采用移动网格技术,选用SST(剪切力传输)k-ω湍流模型,建立了1kW功率的H型垂直轴风力机风轮外流场CFD模型,研究了不同叶片翼型、不同弦长和翼尾加装Gurney襟翼对风力机风能利用系数的影响。结果表明,300mm弦长的NACA 0018翼型较为适合H型垂直轴风力机;在尖速比为2.5—3.5时,H型垂直轴风力机的工作效率较高;尖速比为2.8时,高度为1%弦长的Gurney襟翼翼型能够提高风能利用系数3%。

A two-dimensional CFD model of the external flow-field for a 1kW H-vertical axis wind turbine is established by using the software of Flunent. The sliding mesh technique and the SST k-ω turbulent model are adopted. The model is intended to study the impact of different lengths of chord and different shapes of airfoil on the wind power coefficient for the H-vertical axis wind turbine. By fixing the Gurney flap of different heights on the tail of blade, the efficiency improvement of wind power coefficient is studied, and the curve of wind power coefficient for the H-vertical axis wind turbine with the tip-speed under different situations is derived. The results show that the blade of NACA 0018 with the chord length of 300mm is relatively suitable for an H-vertical axis wind turbine. The H-vertical axis wind turbine works more effectively at a tip-speed ratio from 2.5 to 3.5. The wind power coefficient of H-vertical axis wind turbine is able to be increased 3% by using the Gurney flap with flap height equaled to 1% of chord length and tip-speed ratio of 2.8.