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February 4, 2010, 03:54 |
Setting condition on a VAWT
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Hi to all,
This is my first topic but I read the forum for some years... I'm doing CFD analisys for my thesis at university on a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. I have designed and meshed a 3D vertical axis wind turbine with 5 blade on gambit. I have done two different fluid zones in the mesh one for free flow and one in agreement with the turbine . Now I have done some simulation on fluent, but the first problem is that after about 2500 iterations the residuals don't converge but become flat (can i assume the the solution is good?), maybe this is caused from the contidions I set. The second problem is that I use a Multiple rotating reference frames, so I must set the angular velocity of blades and mesh. I want to know how to let that the wind makes move the turbine, and if I am on good way or there are some mistakes. Sorry for my bad english and thakns in advance for your precious help. Last edited by esp-m1000; February 9, 2010 at 04:02. |
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