Numerical analysis for horizontal axis wind and tidal stream energy conversion turbine

수치해법을 이용한 풍력 및 조류발전용 수평축 터빈의 성능해석

In the present study, two numerical methods were developed and compared for the performance prediction of the horizontal axis energy conversion turbine. The Blade Element Momentum Theory was adopted, and the rotating reference frame method for Computational Fluid Dynamics solver was also used. Hybrid meshing was used for the complex geometry of turbines. The analysis results using each method were compared to figure out a better method for the performance prediction.