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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-9793
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Mechanical Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2020
Month Degree Awarded
February
First Advisor
J. Blair Perot
Second Advisor
Matthew Lackner
Subject Categories
Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Abstract
As a result of insects or other environmental fouling, surface roughness on wind turbine blades can reduce power output significantly. Superhydrophobic surfaces, though possibly a passive, cost-saving, answer to the problem of ice accretion on wind turbine rotors in cold climates, may alter turbulence development in the blade boundary layer similar to environmental roughness. This work uses an equivalent sand grain extension to the Turbulent Potential model to computationally assess the aerodynamic effects of surface roughness on the s809 airfoil, including a representational superhydrophobic surface. Rough surface boundary layer theory, application of the equivalent sand grain method, roughness parameter correlation, and wind turbine aerodynamic computational approaches are discussed. Modifications to the Turbulent Potential model including turbulence Reynolds number dependence are addressed. An altered version of the Turbulent Potential model is proposed using an elliptic damping equation in the pressure strain term. Validation of Turbulent Potential model changes is demonstrated by comparison to multiple direct numerical simulations of Moser et al., the impinging jet of Cooper et. al, and the Ohio State University wind tunnel experiments of the s809 airfoil with both a smooth and rough leading edge.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/ygbv-kv28
Recommended Citation
deVelder, Nathaniel B., "ROUGH AIRFOIL SIMULATION FOR WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS" (2020). Doctoral Dissertations. 1820.
https://doi.org/10.7275/ygbv-kv28
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1820
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