Design of a gust generator and comparison of model wind turbine and porous disc wake flows in a transverse gust

2022-06-05
This paper outlines the similarities and di erences between the wake characteristics of a porous disc and model wind turbine under transverse gust loading which is generated via a two-vane wind tunnel gust generator. Phase-locked two dimensional two-component (2D2C) particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements show that the capability of a porous disc in representing a wind turbine increases under gust loading. Compared to the uniform inflow case, normalized streamwise velocity plots of the porous disc and model turbine are in a better agreement under gusty inflow condition particularly in the near wake region. Comparison of the wake centerlines reveals a similar wavy wake pattern with no significant phase lag suggesting that the gust dynamics is the dominant factor in the determination of the wake dynamics.
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Citation Formats
İ. Yığılı, M. A. Andırın, M. T. Akpolat, Ö. Başkan Perçin, M. Perçin, and O. Uzol, “Design of a gust generator and comparison of model wind turbine and porous disc wake flows in a transverse gust,” presented at the The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2022), Zuid-Holland, Hollanda, 2022, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/97595.