Journal
JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102888
Keywords
Dynamic stall; Renewable energy; Hydrokinetic energy; Vortex dynamics; Oscillating hydrofoil; Large eddy simulation
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Funding
- Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, United States of America (ARPA-E award) [DE-AR0000318]
- National Science Foundation, United States of America (CBET award) [1921594]
- Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award, Brown University
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1921594] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The energy extraction and vortex dynamics from the sinusoidal heaving and pitching motion of an elliptical hydrofoil is explored through large-eddy simulations (LES) at a Reynolds number of 50,000. The LES is able to capture the time-dependent vortex shedding and dynamic stall properties of the foil as it undergoes high relative angles of attack. Results of the computations are validated against experimental flume data in terms of power extraction and leading edge vortex (LEV) position and trajectory. The kinematics for optimal efficiency are found in the range of heave amplitude h(o)/c = 0.5 - 1 and pitch amplitude theta(o) = 60 degrees - 65 degrees for fc/U-infinity = 0.1 and of h(o)/c = 1 - 1.5 and theta(o) = 75 degrees - 85 degrees for fc/U-infinity = 0.15. Direct comparison with low Reynolds number simulations and experiments demonstrate strong agreement in energy harvesting performance between Reynolds numbers of 1000 to 50,000, with the high Reynolds number flows demonstrating a moderate 0.8 - 6.7% increase in power compared to the low Reynolds number flow. In the high Reynolds number flows, the coherent LEV, which is critical for high-efficiency energy conversion, forms earlier and is slightly stronger, resulting in more power extraction. After the LEV is shed from the foil, the LEV trajectory is demonstrated to be relatively independent of Reynolds number, but has a very strong nonlinear dependence with kinematics. It is shown that the LEV trajectories are highly influenced by the heave and pitch amplitudes as well as the oscillation frequency. This has strong implications for arrays of oscillating foils since the coherent LEVs can influence the energy extraction efficiency and performance of downstream foils. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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