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Old   March 11, 2016, 04:39
Default Wind tunnel blockage simulation for VAWT
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Hi guys,
I want yo do a wind tunnel blockage correction simulation for vertical axis wind turbine, VAWT. However, I still don't have clear understanding on how to do it. I know that the reson we do it is because wind tunnel and reality is 2 different environment so we need a correction factor/value.

I was told to just use circular block (a VAWT) within a rectangular block(wind tunnel)
1)how do I set up the Fluent
2)what kind of values should I get from the simulation
3)to what do I compare the result with?

Thanks.
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