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jBAY Modeling of Vane-Type Vortex Generators and Study on Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance

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  • Sergio Chillon

    (Department of Nuclear and Fluid Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano, 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Antxon Uriarte-Uriarte

    (Department of Nuclear and Fluid Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano, 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Iñigo Aramendia

    (Department of Nuclear and Fluid Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano, 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Pablo Martínez-Filgueira

    (CS Centro Stirling S.Coop, Avenida Álava 3, 20550 Aretxabaleta, Spain)

  • Unai Fernandez-Gamiz

    (Department of Nuclear and Fluid Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano, 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Iosu Ibarra-Udaeta

    (Department of Nuclear and Fluid Mechanics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano, 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

Abstract

The increased demand for wind power is related to changes in the sizes of wind turbines and the development of flow control devices, such as vortex generators (VGs). In the present study, an analysis of the vortices generated by a vane-type VG is performed. To that end, the aerodynamic performance of a DU97W300 airfoil with and without VG is evaluated. The jBAY source term model was implemented for simulation of a triangular-shaped VG and the resolution of the fully meshed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) based simulations were used to calculate the effect of VGs in steady state, and the detached eddy simulation (DES) method was used for angles of attack (AoAs) around the stall situation. All jBAY based numerical simulations were carried out with a Reynolds number of Re = 2 × 10 6 to analyze the influence of VGs with AoAs between 0 and 20° and were validated versus experimental wind tunnel results. The results show that setting up a VG device on an airfoil benefits its aerodynamic performance and that the use of the jBAY model for simulation is accurate and efficient.

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  • Sergio Chillon & Antxon Uriarte-Uriarte & Iñigo Aramendia & Pablo Martínez-Filgueira & Unai Fernandez-Gamiz & Iosu Ibarra-Udaeta, 2020. "jBAY Modeling of Vane-Type Vortex Generators and Study on Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:10:p:2423-:d:357177
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