Open AccessAn automated analysis process for vertical axis wind turbine
Author(s) -
Ngoc Anh Vu,
Tung Nguyen Minh Huynh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v18i4.1000
Subject(s) - gambit , computational fluid dynamics , airfoil , software , turbine , reynolds averaged navier–stokes equations , process (computing) , vertical axis wind turbine , matlab , computer science , fluent , computational science , mechanical engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , operating system , programming language
This paper presents an automated process for analyzing the performance of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). The details of this process will be demonstrated, which include the airfoil geometry representation using CST method, a hybrid meshing process combining structured grids and unstructured grids, CFD calculation process and processing data results to calculate the power coefficient of VAWT. These processes are designed as separate modules. CFD methods used in this research is RANS 2D using Realizable k turbulence model. Meshing process will be done on the GAMBIT software, the CFD calculations are done on commercial ANSYS FLUENT software and these processes are controlled by mathematical software MATLAB. The formulas used to calculate the power coefficient will be also introduced in this paper.