湍流对潮流能发电水轮机性能影响数值仿真研究

潮流能发电水轮机的实际工作海域往往存在不同程度的湍流,而湍流会对潮流能发电水轮机的获能系数、轴向力系数和尾流场性能等产生影响。研究湍流对潮流能发电水轮机性能的影响规律,对于实海况下潮流能发电水轮机的性能预测、可靠性和安全性的提高以及潮流能发电场多机组排布优化等具有一定的参考价值。通过对潮流能发电水轮机试验模型进行建模,并用CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics)分析软件Fluent对处于不同湍流强度下的潮流能发电水轮机性能进行数值模拟,得到其获能系数、轴向力系数及尾流场特性。通过分析数值模拟结果,并与相关参考文献的试验结果进行对比。研究结果表明:湍流强度越大,水轮机获能系数和轴向力系数越小,尾流场速度恢复越快;水轮机后方尾流场纵向和横向影响区域更大。     

水平轴潮流能发电装置结构对其水动力性能的影响

为研究水平轴潮流能发电装置结构对其水动力性能的影响,运用格子玻尔兹曼(LBM)方法,建立水平轴潮流能发电装置的数值模拟分析模型,对水轮机在不同尖速比工况下的水动力性能进行模拟。将模拟结果与同工况水池拖曳实验得到的数据相对比,二者捕获能系数误差在2%左右,验证了LBM方法的可行性和准确性。在此基础上利用LBM方法研究机舱和立柱结构对水轮机特性的影响,得到其对水轮机捕获效率的影响规律。     

潮流发电帆翼式柔性叶片水轮机实验研究

潮流发电水轮机是海洋潮流能发电系统的核心组成部分.帆翼式柔性叶片水轮机是一种全新水流发电装置,叶片由柔性材料制成,在流体力作用下自动调节攻角,能充分利用流体的升力和阻力效应做功.以帆翼式柔性叶片水轮机获能系数为研究目标,采用因次分析法初步分析可能影响获能系数的因素,通过模型实验对叶片弧弦比、叶片边弦比、叶片密度与获能系数的关系进行研究.不同结构形式转子存在不同叶片弧弦比最佳值,叶片边弦比愈大,获能能力愈强;在一定范围内,叶片密度较小时,获能与起转能力强,转速波动性较大,适用于低流速工况;反之获能与起转能力弱,稳定性较好,电能质量较高,适用于高流速工况.最后提出优化方案,实验证实优化后水轮机在获能能力和发电能力上均有所提高.     

考虑转捩影响的潮流能水轮机翼型水动力学性能数值模拟

为了更准确地模拟潮流能水轮机的水动力学性能并研究边界层转捩对水轮机翼型水动力学特性的影响,本文采用κ-ε湍流模型以及γ-Re_θ转捩模型对水轮机翼型水动力学性能进行了考虑转捩的数值模拟。在进行转捩模拟时通过CFD软件的UDF接口将转捩经验关系式导入求解器中,在-5°～25°攻角范围内对水轮机翼型的水动力学性能进行了数值模拟。比较湍流模拟与转捩模拟下水轮机翼型的升阻力系数以及流场特征,结果表明:对水轮机翼型水动力学性能进行全湍流模拟时在小攻角范围内忽略了转捩前的层流状态,导致湍流模拟所得到的升力系数小于使用γ-Re_θ转捩模型的转捩模拟所得的升力系数;阻力系数则大于转捩模拟所得的结果;相比于全湍流模拟,转捩模拟时会更早的进入深失速状态。     

海底地形对潮流能水轮机水动力学性能影响数值模拟研究

为研究海底地形尾流对潮流能水轮机水动力学性能的影响,采用CFD方法,使用开源软件Code_saturne,选取具有代表性的二维梯形地形,对有无地形两种工况下的水轮机的性能分别进行数值模拟,得到不同尖速比的水轮机性能参数曲线。通过水槽试验与数值模拟结果对比,验证用CFD数值模拟直接求解含有地形流场中的水轮机各项性能参数的可靠性。利用数值模拟方法对梯形地形的尾流分布进行分析,进而研究海底地形尾流对水轮机性能的影响距离,为潮流能水轮机的微观选址提供一定参考。     

潮流能水平轴水轮机湍流模型研究初探

借助计算流体力学(CFD)方法研究潮流能水平轴水轮机水动力学性能,选择合适的湍流模型至关重要。为此,本文采用计算流体力学软件Fluent,将Spalart-Allmaras湍流模型、标准k-ε湍流模型、RNGk-ε湍流模型、标准k-ω湍流模型和SSTk-ω湍流模型分别应用到水平轴水轮机数值模拟当中。对数值模拟结果进行分析比较,并与模型试验数据进行对比,得出应用SSTk-ω湍流模型可以更好的模拟潮流能水平轴水轮机的水动力学性能。     

悬浮轮辋式潮流能发电装置的导流罩水动力学性能仿真研究

中国潮流能储备量巨大但大部分地区流速较低,针对这一问题设计一款安装方便、自动对向的小型悬浮轮辋式潮流能水轮机。运用数值模拟方法,对不同前缘形状、尾部张角和长度比例的导流罩水动力学性能进行研究,分析悬浮轮辋式水轮机的诱导因子,得到1.5 m/s流速下的导流罩诱导因子达-0.890 2,且a_i+a_d0。通过比较,斜面前缘、45°尾部张角以及长度比例为7∶13廓形的导流罩具有良好的水动力学性能,可以增加潮流能水轮机的获能效率,为后续悬浮轮辋式水轮机的导流罩廓形设计和制造提供了依据。     

潮流能水平轴水轮机叶片优化研究

叶片对潮流能水轮机的性能有很大的影响,因此对叶片进行优化研究对于提高潮流能水轮机的效率的重大意义。本文对50kW潮流能水平轴水轮机进行了叶片设计,针对水轮机具体的运行环境,以提高水轮机获能为目标,应用遗传算法对叶片弦长和扭角进行了优化设计。通过对比实际工况下水轮机的获能特性得知,优化的叶片获能系数和获能功率较原叶片有所提高,从而证明应用遗传算法进行叶片优化的可行性,为水轮机叶片优化提供了新的方法。     

典型参量对全被动式振荡水翼获能规律的影响

全被动式振荡水翼是振荡水翼式潮流能装置的主要型式之一。对全被动式振荡水翼进行了数值模拟研究,构建了二维数值模型,研究了雷诺数及升沉刚度对全被动式振荡水翼水动力性能的影响。通过流场结构及水动力性能分析研究了典型参量对全被动式振荡水翼获能性能的影响机理,确定了维持其良好水动力性能的参数范围。研究发现,水翼的水动力性能对雷诺数及升沉刚度的变化较为敏感。雷诺数增大,水翼所需升沉刚度随之增加,且水翼可以在更大的参数范围下获得较优的水动力性能。另外,水翼可以在没有升沉刚度的情况下实现周期性运动,其获能甚至优于一些有升沉刚度的情况。最优工况下,平均功率系数和能量转换效率分别为1.07和27.48%。     

波浪作用下安装深度对水平轴潮流能水轮机水动力性能的影响研究

在海洋环境中,波浪等环境因素会使水轮机受到非均匀载荷作用,从而造成水轮机疲劳破坏。为了获得较高的获能效率,同时保证较大的疲劳寿命,需要合理布置水轮机位置。为此,利用计算流体动力学软件Fluent对波流相互作用下水轮机水动力性能进行数值模拟,得到不同安装深度下水轮机所受轴向力、扭矩、轴向力系数、获能系数等相关参数。利用3D打印技术制作水轮机模型,并在水槽中进行模型试验,验证了VOF造波方法对波浪作用下水平轴潮流能水轮机水动力性能分析的适用性。研究结果表明:波浪和安装深度对水轮机有很大影响,即在波浪作用下,水轮机水动力性能的瞬时值均发生周期性波动,且这种周期性波动均随着安装深度的增加而逐渐减小;虽然水轮机所受轴向力和扭矩的平均值受水轮机安装深度的影响很小,但是随着安装深度的增加两者均呈现出逐渐增大的趋势;此外,水轮机平均轴向力系数和功率系数随着安装深度的增加也呈现出逐渐增大的趋势。对不同安装深度下水轮机水动力性能的研究可以为水轮机载荷分析、叶片加工制造以及安装位置的选取提供一定的参考。     

The effects of yawing motion with different frequencies on the hydrodynamic performance of floating vertical-axis tidal current turbines

Under real sea conditions, the hydrodynamic performance of floating vertical-axis tidal current turbines is affected by waves and currents. The wave circular frequency is a significant factor in determining the frequencies of the wave-induced motion responses of turbines. In this study, the ANSYS-CFX software (manufacturer: ANSYS Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is used to analyse the hydrodynamic performance of a vertical-axis turbine for different yawing frequencies and to study how the yawing frequencies affect the main hydrodynamic coefficients of the turbine, including the power coefficient, thrust coefficient, lateral force coefficient, and yawing moment coefficient. The time-varying curves obtained from the CFX software are fitted using the least-squares method; the damping and added mass coefficients are then calculated to analyse the influence of different yawing frequencies. The simulation results demonstrate that when analysing non-yawing turbines rotating under constant inflow, the main hydrodynamic coefficient time-varying curves of yawing turbines exhibit an additional fluctuation. Furthermore, the amplitude is positively correlated with the yawing frequency, and the oscillation amplitudes also increase with increasing yawing frequency; however, the average values of the hydrodynamic coefficients (except the power coefficient) are only weakly influenced by yawing motion. The power coefficient under yawing motion is lower than that under non-yawing motion, which means that yawing motion will cause the annual energy production of a turbine to decrease. The fitting results show that the damping term and the added mass term exert effects of the same level on the loads and moments of vertical-axis turbines under yawing motion. The results of this study can facilitate the study of the motion response of floating vertical-axis tidal current turbine systems in waves.     

海底边界效应对海流发电水轮机水动力性能影响研究

对30 W海流能水平轴水轮机进行叶片设计,应用FLUENT软件对水轮机的水动力性能进行数值模拟,研究了边界效应对叶片表面压力、流场、湍流强度、获能和轴向力的影响。受海底边界效应影响,海流速度沿深度呈现梯度变化,底层流速较小,中上层流速较大。边界效应导致水轮机的水动力性能呈现周期性变化,降低了水轮机的获能和轴向力。机组布置时,宜选择水流稳定且流速较大的中上层区域。     

The effects of blade twist and nacelle shape on the performance of horizontal axis tidal current turbines

The paper presents the effects of blade twist and nacelle shape on the performance of horizontal axis tidal current turbines using both analytical and numerical methods. Firstly, in the hydrodynamic design procedure, the optimal profiles of untwisted and twisted blades and their predicted theoretical turbine performance are obtained using the genetic algorithm method. Although both blade profiles produce desired rated rotational speed, the twisted blade achieves higher power and thrust performance. Secondly, numerical simulation is performed using sliding mesh technique to mimic rotating turbine in ANSYS FLUENT to validate the analytical results. The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approximation of the turbulence parameters is applied to obtain the flow field around the turbine. It is found that power and axial thrust force from BEMT (Blade Element Momentum Theory) method are under-predicted by 2% and 8% respectively, compared with numerical results. Afterwards, the downstream wake field of the turbine is investigated with two different nacelle shapes. It is found that the rotor performance is not significantly affected by the different nacelle shapes. However, the structural turbulence caused by the conventional nacelle is stronger than that by the NACA-profiled shape, and the former can cause detrimental effect on the performance of the downstream turbines in tidal farms.     

Design and Test of 1/5th Scale Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine

Tidal current energy is prominent and renewable. Great progress has been made in the exploitation technology of tidal current energy all over the world in recent years, and the large scale device has become the trend of tidal current turbine (TCT) for its economies. Instead of the similarity to the wind turbine, the tidal turbine has the characteristics of high hydrodynamic efficiency, big thrust, reliable sealing system, tight power transmission structure, etc. In this paper, a 1/5th scale horizontal axis tidal current turbine has been designed, manufactured and tested before the full scale device design. Firstly, the three-blade horizontal axis rotor was designed based on traditional blade element momentum theory and its hydrodynamic performance was predicted in numerical model. Then the power train system and stand-alone electrical control unit of tidal current turbine, whose performances were accessed through the bench test carried out in workshop, were designed and presented. Finally, offshore tests were carried out and the power performance of the rotor was obtained and compared with the published literatures, and the results showed that the power coefficient was satisfactory, which agrees with the theoretical predictions.     

基于实密度的卧式浪流轮机水槽实验研究分析

实密度是影响轮机获能特性的关键因素之一。文中以卧式轮机实密度为基变量,以其获能系数为主要考察点,对3种实密度卧式轮机进行水槽实验方案设计和水动力性能研究。实验分别对水流流速、轮机旋转角速度、主轴转矩以及功率进行测量,并对其对主轴的扭矩、轮机的获能系数以及叶片的旋转特性进行定量分析,最终证实了该卧式轮机的单一运行特性。通过绘制基于实密度的轮机转矩—转角曲线、获能系数—尖速比曲线和轮机功率—尖速比曲线,阐明了实密度影响卧式轮机获能水动力性能的规律,即其获能系数和发电功率都随着工况速比呈先增后降趋势。实密度较低轮机因浪流流失而获得能量小,但实密度过高轮机会导致叶片间湍流涌动,加速叶片失速特性而影响轮机获能。这为卧式浪流轮机结构优化提供了可靠依据和借鉴。     

垂直轴潮流能水轮机直叶片流固耦合分析

在开放海域运行的潮流能水轮机需要应对复杂多变的海洋环境,要有较好的刚度、强度和抗疲劳性能。这对水轮机结构,尤其是为其运行提供动力的叶片结构的设计提出了较高要求。文中建立了垂直轴潮流能水轮机叶片及流场的三维数值计算模型,基于ANSYS商业软件提供的CFX与瞬时结构模块的双向流固耦合分析功能,分析了叶片在不同流速下的流体力学性能,分析了流场的三维效应及其引起叶片升力损失的原因,研究了其结构的刚度和强度特性。还对比分析了使用铝合金和钢材作为水轮机叶片材料的优劣。     

Numerical and Experimental Studies on the Effect of Axial Spacing on Hydrodynamic Performance of the Hybrid CRP Pod Propulsion System

The hydrodynamic performance of a hybrid CRP pod propulsion system was studied by RANS method with SST turbulence model and sliding mesh. The effect of axial spacing on the hydrodynamic performance of the hybrid CRP pod propulsion system was investigated numerically and experimentally. It shows that RANS with the sliding mesh method and SST turbulence model predicts accurately the hydrodynamic performance of the hybrid CRP pod propulsion system. The axial spacing has little influence on the hydrodynamic performance of the forward propeller, but great influence on that of the pod unit. Thrust coefficient of the pod unit declines with the increase of the axial spacing, but the trend becomes weaker, and the decreasing amplitude at the lower advance coefficient is larger than that at the higher advance coefficient. The thrust coefficient and open water efficiency of the hybrid CRP pod propulsion system decrease with the increase of the axial spacing, while the torque coefficient keeps almost constant. On this basis, the design principle of axial spacing of the hybrid CRP pod propulsion system was proposed.     

潮流发电水轮机基于动量定理的性能计算方法研究

以潮流发电水轮机的设计为研究背景,分析和总结了基于动量定理方法的四种流管模型(单盘面-单流管模型、双盘面-单流管模型、单盘面-多流管模型和双盘面-多流管模型)在竖轴变攻角水轮机的水动力性能计算中的应用,特别是能量利用率预报方面的应用。说明基于动量定理的模型在求竖轴变攻角潮流发电水轮机的水动力性能方面,能够预报一些定性特性和总体趋势,为水轮机的设计和计算提供一种初步方法。     

基于UDF的水平轴潮流能水轮机被动旋转水动力性能研究

针对水平轴潮流能水轮机被动旋转问题,基于Fluent 17.0,运用UDF(User Defined Function)控制滑移网格对网格进行动态调整,仿真研究水轮机在不同安放角下被动旋转的水动力特性。通过仿真分析,结果表明:潮流能水轮机随着叶片安放角度的增加,尖速比、输出功率、捕能系数都是先增大后减小,叶片安放角为6°时,叶轮前后速度差最大,对潮流能利用充分,且各项性能均达到最佳;通过分析叶片受力,叶尖叶素在安放角为2°时阻力最大,3°时升力最大,升阻比在6°时最大,此时叶尖叶素升阻比C_L/C_D=6.27、攻角α=3.06°。由仿真结果可知水平轴潮流能叶轮的自启动过程由5个阶段组成,即加速度增大的加速运动段—加速度减小的加速运动段—加速度反向增大的减速运动段—加速度反向减小的减速运动段—稳定运行段,这对潮流能水轮机的设计具有重要的指导意义。