ANSYS FLUENT Training: Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine Performance CFD Simulation (Validation)
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The present project simulates the rotational water flow around the blades of the horizontal axis water turbine using ANSYS Fluent software and the result is compared and validated with the results of the article "Performance of horizontal axis tidal current turbine by blade configuration". There are two areas around the blades for water flow; Thus, an area is considered as a cylindrical shape just around the blades and a rectangular cube area with a larger scale around this cylinder.
The water flow in the outer rectangular cube space travels as a horizontal transfer flow at a velocity of 1 m.s-1 to the body of the water turbine; Therefore, by colliding the water flow to the turbine blades and creating a torque force on the blades, a rotational motion is obtained in the turbine blades, which causes a rotational flow for the surrounding water around blades in the cylindrical region. The frame motion technique is used to simulate the rotation of the turbine blades; Thus, it is assumed that the blades are fixed
