Wind turbine analysis procedure
 

Hello.

I am completely new at this forum so first let me thank you all for your posts and all they have helped me just reading.

My question is: how do they obtain the torque and rotation speed for each wind velocity at the inlet in a horizontal axis wind turbine? (to obtain power output)

Is my first time doing this kind of job and I am alone in my company with this.

So I read, I have more or less extracted they tend to separate it into 2 different stages: first, they obtain the torque in a set of different steady states shots, and then, using a 6dof transient case is possible to get the rotation speed when all is stabilized. Is this it, or am I completely wrong?

I would appreciate very much some light over this topic.

You have to define rotational speed by yourself. If you are using FLUENT, you define it under "cell zone conditions - select the rotating frame - frame motin tick - write rotational speed = rad/s"

After you simulate it, you should calculate the torque from: results - forces - moments - select rotational direction (enter 1) and compute.

Hope it helps

Thank you, but not. :)

I would like to know the roadmap to follow for the whole process, the steps companies usually do, and not the technical issues related with Fluent.

Do you have this info?