Recent years, the vertical-axis water turbine (VAWT) is widely used for converting the kinetic energy of the moving water in open flow and with low static head like river and tidal sites. Conventional numerical methods such as disk-stream tube method and vortex panel method have some drawbacks to predict the behaviors and characteristics of the vertical-axis tidal stream turbine. This paper had treated the hydrodynamic performance of a VAWT model experimentally and numerically. Based on the present research, a 6-DOF method coupled with CFD suitable to simulate the rotor movement and predict the hydraulic performance for a VAWT was proposed. Compared with the experiments, the numerical results for the performance of the VAWT model were reasonable. It is also noted that there is a maximum power coefficient near tip speed ratio of 2.5 for the test model.
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ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
July 24–29, 2011
Hamamatsu, Japan
Conference Sponsors:
- Fluids Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4440-3
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6-DOF Numerical Simulation of the Vertical-Axis Water Turbine
Xianwu Luo,
Xianwu Luo
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Baotang Zhuang,
Baotang Zhuang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Weiping Yu,
Weiping Yu
Zhejiang Pump Works Co., Ltd., Linhai, Zhejiang, China
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Hongyuan Xu
Hongyuan Xu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Xin Wang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Xianwu Luo
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Baotang Zhuang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Weiping Yu
Zhejiang Pump Works Co., Ltd., Linhai, Zhejiang, China
Hongyuan Xu
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Paper No:
AJK2011-22035, pp. 673-678; 6 pages
Published Online:
May 25, 2012
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Wang, X, Luo, X, Zhuang, B, Yu, W, & Xu, H. "6-DOF Numerical Simulation of the Vertical-Axis Water Turbine." Proceedings of the ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference. ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference: Volume 1, Symposia – Parts A, B, C, and D. Hamamatsu, Japan. July 24–29, 2011. pp. 673-678. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/AJK2011-22035
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