潮流能发电装置支撑结构对水轮机水动力学性能影响研究

水平轴潮流能水轮机在工作过程中,由于支撑结构的存在,会使水轮机周围流场中的潮流流向、流速等参数发生不同程度的改变,进而影响水轮机的性能和发电装置的稳定性。为了研究支撑结构对水轮机水动力学性能的影响规律,以某100 k W单立柱座底式潮流能发电装置的支撑结构为研究对象,采用CFD方法,分别在正、反向来流时采用不同支撑结构的共六种工况下,对潮流能水轮机模型的获能和受力进行数值模拟。通过水槽模型试验,验证数值模拟的可靠性。研究结果表明:支撑结构对水轮机的水动力学性能的影响不容忽视,针对所研究的支撑结构,在正向来流时水轮机的获能系数降幅约30%,轴向力系数降幅约28%;反向来流时的降幅更大,分别约为63%和41%。     

配有导流涵道的垂直轴潮流能水轮机的水动力性能研究

垂直轴潮流能水轮机具有结构简单、适应任意流向等优点,但其能量转换效率低于水平轴水轮机,在运行时有较大的转矩脉动,不利于水轮机的平稳运行,易引起结构疲劳。本文针对垂直轴潮流能水轮机的运行特点,提出了一种导流涵道装置,利用数值模拟方法对比分析水轮机在有无导流涵道装置情况下的水动力性能。结果表明,导流涵道可以起到整流的作用,使流体在水轮机盘面内的流动更加平顺。另外,导流涵道装置不仅可以提高水轮机的能量利用率,还能有效改善作用在水轮机叶片上的水力驱动力矩脉动和转速脉动,改善了水轮机运行状态,提高了结构可靠性。     

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。     

潮流能水轮机水动力分析方法

潮流水轮机是潮流能转换装置的核心装备,潮流水轮机水动力性能和载荷则是潮流能转换装置总体设计和结构设计的基本依据。到目前为止,流动分离、流固耦合、空化以及复杂环境条件等强非线性因素对潮流水轮机水动力的影响仍然是一个值得研究的问题。本文基于哈尔滨工程大学在潮流能利用技术领域多年的研究成果,对潮流水轮机在均匀流水动力分析和流固耦合分析的不同数值方法及相关计算结果进行了回顾和对比分析,并提出了一种水轮机波浪载荷的计算模型。     

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。     

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。     

漂浮式立轴潮流水轮机波浪载荷分析

波浪对漂浮式潮流能水轮机的水动力性能具有重要的影响,论文采用切片理论建立和三维水轮机无辐射运动时立轴潮流水轮机水动力载荷近似计算公式,计算分析了浪流同向条件下,海能1号2×150 k W漂浮式潮流电站两叶片固定偏角立轴水轮机在波浪中的水动力载荷。计算结果表明,波浪中潮流水轮机水动力具有双频特性;水轮机工作工况下,每增加1 m波高,水轮机极限载荷增加27%,在相同波高条件下,主轴极限载荷随波长的增加而增大。     

定桨垂直轴潮流能水轮机水动力模型试验研究

针对垂直轴潮流能水轮机的水动力性能,文中采用模型试验的方法,以定桨垂直轴潮流能水轮机为研究对象,在循环水槽中进行室内定型测试研究。试验的主要目的是建立垂直轴水轮机试验测试平台,确定垂直轴水轮机水动力性能和载荷试验测试方法。利用滤波等方法对实验结果进行数值处理,研究轮辐和夹具、来流速度和密实度(叶片弦长大小)对水轮机水动力特性和载荷特性的影响。通过本次试验,揭示其水动力与载荷的变化规律。研究结果可为今后潮流电站设计、安装提供依据以及为CFD有效性验证提供试验数据。     

水平轴潮流能水轮机水动力数值模拟研究

针对水平轴潮流能水轮机,对其进行了力学分析并运用CFD方法对其水动力性能进行了仿真计算。比较了定常计算与非定常计算结果的区别,运用定常计算(MRF)方法得到了表现水轮机性能的功率、扭矩和推力特性曲线,分析了水轮机在不同尖速比时的表现。对水轮机模型进行了拖曳水池试验,并与仿真数据进行了比对分析,两者吻合度较好,并分析了试验过程中出现的在尖速比较大时功率系数衰减的现象,表明CFD方法对水轮机的工程实践有着指导意义。得到了尾流场的速度云图、流线分布图与衰减曲线,结果表明相对于水轮机的直径,受到其影响后的流场存在扩张现象。分析了水轮机后不同位置处的流场衰减情况,结果显示,随着水轮机后轴向距离的不同其速度恢复差别很大,对于今后潮流能水轮机的大规模布置方式研究提供了依据。     

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.     

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.     

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。     

Research on the unsteady hydrodynamic characteristics of vertical axis tidal turbine

The unsteady hydrodynamic characteristics of vertical axis tidal turbine are investigated by numerical simulation based on viscous CFD method. The starting mechanism of the turbine is revealed through analyzing the interaction of its motion and dynamics during starting process. The operating hydrodynamic characteristics of the turbine in wave-current condition are also explored by combining with the linear wave theory. According to possible magnification of the cyclic loads in the maximum power tracking control of vertical axis turbine, a novel torque control strategy is put forward, which can improve the structural characteristics significantly without effecting energy efficiency.     

水平轴潮流能水轮机数值模拟方法对比分析

叶素动量理论和CFD方法是水平轴潮流能水轮机性能分析中运用较为广泛的数值模拟方法,文中结合小尺寸水轮机模型试验,对比分析了叶素动量理论和CFD方法在水轮机性能分析中的准确性和适用性.验证结果表明:叶素动量理论和CFD方法均能对水轮机的性能进行预报,且CFD精度高于动量叶素理论;大尖速比时,动量叶素理论偏离较高,不再适合性能预报;在小尖速比下,建议采用RNGk-ε模型的CFD方法进行分析计算;动量叶素理论适合设计初期设计方案的对比分析,而CFD方法适合对设计结果的验证校核和详细分析.     

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.     

Experimentally validated numerical method for the hydrodynamic design of horizontal axis tidal turbines

Although a lot can be learnt from technology transfer from wind turbines and ship propellers, there have been a few experiments investigating marine current turbines. As a result, a study has been carried out on the power, thrust and cavitation characteristics of 1/20th scale model of a possible 16 m diameter horizontal axis tidal turbine. Cavitation tunnel experiments for different blade pitch settings have been compared with simulations based on a developed blade element-momentum theory. This theory has been shown to provide a satisfactory representation of the experimental turbine performance characteristics. As an example application, the developed theory has been used to design possible horizontal axis tidal turbines for the tidal flows around Portland Bill. The results show that there is a clear balance between design loads and optimisation of energy yields.     

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。     

共水平轴双叶轮海流机水动力学性能的实验研究

针对水平轴单叶轮海流机在低流速时启动性能差、获能少的缺点,采用共水平轴同向旋转双叶轮水轮机进行了水动力学性能的水槽试验.由实验结果研究了共水平轴单叶轮和双叶轮水轮机的功率特性和启动特性,分析了不同上、下游叶轮安装角和叶轮轴向间距对叶轮启动水流速度以及发电机获得功率的影响,并对单叶轮和双叶轮水轮机的运行情况进行了比较.结果表明,共水平轴双叶轮水轮机的启动水流速度较单叶轮低很多,而且能从水流中获得更多的能量.因此,共水平轴双叶轮水轮机能改进一般水平轴单叶轮水轮机难以启动和获能少的不足,更适合于我国低海流流速的实际海况.