Comparison between PIV measurements and computations of the near-wake of an actuator disc

The Science of Making Torque from Wind 2014

Andersen, S.J.^1 ; Lignarolo, L.E.M.^2 ; Ragni, D.^2 ; Ferreira, C J Simão^2 ; Sørensen, J.N.^1 ; Mikkelsen, R.F.^1 ; Van Bussel, G.J.W.^2

Department of Wind Energy, Building 403, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark^1

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2600 AA Delft, Netherlands^2

关键词: Bladed rotors;    Complex flow structures;    Helical systems;    Mixing process;    PIV measurements;    Reynolds stress;    Stereoscopic PIV;    Turbulent structures;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012173/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012173

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Experimental stereoscopic PIV measurements in the wake of a two-bladed rotor and a porous actuator disc are compared to numerical simulation of an actuator disc. Compared to previous literature, the focus of the present analysis is on the near wake, where the actuator discs fail to represent the complex flow structures correctly, which affects the downstream representation of the full wake behind a real rotor. The near wake region is characterised by the instability and breakdown of the tip-vortex helical system, which constitutes the onset of a stronger mixing process. The comparison focuses on the turbulent structures in the shear layer at the borders of the wake through the analysis of the Reynolds stresses and by employing POD on two separate regions. The analysis shows that the actuator discs fail to capture the details of the complex flow behind a rotor, but that the experimental and numerical actuator discs are generally comparable at a certain distance behind the actuator disc. This project is intended to provide the basis for understanding the origin of the limitations of the current wake models based on the actuator disc assumption.