文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Performance improvement of adaptive flap on flow separation control and its effect on VAWT

作者：Hao, Wenxing[1];Li, Chun[2]

机构：[1]Shaoxing Univ, Sch Mech & Elect Engn, Shaoxing 312000, Peoples R China;[2]Univ Shanghai Sci & Technol, Sch Energy & Power Engn, Shanghai 200093, Peoples R China

年份：2020

卷号：213

外文期刊名：ENERGY

收录：SCI-EXPANDED(收录号：WOS:000600861300004)、、EI(收录号：20203809185156)、Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85090725957)、WOS

基金：This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51976131, 51676131), Research Start-up Funds of Shaoxing University (Grant No. 20195018).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Vertical axis wind turbine; Flow separation control; Adaptive flap; Performance improvement; Computational fluid dynamics

外文摘要：Flow separation on blades is the main factor to reduce the power efficiency of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). A bio-inspired flow control device called adaptive flap is considered to have a good adaptability in mitigating the flow separation. The present study investigated the adaptive flap in terms of improving its performance and exploring its effect on VAWT by the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method combining the SST k-omega turbulence model. Firstly, a static flap with adjustable flap angles was installed on a static airfoil to explore the influence of the flap angle on the flap performance. Then, to improve the performance of the free rotating flap, a linear torque related to the aerodynamic moment acting on the static flap was proposed to constrain the flap. Besides, another torque composited from the aerodynamic moment distribution was proposed to give full control of the flap. The verification results showed that the two torques both worked in two typical airfoil flow separation processes, and the composite torque performed better. Finally, the rotating flaps improved by the composite torque were installed on blades of a VAWT. The simulation results showed that the flap sensibly improved the power coefficient of the VAWT at tip speed ratios (TSRs) of 0.6 and 1.2, providing a solution to slow down the flow separation in WAWT. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.