Wind power is a type of renewable energy, rich in resources, renewable, distributed in a wide range of areas, and clean. In addition, it is a spotlight as a promising alternative energy source in case of exhaustion of fossil energy in that there is no...
Wind power is a type of renewable energy, rich in resources, renewable, distributed in a wide range of areas, and clean. In addition, it is a spotlight as a promising alternative energy source in case of exhaustion of fossil energy in that there is no greenhouse gas emission during operation. This study was conducted to investigate the cause of blade breakage of low speed small wind power generator developed by YEC Co., Ltd. For this purpose, 3D modeling of the wind power generator was made based on the data of the wind power generator production of YEC Co., Ltd. Ansys Fluent, a commercial software, was used to investigate the effect of fluid flow behavior on the blade structure of the blade manufactured by YEC Co., Ltd.
In the case of a stationary rotor blade, the shape of the streamline around the blade is almost the same even if the incoming wind speed changes. At an angle of attack of 8°, vortices occur at the back of the blade, and at an angle of attack of 16°, there is a complex flow, but no vortex.
When the rotor-blade was rotating, no vortices of rotational form occurred only at the angle of attack of 16°, and vortices of rotational form appeared at other angles of attack. The shape of the pressure distribution on the rotor-blade surface when the rotor-blade rotates is very similar to that when stationary, but the size is very large.
When stationary, the acting force tends to increase exponentially as the incoming wind speed increases. Even when the rotor-blade is operating, it tends to increase exponentially with the increase of wind speed, and it can be confirmed that a greater force is applied than when the rotor-blade is stopped. However, there is a peculiar phenomenon that does not show an increase in force acting backward at 6~8 m/s wind speed.
In the case of a normal wind turbine generator, in the case of 5 m/s, the wake of the blade rotation occurs, but the wake of the rotation form appears far from the blade periphery. In the case of wind speed of 10 m/s, the wake of the rotating form is strongly shown around the blade, there is a complex speed distribution around the wind turbine such as nacelle rather than around the blade. In the wind speed of 20 m/s, the speed change along the blade airfoil is shown largely, it can be seen that the influence of the incoming wind speed is greater than the effect of the blade rotation, this phenomenon is better shown when the 24 m/s. The pressure distribution on the surface of the wind power generator showed a very large change as the flow rate increased, but it was confirmed to be concentrated locally.
In the future, the analysis of various wind speed conditions and angles of attack will be able to accurately identify the cause of the blade failure, it will be able to design the shape of the blade suitable for the low speed small wind turbine.
□ keywords
Wind Turbine, Angle of Attack, CFD, Blade, Sliding Mesh