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Intro Method Results Comp Con References
CFD Simulation of a 3-Bladed Horizontal AxisTidal Stream Turbine using RANS and LES
J. McNaughton, I. Afgan, D.D. Apsley,
S. Rolfo, T. Stallard and P.K. Stansby
Modelling and Simulation Centre, School of MACE, The University of Manchester
Oxford Tidal Energy WorkshopOxford, UK.
29 - 30 March 2012
Intro Method Results Comp Con References
Overview
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 RANS Results
4 RANS and LES comparison
5 Conclusions & Further work
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Introduction
ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal):
Project designed to accelerate the tidal energy industry.
Aim to inspire market confidence in tidal stream turbines(TST).
Deployment of a full scale 1MW turbine at EMEC in theOrkneys.
This work:
Using Code Saturne to accurately predict loading on tidalturbines.
Assess the influence of turbulence and waves on TSTs.
Current results compare Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes(RANS) model and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) againstthose for a laboratory scale turbine.
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IntroductionCase overview
CFD modelling of experimentalstudy of Bahaj et al. (2005).
0.4 m radius, R, turbine pulledthrough a towing tank.
Parametric study of forcecoefficients againsttip-speed-ratio (TSR).
Photo reproduced from Bahajet al. (2005).
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MethodologyCFD Solver
EDF’s open-source CFD code, Code Saturne (Archambeauet al., 2004), is used to simulate turbulent flow past a TST.
A sliding mesh method is developed in Code Saturne to allowfor the TST rotation.
Second order in space (central differencing).
First-order in time with ∆t ≈ 1.5 of rotation per time-step.
The k − ω SST RANS turbulence model is used to simulatethe flow.
Results are also compared against an LES that is also beenperformed as part of this project.
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MethodologySliding-mesh method
Start in cell centre, I , with face-centre, F .
I is projected through F to give a halopoint, H.
Search for, J, the nearest cell-centre tothe halo-point.
The face-centre value is given a Dirichletcondition with the value:
φF =1
2(φI + φH),
Where:
φH = φJ +∂φ
∂x
∣∣∣∣J
(JH).
Interface
I H
J
F
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MethodologyMeshing strategy
Geometry built in two parts, innerturbine and outer domain.
Block-structured approach withhanging nodes to controlcell-count.
≈ 2 million cells with15 < y+ < 200 at the walls.
LES mesh is wall refined with ≈7.7 million cells.
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RANS ResultsFlow-field
Pressure iso-surfaces colouredby velocity are shown for theinstantaneous flow-field forTSR = 6.
Tip effects are clearly visible inthe near wake whilst the mastcreates main structures furtherdown-stream.
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RANS ResultsFlow-field
Instantaneous velocity on centre-plane shows tip-effects andinfluence of mast on flow.
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RANS ResultsForce coefficients
Effect of blades passing the mast is clear from instantaneousforce coefficients.
Power Spectral Density (PSD) analysis of the CP showspeaks at 3 and 6 times the blade rotation frequency (f).
0.739
0.74
0.741
0.742
0.743Force coefficients over one full rotation for TSR=6
7.68 7.82 7.96Time (s)
0.404
0.405
0.406
0.407
0.408C
TC
P
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RANS ResultsForce coefficients
k − ω SST predicts force curve against TSR although underpredicted by approximately 10%.
LES shows gain in precision matching experiments within 3%except for the lower values of TSR.
4 5 6 7 8 9TSR
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
CT
Bahaj et al 2005k-ω - Present workk-ω - McSherry et al 2011LES
4 5 6 7 8 9TSR
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
CP
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RANS and LES comparisonFlow structures
Iso-Q 0.5 (ΩijΩij − SijSij) surfaces coloured by vorticity areshown for RANS and LES.
LES maintains the tip vortices and captures structures in thewake better than RANS.
k − ω SST LES
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RANS and LES comparisonPressure coefficients on the blades
Mean pressure coefficients are shown on the blades at quarterlength locations.
Both RANS and LES predict similar behaviour although LEScaptures larger forces on pressure and suction surfaces.
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1x / c
-2
-1
0
1
2
-CP
r/R = 0.25r/R = 0.50r/R = 0.75
k − ω SST
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1x / c
-2
-1
0
1
2
-CP
r/R = 0.25r/R = 0.50r/R = 0.75
LES
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Conclusions & Further work
Conclusions:
Sliding-mesh method successfully implemented inCode Saturne to simulate a rotating TST.
Flow features are captured well by RANS and LES.
RANS under predicts the force coefficients whilst LES is farmore accurate.
Difference in calculations is near wall modelling and higherorder time-scheme used by Code Saturne for LES.
Further work:
Wall refined RANS simulation to compare with experiments.
Assess influence of waves on full scale MCT comparing withdata from EMEC.
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Acknowledgements
This research was performed as part of the Reliable DataAcquisition Platform for Tidal (ReDAPT) project commissionedand funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Theauthors are highly grateful to EDF for additional funding andaccess to its High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities.
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References
Archambeau, F., Mechitoua, N., and Sakiz, M. (2004). Code Saturne: a finite volume code for the computationof turbulent incompressible flows-industrial applications. International Journal on Finite Volumes, 1(1):1–62.
Bahaj, A. S., Batten, W. M. J., Molland, A. F., and Chaplin, J. R. (2005). Experimental investigation into theeffect of rotor blade sweep on the performance of the Marine Current Turbines. Proceedings of the Institutionof Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 215(5):611–622.
Mcsherry, R., Grimwade, J., Jones, I., Mathias, S., Wells, A., Mateus, A., and House, E. F. (2011). 3D CFDmodelling of tidal turbine performance with validation against laboratory experiments.
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Sliding-mesh methodImplementation: Code Saturne Subroutines
Black - Unchanged.
Red - Modified.
Blue - New.
findha - Search for closestcell-centre to halo-point.
upcoef - Updates Dirichletvalues on interface.
caltri
inivar usiniv
tridim
usclim findha
navsto
preduv
codits
upcoef
resolp
upcoef
upcoef
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Sliding-mesh methodImplementation: Pressure-Velocity Loop
Code Saturne’s existingpressure-velocity loop isenabled by settingNTERUP > 1.
Loop used to ensurecontinuity over theinterface.
Modification to include theRANS subroutines.
tridim
phyvar
usclim
navsto
turb**
phyvar
P-V Loop
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RANS and LES comparisonComparison of numerical set-up
RANS (k − ω SST) LES
Time-scheme 1st order 2nd order
Rotation per time-step 1.5 0.05
Space discretization Centred Centred
Wall modelling Wall-functions Wall refined
Mesh size 2.2 million 7.6 million