully validated against wind tunnel measurements for the FFA-W3-211 airfoil. Furthermore, the computed highly unsteady flow field is analyzed in detail for a set of angles of attack ranging from light to deep stall conditions.
文摘Beijing authorities recently announced the extension of the city’s vehicle restrictions for another year, from April 11, 2009 to April 10, 2010, excluding legal holidays. According to the first round of auto restrictions designed for the Beijing Olympics, private vehicles were banned from roads from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily,
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12172299 and 1190021162)。
文摘To alleviate the performance deterioration caused by dynamic stall of a wind turbine airfoil,the flow control by a microsecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge(MP-DBD) actuator on the dynamic stall of a periodically pitching NACA0012 airfoil was investigated experimentally.Unsteady pressure measurements with high temporal accuracy were employed in this study,and the unsteady characteristics of the boundary layer were investigated by wavelet packet analysis and the moving root mean square method based on the acquired pressure.The experimental Mach number was 0.2,and the chord-based Reynolds number was 870 000.The dimensionless actuation frequencies F+ were chosen to be 0.5,1,2,and 3,respectively.For the light dynamic regime,the MP-DBD plasma actuator plays the role of suppressing flow separation from the trial edge and accelerating the flow reattachment due to the high-momentum freestream flow being entrained into the boundary layer.Meanwhile,actuation effects were promoted with the increasing dimensionless actuation frequency F+.The control effects of the deep dynamic stall were to delay the onset and reduce the strength of the dynamic stall vortex due to the accumulating vorticity near the leading edge being removed by the induced coherent vortex structures.The laminar fluctuation and Kelvin-Helmholtz(K-H) instabilities of transition and relaminarization were also mitigated by the MP-DBD actuation,and the alleviated K-H rolls led to the delay of the transition onset and earlier laminar reattachment,which improved the hysteresis effect of the dynamic stall.For the controlled cases of F+=2,and F+=3,the laminar fluctuation was replaced by relatively low frequency band disturbances corresponding to the harmonic responses of the MP-DBD actuation frequency.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Foundation of GEIG (No.524500180014)
文摘The current energy supply trajectory in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)region is not sustainable.Factors such as rising standards of living and demographic patterns,including population growth,lead to continuous increase in power demand,which is difficult to meet using limited fossil fuel resources.Thus,a transition toward clean energy sources is needed in the region.While ASEAN member countries are rich in clean energy resources,such resources are located far from demand centers;thus,allocation of clean energy is necessary to increase its utilization.In this study,power demand is forecasted using a combination of prediction methods.A model to evaluate the installed capacity and power exchange potential is proposed to deal with mismatch between the location of the clean energy base and the load center.Furthermore,the concept of cross-regional allocation of clean energy between the ASEAN region,China,and South Asia is presented.A power interconnection scheme among the ASEAN member countries as well as neighboring countries is proposed based on the power exchange potential.The proposed grid interconnection scheme contributes to the utilization of clean energy in the ASEAN region,increasing the proportion of clean energy in the generation mix,which ensures that the region becomes a sustainable and resilient society with a clean and low carbon development route.Furthermore,the proposed power interconnection scheme will generate valuable economic,social,environmental,and resource allocation benefits.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 50976061)State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering of China(Grant No. 2010-ZY-4)Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 3072008)
文摘Frequent shifts of output and operating mode require a pump turbine with excellent stability. Current researches show that large partial flow conditions in pump mode experience positive-slope phenomena with a large head drop. The pressure fluctuation at the positive slope is crucial to the pump turbine unit safety. The operating instabilities at large partial flow conditions for a pump turbine are analyzed. The hydraulic performance of a model pump turbine is tested with the pressure fluctuations measured at unstable operating points near a positive slope in the performance curve. The hydraulic performance tests show that there are two separated positive-slope regions for the pump turbine, with the flow discharge for the first positive slope from 0.85 to 0.91 times that at the maximum efficiency point. The amplitudes of the pressure fluctuations at these unstable large partial flow conditions near the first positive slope are much larger than those at stable operating condtions. A dominant frequency is measured at 0.2 times the impeller rotational frequency in the flow passage near the impeller exit, which is believed to be induced by the rotating stall in the flow passage of the wicket gates. The test results also show hysteresis with pressure fluctuations when the pump turbine is operated near the first positive slope. The hysteresis creates different pressure fluctuations for those operation points even though their flow rates and heads are similar respectively. The pressure fluctuation characteristics at large partial flow conditions obtained by the present study will be helpful for the safe operation of pumped storage units.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50776056)National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2006AA05Z250)
文摘Casing treatment is a widely employed technique to increase the stall margins of turbomachineries. In the last several decades, many researches on casing treatment have been carded out. However, the mechanism of its expanding stall margins is still not very clear. Till now, most casing teatment schemes are designed for axial compressors, while the investigations on casing treatments in centrifugal compressors are rarely reported. Moreover, current investigation methods mainly focus on experiments, and perfect theoretic al analysis is not yet feasible. In order to study the effectiveness and further the mechanism of casing treatments in centrifugal compressors, in this paper, a computationally based investigation of the impact of the self-recireulating casing treatment on the performance of a radial compressor is carried out. The results indicate that, by casing bleed and injection, the casing treatment with inclined blades in the cavity expands the stall margin most. At low mass flows, the reversed flow through the cavity with inclined blades develops the counter swirl flow in front of the impeller inlet, which is considered to benefit increasing the pressure rise from the injection port to the bleed port and thereby augment the recirculating flow. At 120% design speed, the stall margin is larger than that at the design speed. However, the cost of extending the stall margin is the reduction of isentropic efficiency. A mended casing treatment by shifting the bleed port upstream is also studied. It is demonstrated that, relative to the original casing treatment, this mend can improve the efficiency evidently notwithstanding a little narrowing of the flow range.
基金the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(Grant BX201700126)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant 2017M620043)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 51679005 and 91752105)the National Natural Science Foundation of Beijing(Grant 3172029).
文摘The dynamic stall problem for blades is related to the general performance of wind turbines,where a varying flow field is introduced with a rapid change of the effective angle of attack (AOA).The objective of this work is to study the aerodynamic performance of a sinusoidally oscillating NACA0012 airfoil.The coupled k-ω Menter's shear stress transport (SST) turbulence model and γ-Reθ transition model were used for turbulence closure.Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) were utilized to analyze the dynamic behavior of the flow structures.The computational results were supported by the experiments.The results indicated that this numerical method can well describe the dynamic stall process.For the case with reduced frequency K =0.1,the lift and drag coefficients increase constantly with increasing angle prior to dynamic stall.When the AOA reaches the stall angle,the lift and drag coefficients decline suddenly due to the interplay between the first leading-and trailing-edge vortex.With further increase of the AOA,both the lift and drag coefficients experience a secondary rise and fall process because of formation and shedding of the secondary vortex.The results also reveal that the dynamic behavior of the flow structures can be effectively identified using the finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) field.The influence of the reduced frequency on the flow structures and energy extraction efficiency in the dynamic stall process is further discussed.When the reduced frequency increases,the dynamic stall is delayed and the total energy extraction efficiency is enhanced.With K =0.05,the amplitude of the dynamic coefficients fluctuates more significantly in the poststall process than in the case of K =0.1.
文摘This article briefly reviews wind turbine aerodynamics, which follows an explanation of the aerodynamic complexity. The aerodynamic models including blade momentum theory, vortex wake model, dynamic stall and rotational effect, and their applications in wind turbine aerodynamic performance prediction are discussed and documented. Recent progress in computational fluid dynamics for wind turbine is addressed. Wind turbine aerodynamic experimental studies are also selectively introduced.
基金This project is supported by "Nine five" National Key Project on Basic Research and Applied Research of China (No.PD9521908Z1)Provincial Science and Technology Key Project of Henan (No.20001120323).
文摘Based on the beginning, propagating and ending mechanism of rotating-stallcell, the relation between the pressure history signal and the pressure distribution along rotorcircumference is proposed. The angular velocities of rotating-stall cell propagating are computedfrom time series picked by the pressure probes on a cross section. Self-relation calculatingfiltered the random noise of the pressure history data. The exciting load on rotor is computed byintegral of filtered pressure signal along rotor circumference. By Prohl-Myklestad method, dynamicalequations of rotor system are obtained. The dynamical response of rotor system is resolved by usingMatlab system. Further more, the situation of more than one of stall cells is discussed. Two casesrespectively from the natural gas compressor of some fertilizer plant and the CO_2 compressor ofsome nitrogenous fertilizer plant demonstrate that both methods of calculating the load exerted onrotor by pressure fluctuation and resolving the dynamic response of rotor are available and thecharacteristics of frequency spectrum of rotating stall are correct.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11802341)the Open Fund from State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics of China(Grant No.SKLA20180207).
文摘The wind tunnel test was conducted with an NACA 0012 airfoil to explore the flow control effects on airfoil dynamic stall by NS-DBD plasma actuation. Firstly, light and deep dynamic stall states were set, based on the static stall characteristics of airfoil at a Reynolds number of 5.8 × 105. Then, the flow control effect of NS-DBD on dynamic stall was studied and the influence law of three typical reduced frequencies (k = 0.05, k = 0.05, and k = 0.15) was examined at various dimensionless actuation frequencies (F+ = 1, F+ = 2, and F+ = 3). For both light and deep dynamic stall states, NS-DBD had almost no effect on upstroke. However, the lift coefficients on downstroke were increased significantly and the flow control effect at F+ = 1 is the best. The flow control effect of the light stall state is more obvious than that of deep stall state under the same actuation conditions. For the same stall state, with the reduced frequency increasing, the control effect became worse. Based on the in being principles of flow separation control by NS-DBD, the mechanism of dynamic stall control was discussed and the influence of reduced frequency on the dynamic flow control was analyzed. Different from the static airfoil flow separation control, the separated angle of leading-edge shear layer for the airfoil in dynamic stall state is larger and flow control with dynamic oscillation is more difficult. The separated angle is closely related to the effective angle of attack, so the effect of dynamic stall control is greatly dependent on the history of angles of attack.
基金supported by the China Foundation Enhancement Fund(No.2019-077)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11802341)Research Project of Academician and Expert Workstation of the Green Aerotechnics Research Institute of Chongqing Jiaotong university(No.GATRI2020C06003)。
文摘To explore AC-DBD's ability in controlling dynamic stall,a practical SC-1095 airfoil of a helicopter was selected,and systematic wind tunnel experiments were carried out through direct aerodynamic measurements.The effectiveness of dynamic stall control under steady and unsteady actuation is verified.The influence of parameters such as constant actuation voltage,pulsed actuation voltage,pulsed actuation frequency and duty ratio on dynamic stall control effect is studied under the flow condition of k=0.15 above the airfoil,and the corresponding control mechanism is discussed.Steady actuation can effectively reduce the hysteresis loop area of dynamic lift,and control the peak drag and moment coefficient.For unsteady actuation,there is an optimal duty ratio DC=50%,which has the best effect in improving the lift and drag characteristics,and there is a threshold of pulsed actuation voltage in dynamic stall control.The optimal dimensionless frequency will not be found;different F+have different control advantages in different aerodynamic coefficients of different pitching stages.Unsteady actuation has obvious control advantages in improving the lift-drag characteristics and hysteresis,while steady actuation can better control the large nose-down moment.
文摘In this paper, the techniques to manage and control the flow over airfoils by using the external unsteady excitations are investigated. The mechanisms of these excitation effects are also explored. The principal goal of this study is to gain a better understanding and to find the possible ways for enhancing the aerodynamic efficients. The experimental investigations are carried out in two low-speed wind tunnels. The test models are two dimensional airfoils with different section geometries. Four means of excitations have been used in these experiments. (1) The pitch oscillation of the airfoil high-angle-of-attack situation. (2) The moving surface effects of the airfoil with a leading edge rotating cylinder. (3) Oscillating leading edge flaperon. (4) Small oscillating spoiler located near the leading edge of the airfoil. The lift, drag and pitch moment coefficients are measured in these experiments. But, we will put the emphasis only on the "dynamic amplifying effects" on aerodynamic lift in this paper.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(No. 2007CB714600)
文摘The dynamic stall process in three-dimensional (3D) cases on a rectangular wing undergoing a constant rate ramp-up motion is introduced to provide a qualitative analysis about the onset and development of the stall phenomenon. Based on the enhanced understanding of the mechanism of dynamic stalls, a 3D dynamic stall model is constructed with the emphasis of the onset, the growth, and the convection of the dynamic stall vortex on the 3D wing surface. The results show that this engineering dynamic stall model can simulate the 3D unsteady aerodynamic performance appropriately.
文摘Distributed leading-edge (LE) roughness could have significant impact on the aerodynamicperformance of a low-Reynolds-number (low-Re) airfoil, which has not yet been fully understood.In the present study, experiments were conducted to study the effects of distributed hemisphericalroughness with different sizes and distribution patterns on the performance of a GA (W)-1 airfoil.Surface pressure and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed undervarious incident angles and different Re numbers. Significant reduction in lift and increase in dragwere found for all cases with the LE roughness applied. Compared with the distribution pattern,the roughness height was found to be a more significant factor in determining the lift reductionand altering stall behaviors. It is also found while the larger roughness advances the aerodynamicstall, the smaller roughness tends to prevent deep stall at high incident angles. PIV results alsosuggest that staggered distribution pattern induces higher fluctuations in the wake flow than thealigned pattern does. Results imply that distributed LE roughness with large element sizes areparticularly detrimental to aerodynamic performances, while those with small element sizes couldpotentially serve as a passive control mechanism to alleviate deep stall conditions at high incidentangles.
文摘Wind energy witnessed tremendous growth in the past decade and emerged as the most sought renewable energy source after solar energy. Though the Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) is preferred for multi-megawatt power generation, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) is as competitive as HAWT. The current study aims to summarize the development of VAWT, in particular, Darrieus turbine from the past to the project that is underway. The reason for the technical challenges and past failures are discussed. Various configurations of VAWT have been assessed in terms of reliability, components and low wind speed performance. Innovative concepts and the feasibility to scale up for megawatt electricity generation, especially in offshore environments are investigated. This paper is a modest attempt to highlight the state-of-the-art information on the ongoing developments focusing on decentralized power generation. This review is envisioned as an information hub for the major developments in VAWT and its technical advancements so far.
文摘Flow separation is typically an undesirable phenomenon, and boundary layer control is an important technique for the separation problems on airfoils. The synthetic jet actuator is considered as a promising candidate for flow control applications because of its compact nature and ability to generate momentum without the need for fluidic plumbing. In the present study, an active separation control system using synthetic jets is proposed and practically applied to the stall control of the NACA0012 airfoil in a wind tunnel test. In our proposed system, the flow conditions (stalled or unstalled) can be judged by calculating from two static pressure holes on the airfoil upper surface alone. The experimental results indicate that the maximum lift coefficient increases by 11% and the stall angle rises by 4°in contrast to the case under no control. It is confirmed that our proposed system can suppress the stall on the NACA0012 airfoil and that the aerodynamic performance of the airfoil can be enhanced. The proposed system can also be operated prior to the onset of stall. Therefore, separation control is always attained with no stall for all flow fields produced by changing the angle of attack that were examined.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10921202,11221062,11521091,and 11472016)
文摘Why the stall of an airfoil can be significantly delayed by its pitching-up motion? Various attempts have been proposed to answer this question over the past half century, but none is satisfactory. In this letter we prove that a chain of vorticity-dynamics processes at accelerating boundary is fully responsible for the causal mechanism underlying this peculiar phenomenon. The local flow behavior is explained by a simple potential-flow model.