@misc{10498/38323,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38323},
abstract = {In this work, we proposed an upscaling methodology to extrapolate results from wind tunnel experiments with small-scale model to the full-size hydrokinetic turbine. Small-scale 1:20 wind tunnel experiments (
), with a three-blade horizontal axis turbine, were carried out looking to identify the characteristic curves of a full-size turbine operating in water (
). The lack of dynamic similarity due to unmatched Reynolds numbers is analyzed in the framework of blade element momentum theory arguments. A new semi-empirical power-law equation is achieved, uniquely based on the BEM theory which relates the power coefficients of model and full-size turbine to the Reynolds numbers and a power factor, specific to each turbine. Computational fluid dynamic CFD simulations for the same rotor geometry, simulating different runners with varying diameters from small-scale model to full-scale turbine are carried out to validate the upscaling arguments, and to verify the accuracy of the power coefficient curves predicted by proposed methodology.},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Hydrokinetic turbines},
keywords = {Wind tunnel experiments},
keywords = {Upscaling},
keywords = {CFD simulations},
title = {On the upscaling approach to wind tunnel experiments of horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbines},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-020-02600-2},
author = {Machuca Macías, Marianela and Castilho Faria Mendes, Rafael and Felamingo Oliveira, Taygoara and Brasil Junior, Antonio C.P},
}