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Effect of Upstream Side Flow of Wind Turbine on Aerodynamic Noise: Simulation Using Open-Loop Vibration in the Rod in Rod-Airfoil Configuration

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  • Mohammad Souri

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 1996715433, Iran)

  • Farshad Moradi Kashkooli

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 1996715433, Iran)

  • Madjid Soltani

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 1996715433, Iran
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
    School of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
    Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada)

  • Kaamran Raahemifar

    (School of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
    College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Program, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, PA 16801, USA
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Muscat 123, Oman)

Abstract

Adaptive and flexible control techniques have recently been examined as methods of controlling flow and reducing the potential noise in vertical axis wind turbines. Two-Dimensional (2D) fluid flow simulation around rod-airfoil is addressed in this study as a simple component of the wind turbine by using Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) equations for prediction of noise using Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H) analogy. To control the flow and reduce noise, the active controlling vibration rod method is utilized with a maximum displacement ranging from 0.01 C to 1 C (C: airfoil chord). Acoustic assessment indicates that the leading edge of the blade produces noise, that by applying vibration in cylinder, blade noise in 0.1 C and 1 C decreases by 22 dB and 35 dB, respectively. Applying vibration is aerodynamically helpful since it reduces the fluctuations in the airfoil lift force by approximately 48% and those in the rod by about 46%. Strouhal assessment (frequency) shows that application of control is accompanied by 20% increase. Applying vibration in the rod reduces the flow fluctuations around the blade, thus reduces the wind turbine blade noise. This idea, as a simple example, can be used to study the incoming flow to turbines and their blades that are affected by the upstream flow.

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  • Mohammad Souri & Farshad Moradi Kashkooli & Madjid Soltani & Kaamran Raahemifar, 2021. "Effect of Upstream Side Flow of Wind Turbine on Aerodynamic Noise: Simulation Using Open-Loop Vibration in the Rod in Rod-Airfoil Configuration," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-24, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:4:p:1170-:d:503803
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