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Does anyone have the geometric data (chord, twist and pitch ) of Ampair300 wind turbine ?

Hi guys, I want to investigate a CFD study of Ampair300, and I need the geometric data of this turbine's blade : chord and twist angle distribution. Thank you.

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Does anyone know some Q1, or Q2 journals with fast publication in mechanical engineering, or wind energy modelling?

I need to submit my manuscript to a journal with fast publication-it can be paid-. The paper is about fluid Mechanics related to wind turbine aerodynamic prediction using numerical method.

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How can high-resolution images of cells on a 3D matrix be obtained?

I'm working on quantifying cell dynamics on a three-dimensional matrix and rely heavily on three-dimensional microscopic images. However, I was never able to capture high-quality images of my...

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What is the equation used to calculate the wind turbine power ?

Hi, I am simulating a horizontal axis wind turbine using Ansys Fluent. I want to validate the model by calculating the turbine power at different wind speed. Using Fluent, I calculate the torque...

08 January 2022 2,664 5 View

Why the wind turbine torque increases as the tip speed ratio increases ?

Hi everyone, I simulate a three bladed wind turbine using Ansys Fluent. The variation of wind turbine torque with tip speed ratio must have a peak. But in my case, as tip speed ratio increases ,...

07 December 2021 7,412 4 View

How to calculate the generated power by an HAWT using Ansys Fluent?

Hello Everyone, I am simulating a small wind turbine using Ansys Fluent 19.0. Because of problem periodicity only one third of the fluid domain is simulated. The generated power is calculated...

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Can I consider the 1st scheme order solution as final solution of the simulation?

Hi guys, I am simulating an horizontal axis wind turbine using Ansys Fluent (steady state simulation). To get more accurate results I use second order upwind momentum discretization scheme, but...

24 November 2021 2,946 4 View

How to get a correct power coefficient of an HAWT operating at high rotation speed and low wind velocity?

Hi guys, I want to test a wind turbine performance with different rotation speeds and a fixed wind velocity. But when I used a TSR of 6,7,8,9 I found high torque coefficient so multiplied by high...

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How can stability of an aerodynamic body be applied on wind turbine field?

Hi, I am working on wind turbine aerodynamic and I want to know if the stability of an aerodynamic body like an aircraft can be applied in the wind turbine field. If you have any ideas or...

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What is your opinion about this mesh convergence study ?

Hi, I am working on small scale wind turbine. I use Ansys Fluent to investigate the rotor performances. Prior to the study, a mesh sensitivity test was conducted, the results of this study are...

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In WECS : Gain values for conversion of PMSM rotor speed(rad/s) to p.u. input to wind turbine and Torque(pu) of WT to input of PMSM-Torque (Nm) ?

I am working on developing a MATLAB Simulink model of Wind turbine with PMSG followed by MPPT Boost converter. I have gone through so many literature and videos but I am not finding clear solution...

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Is there a database with onshore wind production for the wind farms in Portugal?

I am looking to predict some production for future onshore wind energy production in Portugal, is there any database with info of performances of the existing wind farms in the country? something...

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Problem with Two-phase simulation?

Hello; I am conducting a CFD study on two-phase flow in a separator, utilizing refrigerant as the working fluid. For this study, I have implemented pressure inlet and pressure outlet boundary...

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Is it possible that the Earth's axis of rotation could change?

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How do i go about my research which is about the integration of solar and wind power to produce green hydrogen?

Let me say I have a solar plant in operation and I want to build up a wind power plant, and later make a hybrid so that I could power the electrolyser as load for green hydrogen production.

14 July 2024 9,547 4 View

How to introduce on fluent the optical loss of the wall due to the reflection of the plate towards the environment ?

"When solar irradiation reaches a surface, some of it is absorbed while the rest is reflected. Part of the light absorbed by the surface transforms into heat and increases the module's...

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How to add a mass source term in the continuity equation?

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Why i can't get access to isosurface in fluent?

hello everyone i get into fuent and i select the result icone then i try to create an isosurface but the button is gray so i can't choose it. what's the problem? any suggestion.

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How to solve the question of ansys fluent?

Regarding the system coupling issue where the update of the solution component fails, the system coupling update for fluid flow (Fluent) triggered an exception: "Update Solution Failed."

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How to converge PEMFC in Ansys Fluent?

I am simulating 1 cell of PEM with an area of 50 cm². The mesh has an orthogonality of 0.2 for the channels and bipoar plates (polyhedra) and a quality of 1 for the active zones (hexagonal). The...

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Oras Khudhayer Obayes

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Somaya Younoussi

Oras Khudhayer Obayes thank you for your answer.

Ramarajan J.

Somaya Younoussi You can calculate the forces by creating a new table. in the table you can click any column then select Function>>cfd post>> then select the variable you want. Next Select the location at which you want to calclulate the forces. Please refer the pics attached.