Attached are the .cas and .dat files along with the required User Defined Functions (UDFs) and look-up table of lift and drag coefficients for Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation of a single full scale DOE RM1 turbine implemented in ANSYS FLUENT CFD-package. In this case study the flow field around and in the wake of the full scale DOE RM1 turbine is simulated using Blade Element Model (a.k.a Virtual Blade Model [VBM]) by solving RANS equations coupled with k-\omega turbulence closure model. It should be highlighted that in this simulation the actual geometry of the rotor blade is not modeled. The effect of turbine rotating blades are modeled using the Blade Element Theory. This simulation provides an accurate estimate for the performance of device and structure of it's turbulent far wake. Due to the simplifications implemented for modeling the rotating blades in this model, VBM is limited to capture details of the flow field in near wake region of the device.
OwnerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - view all
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OverviewANSYSBEMBlade Element ModelCECCFDDOE RM1HAHTHydrokineticMHKMarineNNMRECNavier-StokesPMECRANSRM1ReynoldsSImulationTidalTurbulenceVBMVirtual Blade Modelaxialaxial flow turbineaxiscomputational fluid dynamicsenergyfluenthorizontalmodelpowerreference modelrotortechnologyturbinevirtual bladewind
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dcat_issued2013-04-10T06:00:00Z
dcat_modified2020-07-30T16:04:53Z
dcat_publisher_nameUniversity of Washington
guidhttps://data.openei.org/submissions/3929
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