| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 170, 2020
6th International Conference on Energy and City of the Future (EVF’2019)
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| Article Number | 01016 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Energy and Management | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017001016 | |
| Published online | 28 May 2020 | |
CFD based analysis of flow-driven vertical axis hydrokinetic turbines: blade hydrofoil and interactions effects
1 ECAM-EPMI Graduate School of Engineering, LR2E-Lab, 13 Boulevard de l’Hautil, 95092 Cergy-Pontoise ( France )
2 L2MGC-Lab - EA 4114.
3 Quartz-Lab - EA 7393,
* Corresponding author: r.absi@ecam-epmi.com
In last years, interest in hydrokinetic energy conversion (HEC) technology has grown. However, HEC technology requires advancements to become successful for practical in-situ conditions. In this study we investigated the Darrieus type vertical axis hydrokinetic turbines (HKT). Simulations are carried out using commercial CFD package to study the hydrodynamic behavior of a three bladed turbine. Two HKT with same solidity equal to 0.17 were considered, a 1st with symmetric-NACA0018 blade hydrofoils and a 2nd with cambered-NACA4415 blades. Our simulations show a shift in instantaneous torque coefficients for two different tip-speed ratio (TSR) values. For TSR = 1, the 2nd HKT has a delay compared to the 1st HKT, while for TSR = 2 it has a lead. NACA0018 provides highest troque coefficients. For a hydrofarm use, it is important to consider the interactions between hydrokinetic turbines. We investigated the effect of streamwise distance on performance of a Darrieus turbine. A distance of about 11 times the diameter of HKT along the streamwise direction seems essential.
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